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Snarf Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

....for God sakes

Can I write "for God sakes," or does it have to be 'for God's sake?"

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Snarf Can I write "for *** sakes," Yes. It proves to be more idiomatic choice in a few cases, and is common in AmE. Prajwal

— Prajwalkr

  • Snarf Can I write "for *** sakes," Yes.
  • It proves to be more idiomatic choice in a few cases, and is common in AmE.
  • Prajwal
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SnarfCan I write "for *** sakes,"
Yes. It proves to be more idiomatic choice in a few cases, and is common in AmE.

Prajwal
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Well, what if someone says something like, "Oh, for *** sakes, stop it," would that be fine, or would it be better in the possessive?
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Sorry, Snarf.Emotion: crying
I mistook your question for ***'s sakes or ***'s sake

I answered for this one.
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The expression is "for ***'s sake". In colloquial use, it can be any way you want, though. I have heard "for *** sakes" plenty of times, and that would be fine in dialogue if you wanted your character to say that for some reason.
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