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Discussion Topic  RE: Some thoughts on less and fewer (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
This morning it was announced that the supermarket chain Morrisons had launched a takeover bid for S......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Some thoughts on less and fewer (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The checkout payment phenomenon cited here is one that I have frequently observed, standing as I usu......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Some thoughts on less and fewer (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It is a strange phenomenon, which I have often observed, that people stock up for a three-month sieg......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Some thoughts on less and fewer (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
In the UK the organisation is Safeway (without the "s"). I don't know whether it's the same as the U......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Different things to different people (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Another source of confusion is the names given to hotel boarrd terms: American Plan = full board =......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Some thoughts on less and fewer (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
In fact, following several complaints, the supermarkets in this part of the world have changed their......
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Discussion Topic  Degrees of cold (in Potpourri) by Richard English
This week we have been receiving "severe weather" warnings which brought to my mind the differences ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: From today's news (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Although the term "motorised glider" might be considered oxymoronic, there is a reason for it. It i......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Verbifying revisited (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Although I don't have access to a copy I'd be willing to bet that the CMOS is correct in what it say......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Plethora (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
In fact, my point was not about the meaning of the word, simply as to whether is was a singular or p......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Plethora (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I have always understood that plethora (meaning an abundance) is usually used as a singular. "...The......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Verbifying revisited (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
As I have said many times previously, it matters not how the word ends, the rule for creating a pass......
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Discussion Topic  RE: I'm a literalist... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
As I said in my posting, most gardens in England have compost heaps. The challenge is, of course, t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Verbifying revisited (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I have already posted this elsewhere but will repeat it here for the benefit of those who are perhap......
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Discussion Topic  RE: I'm a literalist... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
In the UK the term manure is usually used to describe fertiliser of animal origin (stable sweepings,......
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Discussion Topic  RE: I'm a literalist... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Of course, Robbie Burns, being a Scot, used many of the old Gaelic words which would have been unkno......
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Discussion Topic  RE: I'm a literalist... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Forgive me. I had forgotten that you don't use spanners in the USA - you use wrenches! In England we......
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Discussion Topic  RE: I'm a literalist... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
You know, silly things like bits of jewellery, ornaments, flowers, perfume. All the kinds of things ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Chat acronyms (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I accept that there is need for acronyms when using a mobile 'phone to send a text message, since an......
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Discussion Topic  RE: I'm a literalist... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
My wife is the gardener of the partnership and needed a further supply for the flower beds. And I am......
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