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Plural? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English In fact, those references give "curricula" as the preferred plural with "curriculums" as an alternat...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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I'm a literalist... (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishMy wife asked me for a bag of compost, so I got her one. However, as I am a graduate from the advanc...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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The world's funniest joke? (in Wordplay) by Richard EnglishLimerick is, indeed, in Ireland. The origin of the limerick is uncertain, but one theory is that it ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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I'm a literalist... (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishAccording to author Allan Pease (Why men don't listen and momen can't read maps), the way in which m...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Although a very lovely song.... (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishWas that the record that was given free with every new Oldsmobile? Or am I thinking of a different o...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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The world's funniest joke? (in Wordplay) by Richard EnglishI didn't realise that the French used the Limerick form; I had always assumed that its verbal eccent...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Although a very lovely song.... (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishI'm glad about that since, as all style books agree, there is no difference between UK and US use. T...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Although a very lovely song.... (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishHaving checked the site referred to I find the matter resolved. The quotation CJ made was incomplet...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Although a very lovely song.... (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishSorry, no deal. Extended to the ultimate that could mean that someone could say, for instance, that...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Although a very lovely song.... (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishYes, I noticed that, for a change, a US writer had managed to get the plural possessive right. Of co...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Pet peeves (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishI confess my error. It was carelessness, not ignorance, I will say. I brew both wine and beer and us...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Webster (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishAt home I have the Concise, as it is small enough to fit easily on a shelf and comprehensive enough ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Pet peeves (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishIn fact, I had something of the sort in my own mind and actually started to compose a response. Howe...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Webster (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishIt's not really popular one here - although that's only reasonable seeing as though it's a US public...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishIt's clear to me that the craft beer revival in the US has done wonders for choice. Sadly it will t...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Dumb (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishI have to confess - all of them. But, you see, I used to be a travel agent and I am now a trainer a...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Dumb (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishNow try asking some Americans as to which side the Russians supported in the Second World War - or e...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Two meanings (in Wordplay) by Richard EnglishAccording to Guinness there are 168 different meanings of the word "set" or "sett". Richard English... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishIt's a shame that the UK - still the fourth largest economy in the world - seems to have forgotten t...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Two meanings (in Wordplay) by Richard EnglishAbsolutely. We must not write off computerised translation systems simply because, at the moment, th...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay | » Refine Search » New Search |
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