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Discussion Topic  RE: Great e-mails #2 (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Some people have wondered whether George Stephenson chose his odd guage of 4' 8 1/2" deliberately. W......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Picadillo (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Well, one is niggard (of Scandinavian origin) which means "stingy". I've forgotten for a moment how ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words of the Year (in The Written Word) by Richard English
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words of the Year (in The Written Word) by Richard English
But in my part of the world we call them "mums". not "moms"....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words of the Year (in The Written Word) by Richard English
What is "mommy porn"? I assume it's American as we don't have moms in the UK....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Great e-mails #2 (in The Written Word) by Richard English
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Discussion Topic  RE: Overnegation: don't fail to miss it! (in The Written Word) by Richard English
I heard Alagiah's original announcement; I didn't realise that HIGNFY had picked it up as I've not y......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Great e-mails #2 (in The Written Word) by Richard English
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Discussion Topic  RE: Simply simple (in Potpourri) by Richard English
For me, "Simply having a wonderful Christmas" carries a slight sense of limitation, as would "just".......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Great e-mails #2 (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Our son in Canada had a young lad staying with him for a while. He would not eat the eggs laid by hi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Overnegation: don't fail to miss it! (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Your rewrite is probably better. But I didn't recast the sentence as I wanted to make the point th......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Overnegation: don't fail to miss it! (in The Written Word) by Richard English
A bit more punctuation would have helped a great deal: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said Frid......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Overnegation: don't fail to miss it! (in The Written Word) by Richard English
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Discussion Topic  RE: Overnegation: don't fail to miss it! (in The Written Word) by Richard English
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Discussion Topic  RE: Overnegation: don't fail to miss it! (in The Written Word) by Richard English
I suppose that depends on what you mean by "overnagation". In British English double negatives are c......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Overnegation: don't fail to miss it! (in The Written Word) by Richard English
That's how it started - but it took very little time for it to move onto all kinds of excessive nega......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Overnegation: don't fail to miss it! (in The Written Word) by Richard English
I had assumed he meant what the sentence meant. I didn't realise he had put in a redundant negative.......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Overnegation: don't fail to miss it! (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Triple negatives are even harder than double negatives. But it would be difficult to say make this p......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "A horrific accident of a man"??? (in The Written Word) by Richard English
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