Ditto outside of. And park up. Head up is fine for the Amazon but not an organisation.
Does re-doubling of efforts, much favoured by politicians, mean quadruple?
I look back with fondness on the time when we used to say year after year, now saying year on year is obligatory.
A few overused phrases I have noticed edge into sporting commentaries and conversations include: ‘Clear your lines.’ Why the plural? ‘A worldie.’ ‘Fifer’ ‘You played well.’ Kind of you to say so but it was my team, not me. ‘On the bounce’ for in a row And when it comes to relegation battles there is still a slight possibility you’ll hear a commentator say you’ll need a slide rule to separate the teams.
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For example “Give it to ME” is correct, but “Give it to Dad and I”. Why does Me change to I when the subjects are plural ?
And park up.
Head up is fine for the Amazon but not an organisation.
Does re-doubling of efforts, much favoured by politicians, mean quadruple?
I look back with fondness on the time when we used to say year after year, now saying year on year is obligatory.
A few overused phrases I have noticed edge into sporting commentaries and conversations include:
‘Clear your lines.’ Why the plural?
‘A worldie.’
‘Fifer’
‘You played well.’ Kind of you to say so but it was my team, not me.
‘On the bounce’ for in a row
And when it comes to relegation battles there is still a slight possibility you’ll hear a commentator say you’ll need a slide rule to separate the teams.
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