[Corpora-List] American and British English spelling converter
David Graff
graff at ldc.upenn.edu
Fri Nov 3 20:12:25 UTC 2006
O.Mason at 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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