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Discussion Topic  RE: A grammar question (in Potpourri) by Richard English
There are large numbers of foreigners, both nurses and doctors, working for the NHS. Obviously they ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Hypersensitivity (in Potpourri) by Richard English
There has been much discussion about this on the travel boards. The general opinion is that the man'......
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Discussion Topic  RE: More favorite words.... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
My wife made some flummery once. It was very nice. Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Big Read (in The Written Word) by Richard English
One of the great things about the Alice books is that they can be enjoyed by children and adults. It......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words from Baseball (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
I understand that P G Wodehouse (and how come none of his books were in the big read top 100?) was v......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gilbert and Sullivan on computers? (in The Written Word) by Richard English
The term "Bud", and the name "Budweiser" is owned by Anheuser Busch in the USA and thus the brewers ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Big Read (in The Written Word) by Richard English
I agree with many of the comments. There are some fine authors who have not been represented (and I ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: More Phrases from French (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
As I recall in my French lessons about half a century ago, voila means "look there" and voici means ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Desking (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I'd never thought about it before now, but don't we sometimes talk about gentlemen's suiting? Richa......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words from Baseball (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
A baseball playoff's what, pray. Its goose egg? Which term means, in the UK, an ovoid part of the r......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The latest apostrophe abuse ! (in Potpourri) by Richard English
This is a brewery-backed organisation whose stated aim is to improve standards of beer storage and d......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The latest apostrophe abuse ! (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Interesting that the poster on the pirates site suggested that "it's" was used wrongly as a plural w......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Who/whom shall/will should/would (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Of course, if it is future contitional then there's no confusion. "I could do this." It is a future......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The latest apostrophe abuse ! (in Potpourri) by Richard English
On the word pirates site there is a posting that criticises the expression "It's raining outside" or......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Unpaid merchandise (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Or of course you could exchew the use of the passive voice altogether and say something like, "...pl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Seven Deadly Sins (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
I see that putting an apostrophe into the possessive form of "it" has not been included as one of th......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Phronesis (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The date celebrates the founding of the brewery and not the beer. Honeydew is a fine beer (as are a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I can't comment on their origin but expression "the 3 Rs" has been current here for as long as I can......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Frizzle? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Frizzle is quite common over here and would usually be used to describe something that had been cook......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Computer Jargon (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I have a trainer friend whose specialism is that of teaching English doctors to write. I can certai......
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