Questions tagged [phrase-choice]
Is it Either? Is it Or? Is it Neither? Use the Phrase-Choice tag to help you complete the perfect sentence, say what you really mean, and learn new words and phrases.
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you almost got us killed vs you almost killed us
I have the text in book Dogwood by Chris Fabry:
I whirled in the seat and grabbed his right arm in a death grip.
Carson overcompensated and jerked the wheel left, weaving into the next lane. A horn ...
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There's been a situation where I "have not known" vs "didn't know" my lines
Source: Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC, September 29, 2015)
Jimmy: That's funny. Has there ever been a situation where you
didn't know your lines before?
Viola: There's been a situation
where I have not ...
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Can "I filed my nail off" be explained like the structure "I wiped the table off"?
We can say:
I wiped the dirt off my face ("off" here is a preposition)
Instead of saying that, we can just say
I wiped my face off ("off" here is an adverb)
My question is that,
We ...
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