Ronni
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Yeah...that’s a good one. I expect because this is concentrating on sayings or phrases rather than grammar.I was expecting to see "There is two" or "There's two" vs "There are two."
Long ago, children hearing the Pledge of Allegiance wrong was allegedly so common that there was a story in the Reader's Digest magazine. It said many little kids heard 'for which it stands' as 'for Richard Stanz.' When I was in the earliest grades I heard it as 'where witches stand'- and kinda mentally processed a line of witches standing in a row saluting the flag.One I heard a long time ago. At a children's choir practice, the choirmaster listened closely to one child. He was singing," gladly the cross-eyed bear" rather than "gladly the cross I'd bear"
Slept in is a figure of speech. I'd never heard it before moving to Los Angeles, but it is definitely used more frequently than "slept late," the expression I learned in the greater NY area.Should of vs should have
Slept in vs slept late
Try and vs try to
When I first heard it I had to ask what it meant."Slept in" is relatively new to me too. It makes no sense. Slept in what? The bed, the house, the pajamas? LOL How does that convey the fact that they slept late?
I know what you mean though.
One that makes no sense to me is "went missing.""Slept in" is relatively new to me too. It makes no sense. Slept in what? The bed, the house, the pajamas? LOL How does that convey the fact that they slept late?
I know what you mean though.
ROFL! I'd love to hear those stories.Elly Mae Clampett
Yes! Or how about "turned up missing"?One that makes no sense to me is "went missing."
We from the Northeast do think alike, don't we? That's exactly the way I'd always heard it til a few years ago.Yes! Or how about "turned up missing"?
Nowt rong witha 'olly, I turn round and say summat all day long....or ''he turned around and said''... I always get a visual image of a talking spinning peerie
There are language translations in some search engines.. maybe they should come up with English -> English...or ''he turned around and said''... I always get a visual image of a talking spinning peerie
I just looked up "peerie". I've never heard of this until now!...or ''he turned around and said''... I always get a visual image of a talking spinning peerie