@Usernew Yes. It means "so I wouldn't have had to have taken those dives" with "take a dive" meaning, in boxing, to pretend to get knocked out or lose in exchange for money
@EddieKal Yes that's the crux of why he is called smart. Not one thing about what he actually says.
As someone who's getting a degree (though not Law and not Harvard), it occurs to me that you can be pretty stupid and get the degree. In fact, I think a lot of stupid people don't have much trouble getting degrees.
With most nouns, we use the definite article when we are talking about specificity. But why don't we use any article in such cases:
She has the custody of her daughter.
He has the possession of a gun.
In the above examples, we are talking about specific instances of those nouns, i.e., "the cu...
Not too long ago Republicans were quite okay and even supportive of intellectual work.
Back then a Shapiro would have been a staunch proponent of NASA sending probes here and there, the US sticking it to the commies by imposing stricter lockdowns, the like.
I am used to hearing sentences like:
-It doesn't make much sense.
-It makes little sense.
-It makes
no sense.
-It makes perfect sense.
However, I find it makes economic sense really interesting since it expresses a concept rather than merely emphasizes sense.
I used this collocation dictionary ...
I am used to hearing sentences like:
-It doesn't make much sense.
-It makes little sense.
-It makes
no sense.
-It makes perfect sense.
However, I find it makes economic sense really interesting since it expresses a concept rather than merely emphasizes sense.
I used this collocation dictionary ...
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