
Can "Yo" be used to end a conversation? - English Language
Mar 6, 2018 · Yo is an English slang interjection,[1] commonly associated with American English. It was popularized by the Italian-American community in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the …
"may you" or "can you"? - English Language & Usage Stack …
Mar 25, 2015 · They are both correct. However "can" entails the issue of "possibility". If you ask someone "can you" it is as if you're wondering if they are capable of doing it.
"What about you?" versus "How about you?" - English Language …
E.g. I'm going straight home after work. How about you? I'm going straight home after work. What about you? They both seem to work interchangeably, but there feels like a subtle differe...
Difference between "How are you?" and "How are you doing?"
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What is the origin/history of "you do you" (or "do you")?
Apr 2, 2015 · A recent New York Times Magazine piece focused on the expression "you do you" (and its variant "do you"), meaning something like a strong affirmation to "be yourself." The …
capitalization - "you" versus "You" as polite form of writing
I think it is not weird to use capital Y in 'You' because unlike in French and Hindi where You has the form "vous" and "aap/tum" respectively, to show more respect and politeness, English …
grammaticality - "Recommend you to" vs. "recommend that you"
Jul 28, 2011 · Actually I believe that both variants can be technically correct, but they are saying very different things, and using the "you to" variant is mostly done as a mistake where "that …
“Do you have” vs “Have you got” - English Language & Usage ...
Jan 18, 2013 · I found where you got the statistics: the Separated by a Common Language blog.And one reason for the discrepancy with Google Ngrams is that "do you have" is rapidly …
meaning - "Convenient for you" vs "convenient to you" - English ...
Jan 29, 2012 · As well as the most common sense of convenient (i.e. suiting you, not causing you time or trouble), there is the related sense of close, near-by, as in "We stopped at a …
pronunciation - How do you spell "Aye Yai Yai" - English Language ...
Jan 31, 2012 · There are many expressions throughout many cultures that are similar to this and each is pronounced slightly differently. The Yiddish "oy oy oy", the Spanish "ai ai ai" and the …