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Just About, Barely
In 4:54-5:00 of this video, the sports commentator says:
Wladimir Klitschko all over the place, just about clambered to his feet.
I understand "clambered to his feet" to mean get back up ...
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“Normalise” or “normalize” (British English)?
Is normalise perhaps obsolete in British English, and normalize preferred instead?
I have done some Googling, it seems British English dictionaries prefer normalize, but I haven't found any ...
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Although correct, is “the above” to be avoided?
Although the phrase the above is not exactly incorrect, should it be avoided?
For example, imagine a letter with a heading "Re: Order for 79 purple cardboard slugs". Should a paragraph in the letter ...
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Losing bottles and bottling out
ODO's definition for bottle includes the following:
2 [mass noun] British informal the courage or confidence needed to do something difficult or dangerous:
I lost my bottle completely and ran
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Mixing British English and American English [closed]
I'm a non-native English speaker and as such, I was taught one variety of English In school--in my case, American.
However, I've also been extensively in contact with British English, and now I ...
