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RE: Colophon
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There's no suitable Greek suffix containing -ph- that could relate the two. Let's see what ......
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November 01, 2005 01:58
RE: Grammar Police as Editors
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Why? A completely unwarranted assumption. The grammatical difference is clear: one contains an 'and'......
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October 28, 2005 01:44
RE: I-me-we-us-you-you-you-you
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Strictly speaking, there is still a clear number distinction between singular ......
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October 27, 2005 10:10
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I meant to look up last night what Huddleston and Pullum say about this in the ......
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October 27, 2005 01:36
RE: Colophon
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It spooks me when my Sprachgefühl flags up a word I've never thought of in that context: but I ......
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October 25, 2005 08:55
RE: Remorse and Remark
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In the link, for Ayenbitel read Ayenbite IIRC = if I recall correctly...
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October 21, 2005 02:09
RE: Remorse and Remark
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... and a few hints about Kentish, such as that it's a southern dialect and therefore has initial z ......
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October 20, 2005 05:02
RE: Remorse and Remark
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That's because there are two different prefixes ......
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October 19, 2005 07:32
RE: Patois
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Patois, or Patwa or Kwéyòl, is also used as the name of the French-based Creoles of th......
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October 11, 2005 01:52
RE: Gnosis
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Oh well, inceptive and inchoative are the same thing grammatically. The '(?)' is there because for s......
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September 23, 2005 08:03
RE: Gnosis
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September 23, 2005 01:58
RE: Thole
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Good question, with no definite answer. Dictionary makers have to decide whether to set words out as......
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September 19, 2005 02:31
RE: Irony
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The ancient uses of the term included both verbal irony -- saying one thing intending it to be taken......
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September 15, 2005 01:45
RE: 'll' sound is some English accents
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The London sound is variously notated. ......
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September 14, 2005 01:51
RE: eyes on -ize/-ise
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-ize was widely used about 300 years ago, then -ise came (back?) in in Britain later. Around 1900 O......
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September 09, 2005 09:08
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September 07, 2005 08:31
RE: Potter Words and Wordplay; later books
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Did Rowling use 'enervate' at all? No example is given. The spell command 'Ennervate', as with all h......
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August 24, 2005 08:40
RE: One sentence or two?
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I am equivocal. Exclamation marks are definitely within the sentence in cases like: Alas! that ever......
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August 23, 2005 08:16
RE: strange plurals inside the wordhoard
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August 22, 2005 02:59
RE: strange plurals inside the wordhoard
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There are two possible grammars for these constructions. The relative clause can attach to either th......
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August 22, 2005 02:54
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