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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: Fantastic (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...People, especially the younger ones, use hyperbole far too much. ..." I suspect it's a ki......
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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: 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: Son of Double Dactyls (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Centrally, mentally Those from the Black Country Do love our language That much is clear. One thing......
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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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Discussion Topic  RE: My EFL group poetry (in The Written Word) by Richard English
I've never been able to understand how writing prose with short paragraphs turns it into poetry....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Son of Double Dactyls (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Un? In? I'm not sure and am happy to be corrected. Exgratiate is a made up word - supposed to be th......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Son of Double Dactyls (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Furrily, purrily Cat from the Black Country Stands up for women As surely she should. We male exgra......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Son of Double Dactyls (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Quote "...Now, what's the betting that 90% of the women here instantly get it, while a similar numbe......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Son of Double Dactyls (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Clanishly, manishly Unknowing masculines Struggle in vain Just to understand dames Misunderstanding......
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