Grammar, spelling, text style etc ... thread.

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This is a thread that I wanted to create for a long time and I'm still not sure it's a good thing to do so but I have had many questions about grammar, spelling, text style, vocabulary, proverbs etc... .

I was just reading this thread ( https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=141831) and thought of starting this one after all.

This thread is created for me personally :D because I always seem to have questions about the English language that I can't ask anywere, unless I PM someone, which I sometimes did a few years ago.

No seriously, everyone can use this thread. :P

I'm not trying to ....................... . First example. I don't know the exact proverd to finish this sentence.

What is the correct proverb if I want to say that I don't want to suck up to certain people, so they think highly of me?
 
I'm not trying to ....................... .

brown-nose

   https://secure.reference.com/sso/register_pop.html?source=favorites/ˈbraʊnˌnoʊz/ Show Spelled [broun-nohz] Show IPA verb, -nosed, -nos·ing, noun Slang .
–verb (used without object) 1. to curry favor; behave obsequiously.


–verb (used with object) 2. to seek favors from (a person) in an obsequious manner; fawn over.

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Kiss ass would also be a suitable (if slightly more vulgar) proverb.
 
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