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RE: Is Grammar Dead?
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If teachers "correct" children who say it, then it's grammatical for the children, because it's what......
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April 18, 2005 13:51
RE: Is Grammar Dead?
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'Me and my dad' is definitely grammatical for almost everyone, and is almost certainly the most gram......
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April 17, 2005 05:01
RE: She's dead but I still talk about her.
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... followed a few hours later by present rigid. Continuing states take, or can take, the present t......
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April 16, 2005 15:44
RE: so that?
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Yes, 'that Adj' meaning 'so Adj', 'Adj to so great an extent' is a regional usage, not standard Brit......
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April 15, 2005 12:57
metaphor chop suey
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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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April 15, 2005 11:52
RE: Verblessness
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He was no more than a name to me; one hears of fashionable figures but often doesn't get why they're......
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April 14, 2005 23:38
RE: Sneek peek?
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"Good greef" has 3800 ghits. Strange, strange place the Web. "sneeek peak" has 2, "sneakpeak" has 5......
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April 12, 2005 16:09
RE: naïf
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Same here: naif is not a word in my active vocabulary. Before looking into this I only thought of it......
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April 11, 2005 16:07
RE: naïf
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A bit of Googling confirms Kalleh's and my original impression, that 'naif' is a genderless noun in ......
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April 09, 2005 07:47
RE: Jam
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Curious. The original 1706 quotation is "The Ice jam'd", which I suppose fits the supposed sense jam......
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April 09, 2005 00:35
RE: Verblessness
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'When he crossed the Tiber' is subordinated by the conjunction 'when', and can't stand on its own (e......
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April 09, 2005 00:18
RE: Satrapies
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I can't swear to this, but I think I've seen it around in the modern political sense for some while.......
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April 09, 2005 00:12
RE: naïf
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Naive is certainly an adjective in English: you can't say 'she is a naive'. I tend to agree with Kal......
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April 09, 2005 00:07
RE: Verblessness
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No main clause verbs. All the verbs in there are dependent on noun phrases or in subordinate clauses......
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April 05, 2005 23:48
RE: Genuine
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The original meaning was 'inborn', making it likely the supposed connexion with ......
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April 02, 2005 06:08
RE: Just practice?
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Both senses are almost the same age: it first meant 'perform a skill' (1500 or a bit before), then s......
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April 02, 2005 05:52
RE: Nation vs. Country
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And the fourth independent state: California (very briefly, unlike the 14 years for Vermont). But t......
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February 26, 2005 00:15
RE: Nation vs. Country
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'State' has the second meaning of 'province' largely because of the United States of America. The th......
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February 25, 2005 11:39
RE: Nation vs. Country
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I would call the UK one state and four countries. In many regards the four components are countries ......
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February 24, 2005 11:38
RE: Romance
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Actually it is an interesting specialization, since it must be quite recent: until well into the twe......
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February 21, 2005 23:40
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