Joel, it's not necessarily American, in my view. It's just lazy
English.
Chris
On 11 Dec 2008, at 16:25, Joel Wilcox wrote:
> Elliptical English: There is a dialogue implied:
>
> "That will cost you $8000."
> "You'll get that out of me when you are standing over my dead body."
>
> Is this peculiarly American?
>
> Joel W.
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