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Discussion Topic  Language training (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Yesterday I was visiting someone in hospital and, as one does, was idly looking at the notice boards......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The latest apostrophe abuse ! (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I think I'd ask what the sign is supposed to mean since, as it is written, it means nothing at all. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dumb answers to quiz show questions (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Not only logical but also correct. The sentence, with its exclamation mark, is quoted and thus insid......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Obscure extra meanings of common words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Isn't it "lights", as in "leaded lights"? Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Literacy versus numeracy (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
One of the major differences between pre-school and elementary (infact) school, and later learnig is......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dumb answers to quiz show questions (in Potpourri) by Richard English
My simple rule of thumb is to ask, "Is the quotation in the sentence or is the sentence in the quota......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Literacy versus numeracy (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Indeed. And my own commentary on the LD message boards about the poor use of English (amongst the tu......
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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: 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: 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: For want of a nail... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The French? Subtle? Richard English...
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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  For want of a nail... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Last week I went to the Grosvenor House Hotel in Park Lane for a travel industry lunch (around 1200 ......
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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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