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Dido Posted 18 years ago
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Is it Ok to say to a close friend: You look hell of great? (meaning you look gorgeous)
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No! It goes with a noun phrase. You look great.
- No!
- It goes with a noun phrase.
- You look great.
- or That's a **** of a dress you have on there!
- or even You've got a **** of a body!
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No! It goes with a noun phrase.
You look great. or That's a **** of a dress you have on there! or even You've got a **** of a body! (that last one sounds like you have a sexual interest in her)
We had a **** of a good time. We paid a **** of a lot of money.
You look great. or That's a **** of a dress you have on there! or even You've got a **** of a body! (that last one sounds like you have a sexual interest in her)
We had a **** of a good time. We paid a **** of a lot of money.
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Grammar GeekNo! It goes with a noun phrase.As I was retiring 8 years ago, I commonly heard "hella" as an
You look great. or That's a **** of a dress you have on there! or even You've got a **** of a body! (that last one sounds like you have a sexual interest in her)
We had a **** of a good time. We paid a **** of a lot of money.
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It can go with "as," too: He was mad as ****. I'm tired as **** of having to clean up after you guys---you're messy as ****.
And while of course there's the ever-popular, "hot as ****," you can even say "It was cold as **** in there," and be understood to mean that it was very, very cold.
A variation my mother used to employ is a bit more literal: "old as the hinges of ****."
And while of course there's the ever-popular, "hot as ****," you can even say "It was cold as **** in there," and be understood to mean that it was very, very cold.
A variation my mother used to employ is a bit more literal: "old as the hinges of ****."
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