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  1. Is "This is from xxx" correct usage? - English Language & Usage …

    I placed a phone call and introduced myself this way: "Hi, This is from " and a coworker pointed out that the sentence is grammatically wrong. While I understand that it sounds a bit weird, I'm

  2. pronunciation - Why is Sean pronounced Shawn? - English …

    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 …

  3. punctuation - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    ...And Sean Palmer advises: [Another] problem [with apostrophe usage] is where company names are formed with an apostrophe-s. For example, Lloyd's. Therefore, the possessive of Lloyd's …

  4. What does "wipe your chin and walk away" mean?

    Sean Parker: "And they want you to say 'thank you' while you, excuse me, wipe your chin and walk away." I never was quite able to figure this one out , so what exactly does wipe your chin …

  5. What does "life's a beach" mean? - English Language & Usage …

    Somewhere on Yahoo News I read this text: Scarlett Johansson and Sean Penn turned heads when they showed up together at Reese Witherspoon's wedding. The 26-year-old actress took …

  6. When should "Mom" and "Dad" be capitalized? - English …

    You may need something like "our Sean" as there is more than one person in the world called "Sean", but there is only (normally) one person that anyone calls "Dad".

  7. 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 …

  8. expressions - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    All The Hard-Hitting Questions Sean Hannity Asked Donald Trump At A ‘Town Hall’ This Week - In which we watch a televised tongue bath so you don’t have to. Among mature, educated …

  9. What does it mean when you say "you, there" in English?

    Seems like a sound answer to me. The comma probably shouldn't be in the phrase for that usage, though, as it indicates a pause, which would come out as addressing someone as "you" and …

  10. Why do we pronounce Dean as /diːn/ but Sean as /ʃɒn/?

    18 Sean is an Irish name, and so follows a completely different set of rules. Siobhan is another Irish name with a very non-English pronunciation.