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Discussion Topic  RE: THAT style guide from the other thread (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Racing through them now arnie. Apparently it is "casual and inelegant"....
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Discussion Topic  RE: THAT style guide from the other thread (in Potpourri) by BobHale
And another! ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: THAT style guide from the other thread (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Good innit? ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: THAT style guide from the other thread (in Potpourri) by BobHale
And arnie correctly identifies what he finds wrong with #2. And again we are agreed that the advice ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: THAT style guide from the other thread (in Potpourri) by BobHale
goofy has got #1 and, like goofy, I also think the advice wrong. Common usage ("admit to" has almost......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Discuss (in The Written Word) by BobHale
In my opinion it's a substantial change of meaning. "Presents the case for" means that it is coming ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: THAT style guide from the other thread (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Actually the word he objects to is "epidemic", any other awkwardness is all mine....
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Discussion Topic  THAT style guide from the other thread (in Potpourri) by BobHale
As I said elsewhere I have been rereading Bill Bryson's style guide Troublesome Words. It's a bit of......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Headline (in The Written Word) by BobHale
I've done nothing to it though I have noticed in the past that it doesn't always work with firefox....
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Discussion Topic  RE: And the winner is... (in Potpourri) by BobHale
I think she may have been trying to say that she is a friendly person capable of doing physically ha......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Headline (in The Written Word) by BobHale
Er... It's the same avatar I've had for about five years. And today's follow up headline, nearly as......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The "perfect" word (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
Actually it might have been "da doo ronyon"...
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Discussion Topic  RE: The "perfect" word (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
ronyon Encountered it in Macbeth around forty years ago. Never seen it since. Never forgot it. As ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: And the winner is... (in Potpourri) by BobHale
And no, I'm not asking for suggestions as to what the job applied for was....
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Discussion Topic  And the winner is... (in Potpourri) by BobHale
It's exam marking time again. The topic is writing a letter for a job application. One student's at......
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Discussion Topic  Sound-effect-as-word (in Potpourri) by BobHale
In another thread there is mention of the "use/mention" or "word-as-word" distinction. I observed a ......
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Discussion Topic  Headline (in The Written Word) by BobHale
Loved this headline in the Sun today, one of our tabloids. UNI BOFFIN QUIZZED ON CROSSBOW CANNIBAL ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: RIP Martin Gardner (in Potpourri) by BobHale
I'm more familiar with the term "word-as-word" but the terminology is clear enough either way....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Inventions (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Actually I have been looking at his style guide again and I was just coming round to your point of v......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Inventions (in Potpourri) by BobHale
In terms of accuracy I'd say that Bill Bryson is no better and no worse than any of the other popula......
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