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References on English usage strongly criticize the phrase as "ugly" [2] and "Janus-faced". [4] William Strunk, Jr., and E.B. White, in their classic The Elements of Style–recognized by Time one of the 100 best and most influential non-fiction books written in English since 1923, [6] say and/or is "A device, or shortcut, that damages a sentence and often leads to confusion or ambiguity". [3]
More archaically, one can say Que Dieu te/vous bénisse. "To your wishes" or "health". Old-fashioned: after the second sneeze, "to your loves", and after the third, "may they last forever". More archaically, the translation is "God bless you". Merci or Merci, que les tiennes durent toujours (old-fashioned) after the second sneeze
The album topped the R&B albums chart, White's fourth in a row to do so, and peaked at #17 on the Billboard 200.It also reached #12 on the UK Albums Chart. [5] The album was a success, yielding two Billboard R&B Top Ten singles, "What Am I Gonna Do with You", which peaked at #1, and "I'll Do for You Anything You Want Me To", which peaked at #4. [2]
Like if I'm just saying, ‘Say this. Say this the way I wrote it,’ I'm cutting off this huge bit of talent,” he explains. ... and Kendrick, 39, again on Another Simple Favor was “a dream ...
Go the way of all flesh [2] To die Neutral Go west [2] To be killed or lost Informal Refers to the sun setting at the west. The Grim Reaper [2] Personification of death Cultural: A skeleton with a scythe, often in a cloak. Also commonly truncated to just "The Reaper". Hand in one's dinner pail [2] To die Informal No longer required at workmen's ...
'The Studio' Co-Creator Seth Rogen Says Martin Scorsese Told Him 'You Guys Say "F--" Too Much' 'Another Simple Favor' Review: At SXSW, Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively Return for a Sequel That Has ...
Like a cocktail made of ingredients that aren’t meant to go together, but that stimulate your taste buds in a just sweet-and-tart, gin-and-blood-orange enough way that you keep sipping it, “A ...
The words "nought" and "naught" are spelling variants. They are, according to H. W. Fowler, not a modern accident as might be thought, but have descended that way from Old English. There is a distinction in British English between the two, but it is not one that is universally recognized. This distinction is that "nought" is primarily used in a ...