http://www.vietesl.com Welcome To Hoc Tieng Anh, Hoc Anh Van Tren Mang, Learn English, English as a Second Language, ESL, Learn English Grammar, Cach Hoc Tieng Anh, Hoc Ngoai Ngu Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:39:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.vietesl.com/english-grammar/alibi/ http://www.vietesl.com/english-grammar/alibi/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:01:14 +0000 vietesl http://www.vietesl.com/?p=257 You may be glad you have an alibi if you’re hauled into court, but you may not want one if you’re merely called on the carpet. When used as a noun in its nonlegal sense of “an excuse,” alibi splits the Usage Panel in half. Forty-nine percent accept it in the sentence He always had a ready alibi for the quality of his service. When alibi is used as an intransitive verb meaning “to make excuses,” as in If you must alibi, at least try to be convincing, it is unacceptable to 72 percent of the panel.

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