Showing posts with label Word usage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Word usage. Show all posts

Oct 29, 2010

Phrase : Come out with it

 Come out with it :   phrase

Meaning   : to say something directly

Example : Why dont you come out with it from you heart , you will be fine.

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Apr 12, 2010

Alright, all right

Alright, all right – "Alright" is nonstandard; use “all right.” Like "okay," "all right" is an informal word; substitute "fine" or "acceptable" in formal writing.


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Apr 11, 2010

Ain't

Ain't – "Ain’t" is always wrong, whether it is used to mean "to be" or "to have." The use of “ain’t I?” is nonstandard. “Amn’t I?” is also nonstandard English; “aren’t I?” is standard English. Despite the use of “ain’t I?” and “amn’t I?” in some dialects, “the correct standard singular form is the plural form aren’t: I’m right, aren’t I?
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