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- Sat Mar 13, 2010 8:34 am
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: too or either
- Replies: 16
- Views: 44380
Y'all
Juan, two, three - you're absolutely right. That is the correct history, for anyone's information out there. And thanks for that reference, too. I hadn't seen that. I'm actually going to see that movie with my grandaughter next week and see if they always get y'all right according to the 'Royal Acad...
- Fri Mar 12, 2010 9:16 am
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: too or either
- Replies: 16
- Views: 44380
NSes
Oh! Native Speakers, right?
- Fri Mar 12, 2010 9:12 am
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: too or either
- Replies: 16
- Views: 44380
eether - ayther
As a new poster from you can see where, I found this whole string fascinatin'. I suppose it's a wonder that we can understand each other as well as we can. Jose from Brazil got far more than he asked for in his original question. What I thought was different for me was your use of whilst and learnt....
- Fri Mar 12, 2010 2:01 am
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: relax myself??
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7149
excel one's self
I think that Fluffyhamster is giving a lot of great references here. The use of the reflexives is very complex. The use of "excel" is, I think, very British. I know most North Americans would say "The president outdid himself in his last speech." or "The world record holder plans to outdo herself in...
- Thu Mar 11, 2010 9:58 am
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Meaning of "at minimum"?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 80604
At least, at minimum
I think Ouyang is more than right. All of these examples are grammatically correct and may be heard in the United States, even "at minimum". It is just a question of which is most popular. Another thing to consider is the situation in which you are using the phrase. In an academic situation "minimum...