I've noticed "prolly" written here a lot of times. How long has it been used for "probably"?
548241
Prolly since misspelling was invented.
474663
This question is more complicated than it seems.\n\nFirst of all, both possibilities have been available in English for a very long time.  A couple of hundred years ago, some grammarians looked around and decided that they didn't like that there were two possible ways of saying something, so they decided to make some rules about it.  They decided that, whenever you have an object of the preposition "than", you should put it in nominative case.  That means that, according to many grammar books, the correct answer is "Are you better than I?".  Their reasoning is that the part that comes after "than" is a shortened version of something else, like this:\n"Are you better than I am (good)?"\n\nHowever, to many native speakers, both "I" and "me" are possibilities in this context, so it might only be a concern to you if you are planning on using this sentence with someone who might judge you for it (for example, a boss or a professor).  Anyone else might not even notice.
149705
I've seen it written as Is.  Also Isle as another poster mentioned.  I don't think it is usual to abreviate it.
152808
I suugest it is a mispronunciatio of the french "s'il vous plait." The less educated of the time picking up what they thought they heard and used it to affectaion. Thus it became prety please
1071008
maybe = pehaps\nmay be =  could be
914180
I have seen it used, but cannot find it in any dictionary.  It seems to be used "as in a liberal sense" or using prudence in a poetic license context.
571841
Cute question.  I'm almost tempted not to try and answer but only agree that you are right, it is just a wrong form of speech.  The truth is, though, we hear it, and it does make sense.  I think it makes sense when the "now" is used not as a reference in time but a reference in a sequence of arguments or acts, a reference in space if you want.  You'll present arguments, and before your conclusion, derived from those arguments, you'll say "now then."  Or you'll do some things like prepare various steps in a recipe, then before you move on, you say "now then."  Is this just more obtuse?
826842
Thats been around for ages.\nBrilliant stuff!
712363
It is not a sentence...\n\nBeneath the noted universal concerns there lies a distinctive world view.\n\n Or better yet use a semi colon after the word preceeding but ..then replacing it with however and a comma...like this \n\n" ; however, beneath these universal concerns there lies a distinctive worldview."
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I know you're going to hate me for pointing this out, but either one is grammatically correct. There is no right or wrong here. It's simply a question of degree. To what degree has your optimism impacted you? What are you really trying to say? Your intent will determine which word you choose. Say each one out loud and go with the one that feels right for your intended message.\n\nAnd by the way -- it's "moments like these WHEN" (not where).
601566
Yes a few times, not too many ppl using olde english nowadays.
662435
Sometimes.\n\n\n\n--- LeeeN
196928
Basically, you can start by ignoring (temporarily) the "John" and "you" parts, since they don't change when you change cases.\n\nThe pronoun "I" is nominative case.  It should be used in places where the nominative case is appropriate; these include subjects of sentences and subject complements.  So, these are appropriate uses:\n—"I can see my house from here."\n—"The winner of the contest was I."\n—"Bill can sing better than I."\nThese work just as well when you put the "you" or "John" in as well:\n—"You and I can see our houses from here."\n—"John and I can see our houses from here."\n—"The winners of the contest were you and I."\n—"The winners of the contest were John and I."\n—"Bill can sing better than you and I."\n—"Bill can sing better than John and I."\n\nThe pronoun "me" is in the objective case.  It should be used in places where the objective case is appropriate; these include direct and indirect objects of verbs, as well as objects of prepositions.\n—"The dog bit me."\n—"Sue gave me the cake."\n—"It's great knowing that girls are always talking about me."\nThese work just as well when you put the "you" or "John" in as well:\n—"The dog bit you and me."\n—"The dog bit John and me."\n—"Sue gave you and me the cake."\n—"Sue gave John and me the cake."\n—"It's great knowing that girls are always talking about you and me."\n—"It's great knowing that girls are always talking about John and me."
987295
Something and sometime
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What a shame. So many incorrect answers.\n\nJim and I versus Jim and Me\nFor some writers and speakers, the case of a pronoun becomes especially troublesome when that pronoun is compounded with something or someone else. When the pronoun is being used as a subject, there is usually no problem:\n\nJim and I are playing tennis this afternoon.\nJim and she are playing tennis this afternoon.\nWe learn this lesson so well — getting cuffed on the ears and being forced to stand in the corner when we say "Jim and me are playing tennis. . . " — that when the object form of the pronoun is truly called for, we're apt to come up with the subject form instead, as in "Grandma left Jim and I her rocking chair," which is bad form, indeed. \n\nThere is a simple rule here that seems to work very well, at least in writing. Ask yourself what pronoun form you would use without adding the other person — "Grandma left me her rocking chair" (coming up with the correct form for the indirect object) — and then, when you add the other person, don't change the form of the pronoun: "Grandma left Jim and me her rocking chair." \n\nThis rule works whether the pronoun is being used as an indirect object, as above, as a direct object — "The policeman stopped Jim and me" — or as the object of a preposition — "Grandma gave her rocking chair to Jim and me." Some writers and speakers will mistakenly say "This is just between Jim and I," not realizing that the preposition "between" calls for the object form of both pronouns, including "me."\n\nThe rule also pertains to sentences in which a pronoun is compounded with yet another pronoun: "Grandma gave her rocking chair to him and me, but that's just between you and me."\n\nNotice that when "I" is compounded with another subject, the "other person" or people get first billing: "Jim and I are playing," not "I and Jim." This is one of the very few polite forms in English.
342555
British punctuation has always been like that.  When did Americans start putting punctuation inside quotations when the punctuation doesn't belong to the quotation?  That's always seemed weird to me!
111823
It's a verb. It's replacing "said" or "says."