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Mr. Tom Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

The use of longish

Hi

Would you say that the use of longish is fairly common amonng native speakers--I mean in everyday speech?

Longish hair

Longish pause, etc

Thanks,

Tom
  

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-ish is very common in some places. I grew up with it in Colorado, and I hear it all the time now that I live on the west coast. In fact, we even use it with time: come over for dinner about six-ish.

— Philip

  • -ish is very common in some places.
  • I grew up with it in Colorado, and I hear it all the time now that I live on the west coast.
  • In fact, we even use it with time: come over for dinner about six-ish.
  • When I was in Ireland last fall, the tour director said it was very common there.
  • I, myself, would avoid it in formal writing.
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-ish is very common in some places. I grew up with it in Colorado, and I hear it all the time now that I live on the west coast. In fact, we even use it with time: come over for dinner about six-ish. When I was in Ireland last fall, the tour director said it was very common there.

I, myself, would avoid it in formal writing.
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