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Discussion Topic  Literacy versus numeracy (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
In the UK there is a Government-backed online learning initiative called Learn Direct for which I am......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gender Question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Yes. I suppose I should have said the respective converses. However, since neither of the converses,......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gender Question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
In England all ladies are women and all gentlemen are men. The converse is not true. Richard Engli......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Signs of the times (in Potpourri) by Richard English
The saints be praised we have, so far, been spared this particular excess! Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gender Question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
We will have to disagree on this. To recite another's composition does not make it ones own. It migh......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Chaordic (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It wasn't the connotation, negative or otherwise, that I objected to. It was just that there are too......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gender Question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
But remember I said "...I am reminded of a story about the response of a female to the approaches of......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What's urinalysis of this sentence? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Actually no. "Kind" is used in this definition in the sense of "type" as in "...Budweiser is believe......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Censorship Revisited (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Whether or not censorship is ever justifiable, the Internet has now made it impossible to enforce - ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What's urinalysis of this sentence? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I confess I was following up on the typo suggestion and hadn't checked the dictionary. The OED says......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Chaordic (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Loosely translated to business, it can be thought of as an organization that harmoniously ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Science concepts (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
If not controlled then certainly taken into consideration, yes. Which is why it's an important effec......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dumb answers to quiz show questions (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...In which equestrian sport does _______ represent England ? A. Badminton..." Actually tha......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gender Question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I am reminded of a story about the response of a female to the approaches of a male intent on sexual......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What's urinalysis of this sentence? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
If you type "kidn" the spellcheck offers "kind" as an alternative; if you type "kidne" it offers "ki......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Science concepts (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
This is the simplistic answer as popularised by the likes of Peters. It is far from the whole story ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Be Thankful...It's just Thanksgiving Once a Year! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Except that they're not people. In fact, the use or omission of the apostrophe in these sorts of te......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Be Thankful...It's just Thanksgiving Once a Year! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
True. However when I was a perpetually randy teenager (or is that expression tautological?) I was ne......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Confused doublets (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
So far as I can recall all were to do with printing. At a guess they were the press itself and the i......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Be Thankful...It's just Thanksgiving Once a Year! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
We certainly have nothing like that in the UK. As one of the chronically unpursued (and unsuccessful......
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