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A good trick if you can do it (in The Written Word) by Richard English One of the interesting things about drinking is that the consumption per person increases as the num...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Plural? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishMaybe it does. I do not subscribe to it and cannot comment. However, I was obviously referring to th...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Plural? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishSadly Latin plurals do seem to be under threat, with medium being just the most recent. Agendum is...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Mad as hell (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishHad I been your boss I'd have asked yo to re-write it to correct its grammar! Quote from the OED: ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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America's Apostrophe Catastrophe (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishI'm glad we agree. So do I. The belief that Real Ale should be drunk at "room temperature" is just ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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America's Apostrophe Catastrophe (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishI have now read the suggested references and am quite unapologetic! They use expressions such as "........ Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Mad as hell (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishI, too, have had this problem but agree that the advent of green boards meant that the earlier expre...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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A good trick if you can do it (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishIf competence were a requisite for keeping a job, neither of our countries would have any politician...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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America's Apostrophe Catastrophe (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishMany US speakers defend their incorrect apostrophisation of words ending in "s" and even suggest tha...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Plural? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishChicken pox is one disease, of course. However, the spots or pock-marks (or pox) are several and the...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Periods, commas, and whatnot... (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishNot only grammatically inaccurate but historically inaccurate as well! Richard English... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Word game (in Wordplay) by Richard Englishi in tin ting sting esting testing testings I make that 8 without breaking the addition rules! (es...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Word game (in Wordplay) by Richard EnglishI thought the rules only allowed for the addition of a letter at the begining or end of the word - w...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Come ride with me (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishI don't know how to post a picture here but there is a picture of my Rudge on the Rudge site - ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Come ride with me (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishThe pillion is an older UK term for the second seat on a motorcycle and was universal until the adve...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Funniest holiday present (in Wordplay) by Richard EnglishThe expression "vacation" is understood here but it's just not used. Many of our public holidays ar...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Funniest holiday present (in Wordplay) by Richard EnglishQuote: "...What do you call the gifts Jewish people exchange at Hannukah in Britain? ..." I confess...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Things.... (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishQuote "...You're close. Start at the gnat's eyelash and go back about a gnat's..." No, only about ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Funniest holiday present (in Wordplay) by Richard EnglishIn the UK we don't give holiday presents - that would be the same as if you, in the US, were to give...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Things.... (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishIn UK engineering terms the apendage is not an eyelash but the concept is similar. Richard English... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri | » Refine Search » New Search |
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