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RE: Apostrophe again, sorry. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput 'Short on' sounds highly dialectal to me, and I'd always say 'short of'. I can never work out what ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words RE: Dispersing (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput Dispersing means not just scattering, which would be appropriate for knowledge, but generally implie...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words RE: Cryptozoology (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput Certainly. There's nothing intrinsically impossible about many of the cryptid stories -- just very v...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words RE: Singular or plural (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput Both agreements are common, so there's no question of either being 'improper'. Structurally the rel...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words RE: Word-spotting (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput In ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words RE: Arête (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput Epsilon: that's what comes of not being able to get onto Perseus to check.... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words RE: Arête (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput The Greek for virtue is ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words RE: Homophonic (in The Written Word) by aput It's to do the U as in UNIT with the Y sound in front of it. The sound change in England (and Austr...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word RE: Double cross (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput This is a perfect opportunity to mention a word famously used in only one context. Churchill switche...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words RE: "Us Yanks" vs. "We Brits" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput Any adjective can be used on its own in noun-like positions in certain contexts: The poor will alway...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words RE: "Us Yanks" vs. "We Brits" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput It's odd. The terms Britain and British are widely used, and indeed indispensable, they being our fl...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words RE: Is it still dirty if I at least TRY to clean it up? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput I think 'my turn in the barrel' is picturesque enough that it could be used on its own by someone wh...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words RE: "Us Yanks" vs. "We Brits" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput I don't know, "us + N:subj" is grammatically as normal as "we + N:subj" everywhere in the English-sp...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words metaphor chop suey (in Potpourri) by aput I'm proofing a very large book at the moment; it's largely written on the principle that if one meta...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by aput 'Prince of Wales' is unusual in being the only territorial princedom. On the Continent you have the...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri RE: British vs. American English* (in Potpourri) by aput Modern fonts or character maps ought to include the schwa symbol (upside-down e), since these days i...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri RE: feedback as a countable noun (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput I've never seen it used that way, but it makes sense: 'We've had two feedbacks asking about...'. An ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words RE: Apostrophe again, sorry. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words RE: New words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput I would presume the contemporary use of 'defenestration' is in removing Windows -- to install Linux ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by aput The ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri	» Refine Search » New Search

RE: Apostrophe again, sorry. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
'Short on' sounds highly dialectal to me, and I'd always say 'short of'. I can never work out what ......
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RE: Dispersing (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Dispersing means not just scattering, which would be appropriate for knowledge, but generally implie......
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RE: Cryptozoology (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Certainly. There's nothing intrinsically impossible about many of the cryptid stories -- just very v......
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RE: Singular or plural (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Both agreements are common, so there's no question of either being 'improper'. Structurally the rel......
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In ......
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RE: Arête (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Epsilon: that's what comes of not being able to get onto Perseus to check....
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The Greek for virtue is ......
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RE: Homophonic (in The Written Word) by aput
It's to do the U as in UNIT with the Y sound in front of it. The sound change in England (and Austr......
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RE: Double cross (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
This is a perfect opportunity to mention a word famously used in only one context. Churchill switche......
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RE: "Us Yanks" vs. "We Brits" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Any adjective can be used on its own in noun-like positions in certain contexts: The poor will alway......
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RE: "Us Yanks" vs. "We Brits" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
It's odd. The terms Britain and British are widely used, and indeed indispensable, they being our fl......
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RE: Is it still dirty if I at least TRY to clean it up? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
I think 'my turn in the barrel' is picturesque enough that it could be used on its own by someone wh......
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RE: "Us Yanks" vs. "We Brits" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
I don't know, "us + N:subj" is grammatically as normal as "we + N:subj" everywhere in the English-sp......
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metaphor chop suey (in Potpourri) by aput
I'm proofing a very large book at the moment; it's largely written on the principle that if one meta......
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RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by aput
'Prince of Wales' is unusual in being the only territorial princedom*. On the Continent you have the......
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RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by aput
Modern fonts or character maps ought to include the schwa symbol (upside-down e), since these days i......
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RE: feedback as a countable noun (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
I've never seen it used that way, but it makes sense: 'We've had two feedbacks asking about...'. An ......
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I would presume the contemporary use of 'defenestration' is in removing Windows -- to install Linux ......
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