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Della Summers Dictionaries

Month: April 2019

I'm good
grammar

‘I’m good’. ‘Who said you weren’t?!’

April 26, 2019May 8, 2019 Della

So many people object to ‘I’m good, thanks’ in reply to questions like: ‘Would you like chocolate on top?’ (of your cappuccino). It means, of course, that you don’t want […]

prince-charles
grammar

Prince Charles agonizing

April 18, 2019June 10, 2019 Della

‘agonise’ or ‘agonize’, both are acceptable I feel sorry for Prince Charles. He sends a perfectly sympathetic and decent letter to the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, sympathizing with him […]

eu flag
grammar

Whatever happened to thee EU?

April 8, 2019June 8, 2019 Della

Sorry, I’m not asking what you think happened to the European Union, it’s about the pronunciation of the word ‘the’. It’s my pet peeve Number One. People saying ‘thuh EU’. […]

thinking
grammar

Are you fair or are you honest?

April 2, 2019April 21, 2019 Della

In the UK (or is it just in the south of England?), you often hear people using the phrase ‘to be fair’. What’s interesting, to me at least, is how […]

grammar

What Jenna said that Victoria never would have

April 2, 2019April 23, 2019 Della

The real Victoria would never have said ‘Do make sure Palmerston is sat at the other end of the table’, as Jenna Coleman did in a recent episode of ‘Victoria’. […]

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