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Discussion Topic  RE: metastory (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
The title of editor is totally self-appointed. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: metastory (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
The Hunter passage seems fairly clear in meaning to me, though rather wordy, and as an editor I'd qu......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Incorrect Newspaper Headlines (in Potpourri) by aput
Now that's very interesting. I thought Lott's wording was slightly strange. Of course the two words ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by aput
> Why a paper bag? Many bags these days are made of plastic. Not so many in the US, where superm......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Incorrect Newspaper Headlines (in Potpourri) by aput
The dangers of false memories! I'd only seen the Truman picture a few times, and my memory had even ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Is this a "metaphor"? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
If I had to distinguish them: Metaphor: my laziness is me going underground for summer. Figurative......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Incorrect Newspaper Headlines (in Potpourri) by aput
You know, I always thought that headline was "Dewey Wins". Evidently so do quite a few other people:......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by aput
Most of the regional dialects of England lack an [h] sound, but it's still present in the general So......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "into" vs. "unto" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
A person who dies goes into Heaven. A thing on the Earth that rises up to a great height gets near u......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "less than enamored" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
The usage is called litotes. It uses the negative of one sense to mean the opposite: no fool, no slo......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Foundering (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Those metaphors aren't quite dead yet. I've got an image of the M.V. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dusting (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Not 'is coming' but 'has come'. The ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by aput
There is no convenient English respelling for the schwa. I prefer to use 'a' when possible, so JAG-y......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by aput
I say ["dZægju@] with a final schwa. I don't hear advertisements, nor frequent the rich, nor t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Punctuation (in Potpourri) by aput
I've noticed Americans sometimes think British usage is always to use plural here, but this is proba......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Punctuation (in Potpourri) by aput
With group nouns (group, tribe, team, committee) both are widely used, and they're much more commonl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Punctuation (in Potpourri) by aput
Disagree with jheem. It's the stakeholders participating: plural subject. Recast it with simpler wor......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Boss and Bossy (the cow) (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
The Greek is brought in for its articles: masculine ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by aput
One of the things most seared into my brain under the Death to Marketing list was seeing a tube of t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Boss and Bossy (the cow) (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
And which is original, Bosporus or Bosphorus? I've never managed to work it out; both make sense, an......
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