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Plural? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English In fact, those references give "curricula" as the preferred plural with "curriculums" as an alternat...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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I'm a literalist... (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishMy wife asked me for a bag of compost, so I got her one. However, as I am a graduate from the advanc...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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I'm a literalist... (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishAccording to author Allan Pease (Why men don't listen and momen can't read maps), the way in which m...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Although a very lovely song.... (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishWas that the record that was given free with every new Oldsmobile? Or am I thinking of a different o...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Although a very lovely song.... (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishI'm glad about that since, as all style books agree, there is no difference between UK and US use. T...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Although a very lovely song.... (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishHaving checked the site referred to I find the matter resolved. The quotation CJ made was incomplet...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Although a very lovely song.... (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishSorry, no deal. Extended to the ultimate that could mean that someone could say, for instance, that...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Although a very lovely song.... (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishYes, I noticed that, for a change, a US writer had managed to get the plural possessive right. Of co...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Webster (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishAt home I have the Concise, as it is small enough to fit easily on a shelf and comprehensive enough ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Huh? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishToad-in-the-hole is also a favourite. It is simply batter-pudding (aka Yorkshire pudding) into whic...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Webster (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishIt's not really popular one here - although that's only reasonable seeing as though it's a US public...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Dumb (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishI have to confess - all of them. But, you see, I used to be a travel agent and I am now a trainer a...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Huh? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishFaggot, as an offensive term for a homosexual, does not have that meaning in the UK. A faggot is ra...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Dumb (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishNow try asking some Americans as to which side the Russians supported in the Second World War - or e...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Huh? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishApologies for the typo! Now corrected. And yes, it is a suet-based pudding. There is a recipe on ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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America's Apostrophe Catastrophe (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishLove the Smith's what, I wonder? Their children? Their dog? Their family? Certainly not their gram...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Huh? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishSpotted Dick is a traditional English pudding. It is a heavy suet sponge (usually cylindrical in sha...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Plural? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishIn fact, although the dipthong is still alive and well as a pronounced sound, the printed conjoined ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Plural? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishThank you. Now I look at it I can see that it does show both plurals. However, if you go to the thi...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Mad as hell (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishAlthough it doesn't have the nice ring of contrast between majority and minority, I think I'd have w...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri | » Refine Search » New Search |
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