2015年3月28日 · If "you are" can be shortened to "you're", can "you have" be shortened to "you've"? Is it acceptable? If yes, what are the situations where it can be used?

The full phrase is if you think x, you've got another think coming.. Wiktionary notes on usage: This expression is used as a rebuke, often in constructions similar to "If X thinks that Y, he/she has …

2020年3月30日 · What are the earliest reference quotes, using the cool modern senses below, for each phrase? ”You got this": Motivational encouragement to instill confidence to overcome …

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2023年12月27日 · When reading the title I thought you meant the novelty would be gone for others.For instance, if a topic is very fashionable right now and jobs in this topic are receiving …

2018年10月12日 · I mean you can replace “have got” with “have” or the other way around. “I’ve got to go” equals ”I have to go”, with this you can separate the meanings between present and …

2013年3月30日 · According to the Wiktionary, "earnt" is correct but not common:. This is an uncommon (<0.5% as common as earned in the British National Corpus) but entirely …

2018年4月3日 · Hmmm. It would likely be in the OED, but that is paywalled. A shame, because your comment certainly accords with my experience: the two definitely have a difference in …

+1 because I was thinking of wistfulness before I scrolled down to see your answer. I'm not sure you'd normally be wistful about something in the future that was never in the past though - …

2013年6月23日 · I came across the phrase, ‘got yourself a deal’ being introduced as a vulgar American English by a character in Jeffery Archer’s, fiction “The Fourth Estate.” In the scene …