Re: USAGE: English adverbials 'the heck', 'the hell', etc.
| From: | <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, April 9, 2004, 2:32 |
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Gary Shannon scripsit:
> What the hell, why not add these as well:
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> Like hell you are!
> ??Like heck you are!
> *Like f**k you are!
>
> He ran like hell.
> He ran like heck.
> *He ran like f**k.
I find all of these six equally grammatical (though the contexts of
acceptability vary, to be sure).
--
Said Agatha Christie / To E. Philips Oppenheim John Cowan
"Who is this Hemingway? / Who is this Proust? jcowan@reutershealth.com
Who is this Vladimir / Whatchamacallum, http://www.reutershealth.com
This neopostrealist / Rabble?" she groused. http://www.ccil.org/cowan
--author unknown to me; any suggestions?
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