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the office phones I came across a sentence in the book Practical English Usage: "I'll be in all day unless the office phones." When I asked ChatGPT about it, it said that "unless the office phones" is an awkward sentence, as "phone" is typically used with a person as the subject. It suggested using "calls" instead of "phones." I’m curious about how native English speakers would perceive this.

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I certainly find the term "magnolia mouth" rather intriguing. Was the way how Scarlett O'Hara spoke in "Gone with the Wind" more prominent than an average person from the South nowadays? Late that afternoon, as Tate pulled up to the shore, the hull crunching softly on sand, she said, "Can we meet somewheres else, 'sides here? " "Hey, Kya, good to see you." Tate greeted her, still sitting at the tiller. "What d'ya think?" "It's besides, not 'sides, and it's polite to greet people before asking a favor." "You say 'sides sometimes," she said, almost smiling. "Yeah, we all got magnolia mouth, being from the North Carolina sticks, but we have to try.

What do you call this animal in your native language? In Persian, it's سنجاب /san-jaab/!

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Hello everyone, I read a post about not using idioms in writing essays. However, I found some information on a website, they said that we can use some 'formal idioms' in essays. I am so nervous, which idea is really correct?

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