- synonyms - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Looking at the definitions given for yeah, yeh, yep, or yup, all those words are defined as exclamation noun nonstandard spelling of yes, representing informal pronunciation Looking at the examples provided from the Werriam-Webster Online, it seems that yeah, and yep are used in two different cases
- pronunciation - How do you spell Aye Yai Yai - English Language . . .
“Ay-ay-ay” is an exclamation which entered American pop culture from Mexican Spanish in various ways In informal conversation, the phrase means literally “oh, oh, oh” and conveys a sense of dismay
- history - If the letter J is only 400–500 years old, was there a J . . .
(Just to make things confusing for English speakers, the phonetic symbol for this sound is [j] ) In Latin, the letter for this was I i, in Greek it was Ι ι (iota), and in Hebrew it was י (yod) Thus, the Greek spelling for "Jesus" was Ιησους, pronounced something like "Yeh-SOOS", and the Latin likewise was Iesus
- Something is yay big - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
As Barrie England's answer indicates, an entry for the phrases "yea big" "yea high" appears in Wentworth Flexner, Dictionary of American Slang (1960)
- Im well vs. Im good vs. Im doing well, etc
I think this question is actively pernicious By implying that there's something wrong with <i>the way real people actually use the "how are you" standard greeting-and-response< i> in the title, you run a serious risk of hopelessly confusing students of the language who don't know any better
- Difference between I have got and I have gotten
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- Difference between havent . . . yet and didnt. . . . yet
Wikipedia has a decent article on past tenses that explains a lot of this To summarise: "They didn't start yet" is the negative form of the simple past, "They started "
- Alternate way of saying, I just wanted to. . .
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