6 Oct
2005
6 Oct
'05
5:17 p.m.
Frank van Drogen wrote:
Good grief.
Leave it alone. I don't drink beer, but the phrase is idiomatic and therefore should be accepted as an idiom.
Anne
That's exactely the problem I have with it. It is probably perfectely understandable for native English speakers. Non noative speakers with a high level probably don't have a problem with it either. That leaves probably 95% of the world population in question about it. Why not make it a clear statement ?
Frank
Add footnotes to the page (ala Pratchett)?