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RE: Damning with faint praise
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I didn't say it was wrong to criticise; I said it was easy. There are certainly times when it is de......
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December 20, 2003 23:36
RE: Language training
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The OED defines "attendee" as one who attends meetings and has no usage comment. I fear the battle t......
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December 20, 2003 23:32
RE: Information Literacy
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But that is a very uncommon commodity. Actually I like the concept of information literacy and con......
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December 20, 2003 02:45
RE: Damning with faint praise
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Benjamin Disraeli said, in 1860, "...It is easier to be critical than to be correct..." And I would......
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December 20, 2003 02:42
RE: Language training
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Since it is a valid English construction to make an "object" noun from a "subject" noun by addding "......
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December 20, 2003 02:35
Language training
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Yesterday I was visiting someone in hospital and, as one does, was idly looking at the notice boards......
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December 19, 2003 11:27
RE: The latest apostrophe abuse !
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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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December 17, 2003 05:03
RE: Dumb answers to quiz show questions
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Not only logical but also correct. The sentence, with its exclamation mark, is quoted and thus insid......
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December 16, 2003 23:13
RE: Obscure extra meanings of common words
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Isn't it "lights", as in "leaded lights"? Richard English...
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December 16, 2003 23:07
RE: Literacy versus numeracy
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One of the major differences between pre-school and elementary (infact) school, and later learnig is......
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December 16, 2003 23:04
RE: Dumb answers to quiz show questions
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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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December 16, 2003 15:25
RE: Literacy versus numeracy
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Indeed. And my own commentary on the LD message boards about the poor use of English (amongst the tu......
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December 16, 2003 03:34
Literacy versus numeracy
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In the UK there is a Government-backed online learning initiative called Learn Direct for which I am......
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December 16, 2003 00:49
RE: Gender Question
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Yes. I suppose I should have said the respective converses. However, since neither of the converses,......
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December 11, 2003 11:07
RE: Gender Question
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In England all ladies are women and all gentlemen are men. The converse is not true. Richard Engli......
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December 11, 2003 09:41
RE: Signs of the times
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The saints be praised we have, so far, been spared this particular excess! Richard English...
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December 11, 2003 02:52
RE: Gender Question
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We will have to disagree on this. To recite another's composition does not make it ones own. It migh......
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December 11, 2003 01:45
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But remember I said "...I am reminded of a story about the response of a female to the approaches of......
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December 09, 2003 12:44
RE: Censorship Revisited
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Whether or not censorship is ever justifiable, the Internet has now made it impossible to enforce - ......
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December 09, 2003 01:30
RE: For want of a nail...
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The French? Subtle? Richard English...
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