In point of usage, Ngrams shows a slight preference for What about you: COCA shows 770 instances of how about you, the vast majority of which are in the proper context (a few are in …

When the stakes are high you are often tempted to cheat. You might prefer the former to the latter because the latter comes across as very accusatory. This is really the only circumstance I will …

You can't score if you don't shoot. 1965 Glenn Warner, "Soccer Shot," in Soccer Anthology , edited by Alva C. Moore and Melvin R. Schmid ({Gainesville FL}: for the editors) 57: "Don't …

2010年9月25日 · You've likely seen the common example: The human brain often skips any extra words that appear in the the sentence they're reading. The same behaviour might happen with …

As far as I know, you actually is the formal, originally plural version (ye/you/your) and thou was the informal version (thou/thee/thy/thine). Over time, thou became impolitely informal and is now …

I think that the phrase . your and your competitors’ relative market performance. is a pretty odd fish in the first place—because performance comes out singular here even though the actual …

2010年9月22日 · Before they all merged into the catch-all form you, English second person pronouns distinguished between nominative and objective, as well as between singular and …

The term acknowledge (which is already used by you in the question) summarises what you want neatly. From M-W: Legal Definition of acknowledge acknowledged acknowledging. 2 a : to …

2011年3月26日 · Is person 1 saying the first sentence and person 2 is saying "you bet" , or this is a one complete sentence up to "you bet" by only one person? – user54352 Commented Oct …

The NOAD reports that aren't is the contraction of are not, and am not; in the latter case, it is used only in questions.