[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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