Oct 26, 2011 · more cowbell - A quote from a Saturday Night Live skit featuring Blue Oyster Cult members recording "Don't Fear the Reaper" with a producer telling them to add "more cowbell". A funny pun on the cowbell in the song by BOC. Billy: "It needs more cowbell!" Joe: "LOLLERSKATES!"

Another example of a shortened adjective phrase with a stative verb is "Titanic, starring (featuring) Leonardo Dicaprio, is a popular romantic movie." As I tell my students to identify stative verbs, stand up and "star" or "feature" for me. Usually they can't. But we use stative verbs with ing more and more every day here in the U.S.

Oct 4, 2020 · The use of "it", referring to and emphasizing the immediately preceding noun is optional. If used it gives a more literate feeling to the sentence. "it has ever been my wont to give my love without thought of obligation." - Timon of Athens - Internet Archive

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May 9, 2016 · Is there a word that means "more well", in the same way that "better" means "more good"? In common parlance most people just use "better" for this purpose, but this sounds wrong and is a nagging irritation for me. "Better" is an adjective while "well" is an adverb, and so they're strictly incompatible in how they can be used.

Feb 25, 2014 · I agree with @BigBoss comment, and I know the expression Always leave them wanting more is also used in the show business, to recommend that when the audience is responding positively to your performance you should not exhaust your repertoire in that occasion but rather end your show before the spectators become completely satisfied, so that they will …

Aug 30, 2014 · The first is a direct question, where the questioner doesn't know what answer to expect. The second is rhetorical -- i.e. it is the statement "I know you want some drugs" disguised as a question.

Apr 24, 2011 · Are there other usages of the expression "don't ask don't tell" besides the one from its Wikipedia page?. Don't ask, don't tell (DADT) is the term commonly used for the policy restricting United States military personnel from efforts to discriminate or harass closeted homosexual or bisexual service members or applicants, while barring those who are openly …

Aug 24, 2010 · Frequently the rear of the army is a much more dangerous location than the front line, for the missiles passing over the front line must fall somewhere, and often demoralize whole hosts of "bummers," who build up miniature fortifications to live in and collect together in crowds ; for misery loves company.

For some reason, if I hear "I have fever" or "I am suffering from fever" without "a" preceding it, I tend to think it is a disease, like Dengue Fever or Yellow Fever, rather than just an elevated body temperature, which is more likely a symptom of an infection or virus. I would say, "I'm running a temperature" or "I'm running a fever"