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  1. Why is Sean pronounced Shawn? - English Language & Usage Stack …

    Dec 27, 2014 · Sean (written "Seán" or "Séan" in Irish) is a Hibernization of the English name "John"; that is, it's a transliteration of "John" into a form which can be pronounced in Irish and written with the …

  2. Is it acceptable to drop the comma in "Thanks, John"?

    The main difference between lying and not using a comma in "Thanks, John", in your analogy, is that lying is a deliberate act of deception that often has negative consequences for the person being lied …

  3. You can contact John, Jane or me (myself) for more information

    Me. Myself is reflexive: it denotes that the person (me) is doing something to that person (myself) and no other. It's not correct to use a reflexive pronoun unless the recipient of the action is the person doing …

  4. What is the proper way to say possesive with "person X" and self?

    Possible Duplicate: My wife and I's seafood collaboration dinner I've never known what the proper way to use a sentence in which you and a specific person (as in you can't just say "our" be...

  5. Is the correct format "Good morning, John" or "Good morning John"?

    Apr 22, 2016 · Which of these is in the correct format? Good morning, John. Or Good morning John.

  6. and me" or "me and..." - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Possible Duplicate: “Me and my wife” or “my wife and me” I keep seeing that it's just courtesy to put yourself last in a list of nouns. eg. "They went to the game with S...

  7. Why are "sugar" and "sure" pronounced with an SH?

    I've noticed many Scottish and Irish Gaelic words to be spelled with an s, followed by a vowel, and pronounced like sh. Think about the way Sean Connery speaks (not to mention how the Se in his …

  8. grammaticality - Is the phrase "for free" correct? - English Language ...

    Aug 16, 2011 · Sean, above, wrote, "free is just a placeholder for $0." I disagree, and this is the point. The term 'for' must be used with a commodity. The use of a commodity, such as 'five dollars', can be …

  9. idioms - Why is "You’ve brought a knife to a gun fight" considered to ...

    Jun 22, 2017 · There were references to the origin of the above idiom, my favorite (supported here as well) being from the movie, The Untouchables, wherein Sean Connery utters with contempt, "Isn't …

  10. Another idiom for 'jumping the shark'

    Jul 1, 2023 · The term jump the shark was coined by Sean Connolly and Jon Hein in 1985, based on their premise that the scene that marks the beginning of the decline of the American television show …