Trev
The Dumb One
Same place as 'bus station' came fromI have no idea where this "train station" kindergarten-speak came from).
Same place as 'bus station' came fromI have no idea where this "train station" kindergarten-speak came from).
English is consistently inconsistent....the last thing anyone can claim about English is consistency.
Oops!with baited breath
Breath that lures an animal so that you can trap it?It's difficult to find a meaning in "baited breath".
Breath that lures a French person?Eat some garlic. You will then have it.
Doesn't work! The breath would be the bait, not baited.Breath that lures an animal so that you can trap it?
No.'Sitting' is the present participle of 'sit', so is not 'was sitting' an oxymoron as 'was' implies the past which contradicts the present 'ing' implication?
It looks like one of those cases where common use has mixed two versions of similar things."Was sat"
The verb to sit conjugates the same as to run, so "he was sat" is no more appropriate than "he was ran".
That is all.