Sep 21, 2018 · The phrase Go X is a generic cheer of support for or solidarity with X in a competition, or more broadly used to express encouragement or admiration. Let's go Red Sox! I went to high school in White Bear Lake. Go Bears! Go on, girl! (nowadays, more commonly You go, girl!) Context is highly important as there are hundreds and hundreds of things blue could …

Jan 26, 2015 · Both meanings of "to blue" are chemical processes: one oxidizes the surface of steel to provide partial protection from rust; and one adds a slight blue tint to white laundry, making it the white appear brighter. Neither is going on in this song.

Jan 14, 2021 · "I have always wanted this book" is correct. You wanted the book, and you still want the book, so you are pleased to have received the book. The alternative option you present would be used in a sentence like "I had always wanted the book but now I find it brings me no joy" to indicate that you did want it but you don't want it now.

Mar 9, 2013 · I'm going to go ahead and propose a different answer, despite @Bill_Franke's answer already having more than 10 upvotes. I think Bill's answer is likely a perfectly correct representation of the usage of pretty sure in American English but I speak British English and to me it means something different. Per the OED: pretty, adv. a.

Jan 15, 2015 · Few usage dictionary I checked, and unfortunately they don't include the word whim. In dictionaries, though, it does have mention of at whim, on whim, on the whim of*, but they don't say if they have any difference in meaning, or if at all they have any. The only link I have managed to find which says about the the slight difference between on a whim and at whim is …

Apr 22, 2016 · Grammar Girl gives advice from the AP Stylebook and Chicago Manual of Style. AP says "leave out the comma", Chicago says "question mark, comma, close quotes".

Oct 17, 2020 · No. Blue-white and white and blue are not comparable. Blue-white describes a mixture of the two colours, evenly spread across however much canvass. White and blue is unclear but tends to suggest stripes, or perhaps white clouds against a blue sky. We prefer "black and white" for no obvious reason but it being "black on white" and that's a completely different …

Dec 1, 2017 · Introducing oneself as "Hello, this is X" (such as on the phone) implies you are already known. In short, it's not so much introducing oneself (adding a new name to someone's list of known persons) as identifying oneself (help someone know which persone on …

Lets say, I want to tell my roommate that one of the lightbulbs has stopped working, I usually say The light bulb is gone or broken down. I did some search related to these expression and it s...

Apr 4, 2017 · I'd go with: follow the link, because you want them to see the actual target which the link points to, rather than the link itself. Out of context, the ngram data shows see the link as more commonly used.