This from Etymology on Line: https://www.etymonline.com/word/good

Phrase for good “finally, permanently” attested from 1711, a shortening of for good and all (16c.). Middle English had for good ne ylle (early 15c.) “for good nor ill,” thus “under any circumstance.”

What am I doing wrong? Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn’t.

Eyehawk - 16 March 2018 07:50 PM

This from Etymology on Line: https://www.etymonline.com/word/good

Phrase for good “finally, permanently” attested from 1711, a shortening of for good and all (16c.). Middle English had for good ne ylle (early 15c.) “for good nor ill,” thus “under any circumstance.”

What am I doing wrong? Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn’t.

You have bracketed the phrase you want italicized with a pair of open and close italics tags. In other words you are saying “Italics close-italics for good ne ylle italics close-italics.

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Thanks. I did not understand that. Now I wonder how I got it to work a couple of times.

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