that is idiom,,,it is commonly used everywhere.
In the US, it's a common idiom. (It's grammatical, and it's not slang.)
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I'm not a teacher. I speak American English. I've tutored writing at the University of Southern Maine and have done a good deal of copy editing and writing, occasionally for publication.
that is idiom,,,it is commonly used everywhere.
Welcome to the forum, Angela.
Please note my amendments to your capitalisation and punctuation.
ESL students expect native English-speakers to write in perfect English.
I suggest you add 'as far as I know' at the end, unless you know for a fact that it's commonly used in every English-speaking community in the world.