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Discussion Topic  RE: Son of Double Dactyls (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Quote "...then I suppose you have to go back to when the first culture invented the ball. Most sport......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Son of Double Dactyls (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Quote "...Therefore, it makes it quite logical that you don't know from where the different sports e......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "less than enamored" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Generalisations are risky, I know, but I think it's fair to say the the "average" American will be m......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Son of Double Dactyls (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Quote, "...the only one here who hadn't heard of him..." If by "here" you mean the USA, then that's......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Imply vs. Infer (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Sorry about Xerxes. That was just a typo. And I disagree with the practice, now very common in the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Imply vs. Infer (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Well, I personally have standardized on the following rule: a simple apostrophe for the po......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Imply vs. Infer (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Erasmus' Encomium or Erasmus's Encomium? I have seen both versions....
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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: Spam, Beyssian filters and word-salad (in The Written Word) by Richard English
I suspect the final paragraph is the real answer. I don't know how to turn the html on and off for r......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Spam, Beyssian filters and word-salad (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Does anyone know why I keep getting messages (the latest being from kdmogzkdmkcd@hotmail.com ) which......
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Poll  RE: 'concrete' - pronunciation? regional? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Difficult, yes. But try stressing the final syllable - as in "discrete" and you will probably agree ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Not Azygous: Shy Spouse-words (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
In England the term is used equally for beer. Publicans have an allowance for ullage since it is ass......
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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: Novercal (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...As has been posted here, there are even (albeit few and far between) errors in the OED (e.......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Dutch" phrases (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
Quote "...Florida is not the USA. It's Cuba Lite...." Well, having been to both places I have to sa......
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