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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: Beer Names (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Interesting. I didn't check but I had heard that the gender reversal was as I stated. However, presu......
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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: Beer Names (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...Lassie, come home!!..." I don't know whether that's a good idea. In spite of the storylin......
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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: Beer Names (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...I am still thinking that Richard and Tinman are pulling our legs...though I am not sure.........
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Discussion Topic  RE: Beer Names (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...Does it mean, "I'm sure?"..." Indeed it does....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Beer Names (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote ".......perhaps I am just sheltered. However, I was raised on a farm and grew up around a lot ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Beer Names (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...I don't remember who recommended it to me, though I think it was from the old APS site a c......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Spam, Beyssian filters and word-salad (in The Written Word) by Richard English
I suspect the final paragraph is the real answer. I don't know how to turn the html on and off for r......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Spam, Beyssian filters and word-salad (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Does anyone know why I keep getting messages (the latest being from kdmogzkdmkcd@hotmail.com ) which......
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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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