Re: [Corpora-List] American and British English spelling converter

From: David Graff (graff@ldc.upenn.edu)
Date: Fri Nov 03 2006 - 21:12:25 MET

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    O.Mason@bham.ac.uk said:
    > I recently noticed the use of 'plenty' as an adverb, as in "our troops
    > are plenty brave" (GWB). Don't know if that is general American E or
    > just a Bushism.

    Anymore, I hear that sort of thing plenty often, from lots of Americans.

    (And yes, positive "anymore" at the beginning of a sentence is also a
    familiar trait in some regions of the U.S.)

            Dave Graff

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