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Punctuation (in Potpourri) by Richard English I think it fair to say that "ain't", even in spoken English, is not considered correct. The correct ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Signs at Oxford (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishI have to say that I feel that the signs are quite reasonably drawing attention to possible problem ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Linking Quiz (in Wordplay) by Richard EnglishWhich is "Ewe". (You could also have had "ewer"). But for my "WE" clue I would pose "...Bedford-bas...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Prognostication (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishActually Swan's lamp was as good as Edison's but where Edison did better than Swan was in providing ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Prognostication (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishQuote, "...A committee of the British Parliament in 1878 reported Thomas Edison's ideas of developin...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishThat's a fairly standard hotel breakfast here. Better establishments might have additional items inc...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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(Condolence) Letter from America (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishAt one time I believed that the British Library had a copy of every book ever printed in the UK. How...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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(Condolence) Letter from America (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishI agree. Sir Alistair's letters were always interesting, always perceptive, sometimes critial but n...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Knowledgeableness (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishQuote "...My suggestion: "His knowledgeableness on the subject exceeds those of his contemporaries."...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Double Dactyls again (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishI see. So your suggestion is that a critique is accurate and a criticism inaccurate. I had never he...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishI have checked with my friend Stewart (a linguophile who hasn't yet visited this board) and he confi...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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@#*!#*! Editors (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishEven allowing for the fact that it is a specialist subject and that some readers will not be familia...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Double Dactyls again (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishQuote "...While Kalleh has occasionally chastised me for critiquing the work of others..." I won't ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Back-to-front words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English"Able was I 'ere I saw Elba" "A man, a plan, Panama" Does anyone know any longer ones?... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Is there a word for this? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishIt would be stupidity if the person using the word didn't know how to use words; it would be ignoran...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Idioms (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishQuote "...Are we saying that to knock somebody up (for to tub, fertilise, get somebody up the duff, ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Idioms (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishLet me say firstly that I am aware of the transatlantic meaning of the expression "to knock up" (it ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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The difference between the sexes (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishI believe that "Say it less" is accurate as a construction, as would be "eat it less" or "mind it le...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishQuote "... the Brits don't capitalize an entire acronym as the Americans do ..." As I understand it...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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The difference between the sexes (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishQuote "...Indubitably so, with the significant correction that man would never say "please"...." In...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word | » Refine Search » New Search |
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