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Discussion Topic  RE: Egregious (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
My point is simply that there is often no reason to use a long word rather than a short one and, ind......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Egregious (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...In return, I invite you to perambulate (11 letters) yourself to your favorite pub, order a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Egregious (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...But, we all know that there have been some mistakes in all dictionaries..." I would hardl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Egregious (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
But it should not. That it is thus inacurately used proves (if proof be needed) that there are those......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Egregious (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I have no problem with "peruse" but there are many English words whose meaning I do not know. And w......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Egregious (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
One of the beauties of the English language is that is has words that are precise, words that are va......
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Discussion Topic  Dr Seuss's cat (in Potpourri) by Richard English
The following reference is from "Getting Your English Right, Tapir, Trondheim 2001" Marking titles,......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Egregious (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
put(1) v.tr. 14 throw (esp. a shot or weight) as an athletic sport or exercise. OED. Just one of 17......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Dr. Seuss' Cat in the Hat" (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I should perhaps make it clear that the quotation about whose meaning we are arguing was my own! It ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Dr. Seuss' Cat in the Hat" (in Potpourri) by Richard English
In UK English it is not required and is therefore grammatically incorrect. Just as the apostrophe is......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Dr. Seuss' Cat in the Hat" (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I will be happy so to do providing, of course, that you extend the same courtesy to me. Otherwise ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Dr. Seuss' Cat in the Hat" (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I have never seen the headline in a journal but, if it is, as has been quoted in these postings, "Dr......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Dr. Seuss' Cat in the Hat" (in Potpourri) by Richard English
My reference was Michael Temple's "Guide to Written English" - now, I fear, out of print. It is a gu......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by Richard English
To me it has much the same meaning as the US "regular". That is, normal, not exceptional, perfectl......
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Discussion Topic  Language training (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Yesterday I was visiting someone in hospital and, as one does, was idly looking at the notice boards......
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Discussion Topic  Literacy versus numeracy (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
In the UK there is a Government-backed online learning initiative called Learn Direct for which I am......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciation of interesting words... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It might be easier if the words were spelt even more phoenetically: Con-summ-ut is correct Con-syoo......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words from Ogden Nash (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
Actually it's more like Fuller's Honey Dew. It is described on their site thus: Organic Honey Dew i......
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Discussion Topic  RE: For want of a nail... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The French? Subtle? Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  For want of a nail... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Last week I went to the Grosvenor House Hotel in Park Lane for a travel industry lunch (around 1200 ......
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