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on second thoughts, make that 12.
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| #3 (permalink) Tue May 13, 2008 15:05 pm usage of "make" |
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The only version of this expression that I hear used is "on second thought".
I can't recall ever having heard someone use this expression with the plural 'thoughts'.
However, it would be common to hear someone say "He's having second thoughts".
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| #4 (permalink) Tue May 13, 2008 15:09 pm usage of "make" |
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| Yankee wrote: |
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The only version of this expression that I hear used is "on second thought".
I can't recall ever having heard someone use this expression with the plural 'thoughts'.
However, it would be common to hear someone say "He's having second thoughts".
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It must be another of those BrE vs AmE things:
The BNC to the rescue, again:
ON SECOND THOUGHTS 62
ON SECOND THOUGHT 5
I'd imagine "on second thoughts" has an ellipted "having" between the "on" and second". So the plural would seem more logical. |
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| #5 (permalink) Tue May 13, 2008 15:12 pm usage of "make" |
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Yup, it looks like a variant problem:
The BYU American corpus:
ON SECOND THOUGHT 162
ON SECOND THOUGHTS 4 |
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| #6 (permalink) Tue May 13, 2008 16:41 pm usage of "make" |
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| Yankee wrote: |
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The only version of this expression that I hear used is "on second thought".
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Hi, Amy
When I was writting "on second thought" I was having second thoughts if it is right, and my dictionary supported the "on second thoughts" version, but I heard "on second thought" a few times in a cartoon, so I cast away my doubts :)
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