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RE: Language training
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Since it is a valid English construction to make an "object" noun from a "subject" noun by addding "......
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December 20, 2003 02:35
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Yesterday I was visiting someone in hospital and, as one does, was idly looking at the notice boards......
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December 19, 2003 11:27
RE: Gormless through the French Windows
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In his immortal speech to the Oxford Union, Gerard Hoffnung reads out some supposed replies from Tyr......
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December 19, 2003 03:58
RE: Gormless through the French Windows
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A gormless person is one who is rather stupid or ineffectual. Possibly one lacking in serious purpos......
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December 17, 2003 11:00
RE: Dumb answers to quiz show questions
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Not only logical but also correct. The sentence, with its exclamation mark, is quoted and thus insid......
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December 16, 2003 23:13
RE: Obscure extra meanings of common words
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Isn't it "lights", as in "leaded lights"? Richard English...
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December 16, 2003 23:07
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My simple rule of thumb is to ask, "Is the quotation in the sentence or is the sentence in the quota......
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December 16, 2003 15:25
Literacy versus numeracy
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In the UK there is a Government-backed online learning initiative called Learn Direct for which I am......
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December 16, 2003 00:49
RE: Pronunciation of interesting words...
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It might be easier if the words were spelt even more phoenetically: Con-summ-ut is correct Con-syoo......
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December 15, 2003 11:39
RE: Gender Question
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Yes. I suppose I should have said the respective converses. However, since neither of the converses,......
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December 11, 2003 11:07
RE: Gender Question
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In England all ladies are women and all gentlemen are men. The converse is not true. Richard Engli......
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December 11, 2003 09:41
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The saints be praised we have, so far, been spared this particular excess! Richard English...
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December 11, 2003 02:52
RE: Gender Question
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We will have to disagree on this. To recite another's composition does not make it ones own. It migh......
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December 11, 2003 01:45
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But remember I said "...I am reminded of a story about the response of a female to the approaches of......
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December 09, 2003 12:44
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The French? Subtle? Richard English...
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December 09, 2003 01:26
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Quote "...In which equestrian sport does _______ represent England ? A. Badminton..." Actually tha......
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December 08, 2003 14:01
RE: Gender Question
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I am reminded of a story about the response of a female to the approaches of a male intent on sexual......
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December 08, 2003 13:45
For want of a nail...
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Last week I went to the Grosvenor House Hotel in Park Lane for a travel industry lunch (around 1200 ......
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December 08, 2003 13:33
RE: Confused doublets
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So far as I can recall all were to do with printing. At a guess they were the press itself and the i......
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November 30, 2003 02:09
RE: Humorous lines
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My father once said to a bank manager who was arguing about extending company's overdaft facility, "......
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