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Is "Many thanks" a proper usage? - English Language & Usage …
I saw emails from English people with Many Thanks as a signing off phrase. Is that proper usage? Or is it a phrase created by continental English speakers due to the influence of their native …
grammaticality - "Whether or not" vs. "whether" - English …
As Henry Higgins observed in Pygmallion, the best grammarians are often those who learned English in school as immigrants. My parents, who were first-generation Americans in the early …
e.g. and i.e. in the middle of a sentence - English Language
Dec 20, 2016 · I often see e.g. used by non-native English speakers in the middle of a sentence like this: Along with custom software, our services include e.g. consulting, integration, auditing …
Source of 'BB' in the sense of 'small, spherical pellet of shot'
Nov 15, 2015 · @SvenYargs: From 1845 to 1883 "BB" meant Brigitte Bardot. It was changed to mean ball bearing in 1883.