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Discussion Topic  RE: The couple are not young... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Generally, in British English, when we are talking about the entity (sporting team, whatever) as a w......
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Discussion Topic  RE: coetaneous (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: The couple are not young... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
In the UK a newspaper would have written "the team ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: It takes the biscuit/cake (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
The same way as Quinion does....
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Discussion Topic  RE: The posssessive of a possessive (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I agree with Asa: Pilgrim's. However, the best answer is to recast the sentence....
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Discussion Topic  RE: It takes the biscuit/cake (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: Abraham Lincoln (in The Vocabulary Forum) by arnie
I'm not so sure about Lincoln... Wordcrafter might be a little US-centric here. While there is lit......
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Discussion Topic  RE: fargling (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I wonder what the reaction would have been if the contestant had answered "fargling"?...
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Poll  RE: bitumen (in Potpourri) by arnie
As Bob and Richard. Since there's no "none of the above" choice, I've not voted....
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Discussion Topic  RE: fargling (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
More fuss about the same episode of ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Most (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I'd agree with your colleague. To me, it means a majority, not necessarily a large one....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bluffing game - nisgul (in Wordplay) by arnie
I'll have a shot at ONE....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Not just me (in Potpourri) by arnie
I should probably fashion a lanyard to hang the remote on, so that I can hang it round my neck. I'd ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Birmingham vs the apostrophe! (in Potpourri) by arnie
Not literacy in general, I know, but: ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Not just me (in Potpourri) by arnie
With me it's the TV remote control. I sit to watch TV on a two-seater settee and put the remote cont......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Birmingham vs the apostrophe! (in Potpourri) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: What is grammar? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
My own office house style guide says: ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "dressed fit to kill" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: Minefield (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
The subject of the title of "Junior Member" has come up a couple of times in the past but the genera......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What is grammar? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I agree; style and grammar are not the same thing by a long way. It's a personal style, at that. One......
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