Preposition

"Bailout of" is idiomatic.

We bail out a boat which is in danger of sinking, and we sometimes bail our friends out of jail.

"To bail" is transitive, that is, we bail something.

When we use the noun form of a verb, we use "of" to refer to the object.

He stole my car. (the theft / stealing

Hi Avangi,

I had a question on "To bail+ on".

Let say a friend of mine is going to cover a shift for me, and in the last minute, she calls and says she has run into a scheduling conflict of her own, which she can help out now. And I said to her on the phone, how could you bail on me" Could "bail" also carry this kind of meaning also? Or maybe I was mist

Yes, indeed. From the times I've been party to these conversations, I've assumed it's an aircraft allusion. When the going gets tough, save yourself - bail out! (Just pray that your parachute deploys.) I have no idea if "bailing out of a plane" and "baling out a swamped boat" and "bailing a suspect out of custody" share a common etymology.

When you do something bad and I'm left

Hi Avangi,

Thanks for your fine explanations to the "bail". Speaking of jargon, I'd like to ask you about "spoken", "slang", "formal" all these remarks that I've seen in dictionaries next to vocabularies.

Does "spoken" mean you would only use the vocabulary in conversations and not in written essay? And "slang" would only use in spoken and not in "written essay" unless you e

Approximately so. CJ has a numbered "register" arrangement he refers to, which I haven't yet mastered. "Higher register" = "more formal," which could apply to both written and spoken language.

The word "casual" is also often used to describe informal communications, written or spoken.

As you imply, one may write a formal paper on the subject of "street jargon," or "slang." I

Hi Avangi,

Thank you for being very thorough on this question.

Regard,

TN