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Discussion Topic  RE: Son of Double Dactyls (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Quote "...[I know that no one here likes basketball..." I don't think it's a question of likes or d......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "less than enamored" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I suspect that this construction is more common in UK English than it is in US. As with the use of t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Imply vs. Infer (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...I think of similes as being a rhetorical device that use like or as, but maybe yours is a ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Imply vs. Infer (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote, "...Just because people use a word mistakenly shouldn't mean that the definition should chang......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Imply vs. Infer (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...How do you feel about infer being used to mean imply?..." Unecessary since we already hav......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The world's funniest joke? (in Wordplay) by Richard English
Quote "..."So Bob, where's that 8 inches you promised me last night?" ..." Last Tuesday, in Qatar, ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Special Word of the Moment (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...Funny, his crimes harmed the whole nation, and he spent not one day in jail..." It's stra......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Stress (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
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Discussion Topic  RE: Foundering (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I think that the report uses an analogy that is well-maintained in the further reference to "...the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Stress (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Indeed. And remember that the concensus of our group was that they liked "schedule" better than "ske......
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Discussion Topic  Sic (in Potpourri) by Richard English
World Wide Words has a feature in which it quotes passages which are amusing because of unintended d......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Brilliant, or its abbreviation, "brill" was very common when I was a lad. Like most youth slang it s......
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Discussion Topic  RE: This usage grates (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Both sentences seem fine to me - but then I like the passive voice....
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Discussion Topic  Highly appropriate sayings (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I have just seen a saying by Thomas Carlyle that was new to me but which I felt is just so, so true.......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Richard English
In the UK a Stein is a different thing. That's a German drinking vessel, typically made from earthen......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...I remember Richard once telling me that he would have to live where there was good beer. W......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A non-word-related (sorry) OUTRAGE! (in Potpourri) by Richard English
In fact, the situation is even worse as you can see here: ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A non-word-related (sorry) OUTRAGE! (in Potpourri) by Richard English
(Yawn). Sleeping pills? Earplugs? Blindfolds?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Prognostication (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...Just the experience of going to a game in the "friendly confines" of Wrigley Field, drinki......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Prognostication (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Two points: Quote "...Search amazon.com for the number of books found by inputting 'Michael Jordan'......
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