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Discussion Topic  RE: "Dibs" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
This discussion on school slang reminds me of another term we used which was "fains" or "fainites" (......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Punctuation Site (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...Not sure what the that in "than that" refers to...." It's a careless sentence, I agree. I......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Punctuation Site (in Potpourri) by Richard English
So how would you say, "There are three "u's" in Tumulus and cumulus - are there any English words wi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Dibs" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I've only ever heard the verb declined as if its infinitive were "To bags", not "To Bag". Oxford sug......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Punctuation Site (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...But, Graham, how would you distinguish it from dos (the Spanish word for 2)?..." Or even ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Data: when 'schadenfreude' became used (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...In short there are many complexities that exist in English that cause non-natives a headac......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Data: when 'schadenfreude' became used (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
But English is, I suggest, easier than most. After all, we have no genders; our verbs barely declin......
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Discussion Topic  "Dibs" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
On the beer bpard recently someone said, "...But if we're choosing months, I get dibs on November! .......
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Discussion Topic  RE: From "Eats Shoots and Leaves" (in The Written Word) by Richard English
I agree. I usually do this and I tend, also, to use the "Oxford" comma before the final "and" in a l......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Catch phrases (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Interesting. And not a single one from ITMA! Maybe the show never reached the USA....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Data: when 'schadenfreude' became used (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...jheem or Bob, do you think that German is a harder language to learn than English is?..." ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Affected" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Effect is also a transitive verb To effect means "to bring about", as in "He has effected many cha......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Things that aren't poems... (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Interesting. So your suggestion is that evocation is the criterion? To my mind a piece could be ev......
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Discussion Topic  RE: repair to the dining room... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
As has been mentioned more than once, there are several words in common use in the USA that have bec......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Data: when 'schadenfreude' became used (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I nearly left my German classes when I discovered that they have, theoretically (though some spellin......
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Discussion Topic  RE: repair to the dining room... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It's used still in England by old-fashioned or pedantic people (which is why I sometimes use it). I......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Things that aren't poems... (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Thank you for this. I am a little clearer thanks to your explanation. What I think you are saying i......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Things that aren't poems... (in The Written Word) by Richard English
I answer this question with a question: 1. I wanted to stay But you Wouldn't let me So I went And n......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Catch phrases (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...The running joke, if joke can be applied to something so weak..." It's not a belly laugh,......
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Discussion Topic  RE: My EFL group poetry (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Quote "...Criticise all you like but until I can do work of the same standard in theirlanguage I'll ......
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