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Discussion Topic  RE: Never married? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
That's exactly what I meant. You didn't imagine for a moment that I was advocating the use of a plur......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Chit-Chat (in Potpourri) by Richard English
That's far better than a boss I once had who only wanted to monologue! Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Never married? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Don't confuse accuracy with style. It's quite possible for a construction to be accurate, but offens......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Never married? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Not wrong but it can look clumsy. Another such instance is when you have a succession of brackets ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Apostrophe again, sorry. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
As I tried to explain, that confusion would not arise in the UK since "crumpet" when referrring to a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Sheer Enlightenment (in The Written Word) by Richard English
A Bud Lite drinker? Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Water, water everywhere (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
A weir is an old English word that means either a dam or a compound created in a stream to trap fish......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Turbine (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
On a car it's a hood; on a head it's a hat. Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ridiculous Notice (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Why the complexity? What's wrong with "Please use the other door"? Why explain? Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Apostrophe again, sorry. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The word crumpet has three UK meanings, none of which are known in the USA. The crumpet shown in th......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Turbine (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
For exactly the same reason that the British say "petrol" and the Americans say "gasoline"! Or that ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Apostrophe again, sorry. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
When I ordered an English muffin in the USA I got something that I had never experienced in England.......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Apostrophe again, sorry. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
No. What you get in the USA if you order an English Muffin is not the same as the thing you get in E......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Beer and apostrophes (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Ask anyone who has survived a pint of US Budweiser, which is about as dishonest an ale as I can thin......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Beer and apostrophes (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It seems to proves that Bateman's are also using traditional signwriters and compositers, does it no......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A grammar question (in Potpourri) by Richard English
The COED lists it but suggests its use is jocular. Certainly we would not use it in formal speech in......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Irony (in The Written Word) by Richard English
So the Americans don't understand irony? How very ironic! Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Turbine (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Yes. It has an electric starter, just like a car. They are geared to run at a higher speed, of cours......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Is this magic?? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Misplaced modifiers are always good for a laugh! Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Beer and apostrophes (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It's no mystery! Bateman's slogan is "Good Honest Ales" and the lettering must simply have been mis......
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