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Discussion Topic  RE: Pre (in Potpourri) by goofy
Conserve your prefixes or we'll run out!...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Torpedo (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofy
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Discussion Topic  RE: Is this my literalism coming through again? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofy
Sometimes ambiguity can sound silly. And sometimes it can be practical ambiguity that makes the sent......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Is this my literalism coming through again? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofy
You can never avoid ambiguity completely. Almost every sentence is ambiguous.......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Names for penis (in Potpourri) by goofy
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Discussion Topic  The great Eskimo vocabulary hoax (in The Vocabulary Forum) by goofy
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Discussion Topic  RE: People defined (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofy
The OED says "Men or women; men, women, and children; folk" as in "The paleys ful of peple up and do......
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Discussion Topic  RE: I have a theory.... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofy
I don't think it means "established fact". the OED Online: 4. a. A scheme or system of ideas or s......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Punctuation (in The Written Word) by goofy
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Discussion Topic  RE: Beaten with WHAT??? (in The Written Word) by goofy
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Discussion Topic  RE: Beaten with WHAT??? (in The Written Word) by goofy
The reason I wrote "You also said you heard it used correctly recently" is because I was trying to e......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Beaten with WHAT??? (in The Written Word) by goofy
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Discussion Topic  RE: Beaten with WHAT??? (in The Written Word) by goofy
Oh I see. Because the noun proceeds a gerund, you think it has to be possessive. There's nothing wro......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Beaten with WHAT??? (in The Written Word) by goofy
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Discussion Topic  RE: Alight (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofy
Seems like a mistake. It's only used intransitively or with preposition + object....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Why medical types need to read Old English (in Potpourri) by goofy
I found the recipe! ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Why medical types need to read Old English (in Potpourri) by goofy
Old English. I think the text is part of this book ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Another Delightful Business Letter (in The Written Word) by goofy
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage has an entry on dangling modifiers: where the subject ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Another Delightful Business Letter (in The Written Word) by goofy
The "it" is a misplaced modifier. The Austen quote also has a misplaced modifier, where the intended......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Another Delightful Business Letter (in The Written Word) by goofy
I'm confused by Wee Willie's last post. First he says "it's not grammatically incorrect, but it is g......
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