Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Today's English lesson

From Common Errors in English:


Chuckles & Chunks

In casual conversation, you may get by with saying "Chuck [throw] me that monkey wrench, will you?"

But you will mark yourself as illiterate beyond mere casualness by saying instead "Chunk me that wrench."

This is a fairly common substitution in some dialects of American English.

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