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Discussion Topic  RE: Art with a capital ... (in The Written Word) by Richard English
What I have noticed about "art" (and I include all forms of art in this, including music) is that it......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Names and origins of sports (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Its like a Frenchman saying, "we invented" something German, and then saying that by "we" ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Names and origins of sports (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...golf: developed by the Scots (not an "English" game, for the same reasons as apply to lacr......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "less than enamored" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...The waitress listened closely to my extended recitation and then politely advised me that ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: For all the scientists here... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote, "...I don't believe a camera lens can focus radiation outside the visual range..." Actually ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Names and origins of sports (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Ah well, sport isn't my area of expertise, I confess, and I didn't bother to check about netball/bas......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "less than enamored" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Generalisations are risky, I know, but I think it's fair to say the the "average" American will be m......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Imply vs. Infer (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Sorry about Xerxes. That was just a typo. And I disagree with the practice, now very common in the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Imply vs. Infer (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Well, I personally have standardized on the following rule: a simple apostrophe for the po......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Imply vs. Infer (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Erasmus' Encomium or Erasmus's Encomium? I have seen both versions....
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Discussion Topic  RE: "less than enamored" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I suspect that this construction is more common in UK English than it is in US. As with the use of t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Imply vs. Infer (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...I think of similes as being a rhetorical device that use like or as, but maybe yours is a ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Imply vs. Infer (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote, "...Just because people use a word mistakenly shouldn't mean that the definition should chang......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Imply vs. Infer (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...How do you feel about infer being used to mean imply?..." Unecessary since we already hav......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A theory on "theory" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
As I recall, any scientific principle goes through three stages: A hypotheses; a theory; a law. Ho......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Lerning to spel is crewshul (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Has that ever happened in any other mature language..." I understand that Webster managed......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Lerning to spel is crewshul (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Interestingly one of the most logical things about English (and I am sure one of the reasons for its......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Odd fruits (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I suspect that the pomegranite, like the orange, has a relatively long shelf life and was thus bette......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Odd fruits (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I agree with Bob. Most of these fruit are fairly common here. especially pomegranite. When I was v......
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Poll  RE: 'concrete' - pronunciation? regional? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Difficult, yes. But try stressing the final syllable - as in "discrete" and you will probably agree ......
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