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Asked on March 26, 2021 in Grammar.
What does the expression “All you left with is nothing” mean when you left a place with nothing, eg, you went to an event where prizes were won, but you did not win anything, so you left without anything. Where has the construction that all you left with is nothing been? (Please note that it is a non-standard construction?)? “All
you are left with is nothing” means that you had something but now you have nothing, eg, you saved up lots of money and spent it on stupid things. We like to disagree. I am leaving everything and everything. I really love life. How can I say that I can’t do anything at all? It’s non-standard. You could say it informally and be understood, but “Now you have nothing left” is better.
Is it better?
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Asked on March 26, 2021 in Grammar.
What does the expression “All you left with is nothing” mean when you left a place with nothing, eg, you went to an event where prizes were won, but you did not win anything, so you left without anything. Where has the construction that all you left with is nothing been? (Please note that it is a non-standard construction?)? “All
you are left with is nothing” means that you had something but now you have nothing, eg, you saved up lots of money and spent it on stupid things. We like to disagree. I am leaving everything and everything. I really love life. How can I say that I can’t do anything at all? It’s non-standard. You could say it informally and be understood, but “Now you have nothing left” is better.
Is it better?
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Asked on March 1, 2021 in Word choice.
The note attached on MW is to say that access to a word in their full dictionary (for which you need to pay subscription) is offered for a limited time in their free dictionary – probably as a means of attracting purchasers of the full dictionary. It has nothing to do with validity of the word in question. As to the entry for “demonstratable” in fact the word “demonstrable”, as we are well aware of — and we have not been able to reproduce the entry
from a source other than the sources, so you will
note the following: : demonstrate (easily demonstratable aural and visual proof — R.D.Darrell) This says that “demonstratable” is another version of “demonstrable” that has been recorded in use, however, “dem
Which variant “demonstratable” you want to use? Use of “demonstratable” may well annoy pedants, who will likely be turning off your work. If you happen to love the word “demonstratable”, you may want to use it in order to popularise its use in the hope that it may one day become a widely accepted, and acceptable, word. If I need to speak to my colleagues using multiple words, then use “demonstrable”.
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