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Poll  Charleroi Poll (in Wordplay) by BobHale
THE POLL HAS BEEN RESET - THERE WAS ONLY ONE VOTE IF YOU ALREADY VOTED FOR NUMBER 7 PLEASE VOTE AGAI......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pop-up Restaurant (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
It's the same concept as a "pop-up shop" - a hastily (though not necessarily badly) assembled busine......
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Discussion Topic  RE: No win situation (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Mistakes were made. (Critics will say - "you are trying to pretend that it wasn't you who made them......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Passive misidentification (in The Written Word) by BobHale
The quotes were pulled straight from the article goofy linked....
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Discussion Topic  No win situation (in Potpourri) by BobHale
It occurred to me while posting in the passive voice discussion that politicians in general, but par......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Passive misidentification (in The Written Word) by BobHale
Those examples aren't just active sentences they are, including the commentary, truly bizarre choice......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Passive misidentification (in The Written Word) by BobHale
I pulled a random bit of scientific prose from the internet and rewrote it in the Active voice (inve......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Passive misidentification (in The Written Word) by BobHale
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Discussion Topic  RE: Passive misidentification (in The Written Word) by BobHale
I just don't see this "wordiness" argument. Your version contains just four fewer words than Churchi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Passive misidentification (in The Written Word) by BobHale
All of which, interesting though it is, is getting off the point of why people have so much difficul......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Passive misidentification (in The Written Word) by BobHale
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Discussion Topic  RE: Conie (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
Connected to the English "conniving", which is from the French "conniver", perhaps?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciation again... (in Potpourri) by BobHale
The US one sounds like two to me....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Passive misidentification (in The Written Word) by BobHale
On the other hand, you are 100% right when you say that it's a style choice. It only becomes a peeve......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciation again... (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Two. Exactly how do you say it?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Passive misidentification (in The Written Word) by BobHale
Perfect. A Classic example. "Among and about the headstreams and tributaries of this mighty river l......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limerick Game : Charleroi (in Wordplay) by BobHale
Still don't have many. Two more days to submit then I'll post the poll on Sunday!...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Passive misidentification (in The Written Word) by BobHale
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Discussion Topic  Spell check (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Another oddity with spell checking while writing a review of ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Rock as a verb (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
It's clearly just an extension of the slang term "you rock" which itself comes from "the music rocks......
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