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RE: I shall be writing a letter.
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I wish you luck, Bob, with your letter. In my experience the otherwise excellent BBC is probably jus......
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November 14, 2003 09:50
RE: Cultural Differences: article in The Economist
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Missionary zeal. That's a very good analogy. The USA has taken on the mantle that the British had ar......
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November 13, 2003 14:02
RE: The Big Read
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I'm sure that Hitchikers' Guide was originally written as a radio play. At least, that was my first ......
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November 13, 2003 13:55
RE: A sorry tale
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This thread continued with Rollason getting ever more cross but really he didn't see the point. I wa......
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November 13, 2003 13:49
A sorry tale
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The Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) recently held its annual Convention in Palma. A disg......
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November 10, 2003 09:31
RE: The Language Police
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It's all part of the mistaken belief that to promote a measure of social and financial equality you ......
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November 10, 2003 09:11
RE: Does the Big Read encourage literacy ?
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Most British users prefer the "ise" construction of such words as "criticise" although the OED prefe......
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November 10, 2003 09:04
RE: Oddly-birthed geographical names
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No. I'm not saying that. I don't know about the USA but in the UK there is a crime known as "passing......
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November 06, 2003 08:11
RE: Cultural differences
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We would use notion to express an idea or concept, often one that is maybe disputable. . For example......
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November 04, 2003 02:26
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So far as I know there is no difference in the meanings. And the grammatical expression "frequenti......
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November 04, 2003 02:21
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It's simple enough. The vehicle manufacturer, Rolls-Royce, registered that as the company name just ......
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November 04, 2003 01:41
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Now I'm back and catching up (and see, to my horror that my sentence about Rolls-Royces had a typo) ......
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November 03, 2003 13:38
RE: Do you question everything?
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Why ask me? Richard English...
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October 30, 2003 00:41
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Since pedantry seems to be the theme today, I would point out that the vehicle subject above the men......
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October 30, 2003 00:38
RE: Do you question everything?
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Are you telling me that you really don't know what a round tuit is? And have never managed to get a ......
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October 29, 2003 08:13
RE: Oddly-birthed geographical names
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Indeed. But you did say, "Sometimes there is a confusion, at least in the U.S., with apostrophes fol......
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October 29, 2003 08:08
RE: Hybris
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Yes, correct spelling. The plant was named after the English botanist Buddle, who died in 1715. The......
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October 29, 2003 07:54
RE: The London Beer Flood of 1814
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This is completely true. The Friary brewery was in Guildford and Meux were in London. They did merge......
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October 28, 2003 11:37
RE: Do you question everything?
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Do you mind if I postpone telling you until I actually get a round tuit? Richard English...
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October 28, 2003 11:29
RE: Oddly-birthed geographical names
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There is indeed. As there is also confusion about whether the possessive of "it" takes an apostrophe......
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