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Discussion Topic  RE: Shut up! (in Potpourri) by BobHale
It may just be my perception but I've a feeling that usage developed in the USA and has been importe......
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Discussion Topic  Not how I'd use the word "great" (in Potpourri) by BobHale
I went to get some money from the ATM this morning. Displayed on the ATM was the message - "Great Cu......
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Discussion Topic  Future dilemmas (in Potpourri) by BobHale
I wonder if presenting the Nobel peace prize to President Obama was a cunning ploy so that if it is ......
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Discussion Topic  Are you with me? (in Potpourri) by BobHale
At a training event recently I was treated to five hours of shouting and haranguing from a trainer w......
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Discussion Topic  Listening to experts (in Potpourri) by BobHale
I was listening to radio three today (a fairly highbrow Classical music station) and was struck by t......
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Discussion Topic  adjectives, adjectives everywhere (in The Written Word) by BobHale
From my blog today Geoffrey Pullum at language log has a brace of posts demolishing the advice give......
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Discussion Topic  Responding to banning books (in The Written Word) by BobHale
I thought the librarians among us might like to see ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Newpaper articles of interest - Part II (in The Written Word) by BobHale
And re the whole article: I've always believed that anyone foolish enough to believe advertising des......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Newpaper articles of interest - Part II (in The Written Word) by BobHale
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Discussion Topic  RE: Newpaper articles of interest - Part II (in The Written Word) by BobHale
That's a belter of a first sentence. It's so misleading that I suspect the copy editor of doing it d......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What's a number? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
Many and few are definitely NOT adjectives. They are determiners, just like "the", "a", "these", "th......
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Discussion Topic  Dan Brown fans read no further!!! (in The Written Word) by BobHale
I'm a bit of a Dan Brown hater myself. I once tried to read ......
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Discussion Topic  What's a number? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
Reposted from my blog ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Eponyms Redux (in The Vocabulary Forum) by BobHale
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Discussion Topic  In the wake of (in Potpourri) by BobHale
There is a news item in the UK today about the extension of the CRB checks scheme. For those who don......
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Discussion Topic  Another punctuation exercise (in Potpourri) by BobHale
This is a passage that I came across some years ago. The challenge is just the same as in zm's post ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Punctuation puzzle (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
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Discussion Topic  Punctuation puzzle (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
Normally when I want to use "anti" to create an opposite I hyphenate thus anti-this, anti-that, anti......
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Discussion Topic  The BBC Style Guide (in The Written Word) by BobHale
The BBC Style Guide can be found ......
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Discussion Topic  Another brace of interesting language log posts (in Potpourri) by BobHale
The two most recent posts at language log ( ......
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