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I'm learning (Munster) Irish for several reasons; my heritage is Irish, I support saving endangered languages, and I love Irish music and want to understand (and sing) the words. :) I'm a native speaker and writer of American English, and am skilled in grammar, punctuation, and sentence construction; I am happy to help with any confusing English words and phrases, usage, spelling, etc.
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    April 4, 2012
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    In Irish (Gaelic), what, if anything, is usually said after someone sneezes? In America, we say "Bless you," "God bless you," or "Gesundheit" (German). What is said in the Irish language? Would it be "Slainte"? Thanks.
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    qkqhPanda, you mean to use the word "than" in this context, rather than "then." "Then" refers to another time or the next in a sequence: "First one, and then the other." "Than" is the comparative.
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    March 28, 2012
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    Not an answer to your question, but something you might like to know: "analysis" is a noun, as in "The analysis of the grammar structure is given in the answer above." The verb form would be "analyze" or "to analyze," as in "Please help me analyze the grammar of this sentence."
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    March 28, 2012
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    Another way we say it in America is "I'm bored out of my skull." It means exactly as you guessed; that I have nothing to do and I can't entertain myself right now.
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    March 28, 2012
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    German (Deutsch) for "Good day," a greeting.
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    March 28, 2012
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    Although they are rhetorical (not requiring an answer), all three of these sentences are actually questions and should be punctuated with question marks rather than periods. "Who knows what he might have done if I hadn't been there?" etc.
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    March 28, 2012
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    "Sometimes random concindences happen for no reason that anyone but a 19th century novelist would believe." (literature form the period is often convoluted and full of "miraculous" occurrences that would be improbable in reality).
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    March 28, 2012
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    1. Obviously a prosaic (poetic) description; open to imaginative interpretation. It most likely means her voice was gravelly or scratchy, as though she was a heavy smoker. 2. The conversation is comedic and is not intended to explain the origin of the phrase. Without more context, I surmise the first speaker used "Holy shit!" as an expletive to express astonishment, and the second speaker made a humorous and sarcastic reference to the word "holy" as being associated with religion, i.e., Roman Catholicism in particular, and the meaning of the phrase as "wow!" 3. Either assumption (jewelry or lingerie) would be correct. The phrase is intended to be suggestive (in a sexual manner). 4. You're correct; the word "company" means "being with someone." The phrase is definitely sarcastic, and could be rephrased as "Do you mind telling me why the [expletive] you were with that person tonight?" Hope this helps.
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    March 28, 2012
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    Tá beagán Gaelainn agam... ...ach níl mórán. :) Pádraig is ainm dom; is Meiriceánach mé.
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