Thursday, December 4, 2008

Fixin's & Trimmin's


In what way is a fixin’, different from a trimmin’? Are they synonymous, or is there a subtle difference? You often hear the phrase “All the fixin’s”. Can you just have some of the fixin’s? And just where is the correct place to put the apostrophe with the plural of fixin’? And while I’m on a roll, why is it called “trimming” the tree?

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