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SomeMichGuy · M
I do not believe that *that* outcome is likely.
SomeMichGuy · M
@helenS Seems as though it should be a few units in a conversational approach...!
Including an intermediate/advanced idiom unit which tells you that the f-word (either as the 4-character "classic" form, or as the 7-character present participle) acts similarly to a German "particle", except that, instead being inserted as a stand-alone word, it is often used as an extra syllable, insertable anywhere, but typically interior to a multi-syllabic word.
Also, foreigners should be told that the 4-letter expletive and 7-letter participle-cum-adjective are not bound up with strict rules; unlike emitting the German, "Scheiße!" in frustration, which requires a specific threshhold to have been met, American English speakers are free to use them at will--or even actually at Will...! 😉--if one so chooses.
Including an intermediate/advanced idiom unit which tells you that the f-word (either as the 4-character "classic" form, or as the 7-character present participle) acts similarly to a German "particle", except that, instead being inserted as a stand-alone word, it is often used as an extra syllable, insertable anywhere, but typically interior to a multi-syllabic word.
Also, foreigners should be told that the 4-letter expletive and 7-letter participle-cum-adjective are not bound up with strict rules; unlike emitting the German, "Scheiße!" in frustration, which requires a specific threshhold to have been met, American English speakers are free to use them at will--or even actually at Will...! 😉--if one so chooses.
