Have you Ever…EVER?

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“Pretend” that you have been learning American English for a few years but haven’t mastered the idioms yet. Like “comedy” idioms are situational, often weird and almost unexplainable and can be difficult or even obtuse to folks who come to English “late”. It can be a source of confusion and periodic WTF’s…So I ask you to consider the “quiz” below and grade yourself. Be honest, only you will know if you cheat and you’ll lose respect for yourself. Please feel free to share. I’d love to see the reactions to this piece…I have more ready to post.

   

About Zaslow Crane

Zaslow Crane wrote his first Science fiction story when he was 11 This was after an uncle had given him a Charmin case full of sci fi paperbacks- all the old masters: A.E.Van Vogt, Cordwainer Smith, Heinlen, Bradbury, and dozens more. After that, he never looked back. Zaslow Crane has contributed to numerous magazines and newspapers over many years, and has been a contributing editor for a national magazine. He has been published a couple hundred times for non fiction. Regarding fiction, he writes primarily SciFi and was one of the creative talents behind Smoke and Mirrors, a parsec nominated podcast that "re-imagined" the Twilight Zone and, which ran for 2 1/2 years. He has written over two hundred short stories, 7 or 8 novellas and two novels, one of which "explains" a great many advancements in human technology. He likes mindless sort of work, because it frees that other part of his brain to work on story ideas, so if you see him, say, digging a ditch, you'll know that he’s really writing. He lives in a tiny house on a hill in Central California. His home overlooks the ocean - IF you're willing to stand on tip toes and crane your neck. Just a bit.