The phrase "a swell thing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express that something is excellent or enjoyable, often in a casual or informal context.
Example: "Winning the award was a swell thing for the team, and we celebrated all night."
Alternatives: "a great thing" or "an awesome thing".
I appreciate it, of course because after four years if the fellows think enough of me to say you're the one most likely to succeed, why it's a pretty swell thing to know... View Article By Anthony Lane By Rebecca Mead By Jia Tolentino By Andy Borowitz.
It strikes me that the designs having been settled upon, the [plaster] models could be worked out quite readily and that a pretty swell thing could be made".
In case you haven't noticed, there's this swell thing called cable that offers a lot more than you.
The swell thing about family ownership in professional sports is the feeling that your team is being run by somebody with a deeply personal investment in its success.
As its listings continue to swell, things are becoming a little too noisy, and trawling through 738 reviews for a single hotel is a tiresome exercise.
This is the age-old problem of "user content creation:" it's just about the swellest thing ever until someone abuses it.
For long I've thought that farming was just about the swellest thing you could do.
Established institutions have long offered programs in traditional arranging, but newer schools, with a natural, free-form aesthetic, have begun popping up across the country, part of a swell of enthusiasm for things homemade.
2nd Trudeau Minister Resigns as Canada's Political Crisis Swells: Things hit a new low for the Liberals at the start of the week when Jane Philpott, a highly respected minister, quit the cabinet in solidarity with Ms. Wilson-Raybould.
