noun phrase We still have a ways to go before we're home. We've done a lot of work on this project, but we have a long ways to go. She still has a ways to go before graduation.
No, it is not grammatically correct - "a" is specifically singular, while "ways" is specifically plural. (Of course, being grammatically incorrect does not prevent it being in common usage.) Language evolves; headquarters used to be plural, but now I don't think anybody would object to "a headquarters".
Well done, as in That was a great lecture—way to go! This exclamation of approval and encouragement originated in sports, addressed to athletes who are performing well. In the 1960s it began to be used for any kind of achievement.
A ways is an American expression that has not been taken up elsewhere. It is not plural — and it has its origin, like many Americanisms, in old English. It is just a way (not a ways!) of saying 'some distance to go'. Where 'a way to go' means a distance to go for most people, in America it means a method of going.
used to tell someone they have done well, or used humorously when someone has done something stupid: I heard you girls won the contest. Way to go! Way to go, John - you broke the chair!
DEFINITIONS1. used for telling someone that they have done something well, or that you are proud of their achievement. Way to go, Mary! Keep up the good work.
a way(s) off Definitions and Synonyms
Christmas is still a ways off. Synonyms and related words. At an unspecified time in the future. later.
a large amount of time and effort: You've got a long way to go before you're ready to compete at the national level.
Reciprocal describes something that's the same on both sides.
In so many words, the idiom 'way to go' means 'a job well done. ' We say this phrase to express approval and/or pleasure. For example, a coach may say this to their team after winning a game. A boss could use this expression to congratulate their employees for completing a task.
1. : to travel in the same direction as someone. Let me walk with you—I'm going your way. : to happen in a way that helps someone.
ˈgō-ˌtü informal : relied on and regularly turned to for expert knowledge, skill, or performance. the company's go-to guy.
In order for a sentence to be grammatically correct, the subject and verb must both be singular or plural. In other words, the subject and verb must agree with one another in their tense. If the subject is in plural form, the verb should also be in plur al form (and vice versa).
: much more to do. We've accomplished a lot, but we still have a long way to go.
(informal) A ways means a long distance. "We can reach our destination, but it's still a ways away."
Definitions of longways. adverb. in the direction of the length. synonyms: lengthways, lengthwise, longitudinally, longwise.
noun. : a great distance. Their house is a long way (away) from here.
Thank you for your generous donation; I'm sure it will go a long way. (idiomatic) To achieve considerable success. All parents hope that their children will go a long way in their lives.
1) Give notice. Look at your watch/phone, say "I have to go soon" or "I have to head off soon" or "I have to leave at 11". 2) If they ask why, say you have other stuff to do. No more justification needed.
"All ways" or "all the ways" means every manner possible. Example: She was in all ways very humble. "Always" means at all times. Example: She was always humble.
Two-way means moving or working in two opposite directions or allowing something to move or work in two opposite directions.
Way is a physical or conceptual path, road or direction from one place to another. It is also described as a method or manner doing things. "I have a different way of attempting the question." Ways is the timbers of a shipyard stocks that slope into the water and along which a ship or a large boat is launched.