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Bare subjunctive: a datappoint10 Mar 2010 22:19 GMT30
It has been generally agreed here that the bare subjunctive ("it is
vital that he go" instead of "... should go") is leftpondian.  I was
interested to see a Victorian gentlewoman quoted, in an article on
some challenges to Darwinism, using it quite unself-consciously:
what should I make of this?10 Mar 2010 22:19 GMT23
"Eric Walker" <email@owlcroft.com> wrote in message news:hml7ri$jl7$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> On Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:19:13 +0900, chance wrote:
>
>> A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language by Randolf Quirk et al
The perpetual calendar10 Mar 2010 22:19 GMT1880
Owing to the inconveniences which attend the shifting of the calendar,
and attempting in passing to create a more perfect Church calendar, I
say the following:
1. That Christmas day should be fixed to a Sunday, and this should be
"Needless to say"10 Mar 2010 22:16 GMT-
If you say (e.g.) "Needless to say, I was annoyed," you're showing
that there is a need to say it... is there a word/
phrase for such a phrase (one which is only used when it isn't true)?
Group "has" or Group "have"10 Mar 2010 21:57 GMT3
It's been quite a few years since posting to this group. My how you've
changed!  Anyway,  I am doing a brochure for our church and a question
came up.  We are writing about the United Methodist Women as a group.
But the brochure reads "The UMW". So - do I say "The UMW has" or the
For crying out loud10 Mar 2010 21:47 GMT26
I assume there is no doubt that "criminy" is a way of avoiding saying
"Christ".**
What about "For crying out loud"?  Is that the same thing?**
**These are English usage questions.  Someone off-topic maybe is the
The TRUTH  IS  BURIED  IN  FALSE  ASSUMPTIONS  -You have to be a     professional researcher to excavate...10 Mar 2010 21:32 GMT-
This is what I like about this:
            http://surftofind.com/truth
All the heavy digging has been completed in the above link. giving us
all what we expect  -the truth and nothing but....
Sounds and scripts needed10 Mar 2010 21:30 GMT13
I am looking for any English sound files (.mp3)
recorded by native speakers and their scripts.
I downloaded mp3 files and scripts from SpotLight
(www.spotlightradio.net).It). It is excellent but uses

British English (view all ...)Last Post  Replies
Captain Jack Sparrow's florid style07 Mar 2010 17:14 GMT4
I am having trouble to get the meaning of this 'weasely black guts'
piece in the sentences I cite below. Does 'guts' in this case mean
something like 'fortitude' or 'attitude', perhaps? But to pilfer it
out? If my assumption as to the meaning of 'guts' was correct I'd
linguistic question: 'e' ending + 'able' suffix06 Mar 2010 23:44 GMT11
how can I call in English a thing which e.g. "cannot be closed"?
Uncloseable or unclosable? Are they any rules for leaving or throwing
away the final letter E while adding the -able suffix?
Btw. unclos(e)able or inclos(e)able?
Definite article before a band's name?15 Feb 2010 17:56 GMT8
A friend of mine used the phrase "Worship and Music by 13 A.D." Here
13 A.D. is the name of the band. Shouldn't it be "Worship and music by
the 13 A.D. ?
What does it say?09 Jan 2010 14:43 GMT11
Does anybody understand what does the wolf say at the end of the video?
http://video.telegraph.co.uk/services/player/bcpid1529569286?bctid=5524339001
Roger
Article before or after adjective08 Jan 2010 09:59 GMT3
I hope I am in the right newsgroup.
Some years ago I saw someone using a sentence similar to:
"This is very good a car."
vs
What year will it be next year?25 Nov 2009 16:27 GMT3
What year will it be next year? I refer to the common era calendar,
although "other calendaring systems are available".  
In the common era calendar, next year will of course be "2010".  But my
question is: will we stick with the "noughties" habit where it will
some word usage23 Oct 2009 01:03 GMT31
I have an instance where someone is using "English"
(probably not AmerEnglish) words when writing and
I wondered if these can give a reasonable clue as
to what part of the world this individual comes
what kinds of cats?09 Oct 2009 19:50 GMT15
I am having an argument with the RFC-Editor. My co-author had written:
 but some of them may be required in certain types of article.
and she changed it into
  but some of them may be required in certain types of articles.

ESL Teaching (view all ...)Last Post  Replies
Edgar Allan Poe The Tell-Tale Heart (animation)26 Feb 2010 22:57 GMT-
If you are interested you can preview Edgar Allan Poe's (animation)
www.TheTell-TaleHeart.com/
Teacher packet.
'Contact Information' synonym23 Oct 2009 21:08 GMT1
In my work, I end up always using the term 'contact information' for
stuff like address, phone, e-mail, etc. and I'm getting tired of using
it. Is there a smaller synonym for it?
Thanks
Alternative to "photograph"23 Oct 2009 00:53 GMT3
I'm looking for a "native english" alternative to the word "photograph".
To give an example, we have the word "Lichtbild" in German, which
describes the concept of an image created by or using light in native
german words. Is there an analogous word in English or has "photography"
Downloadable dictionary wanted12 Oct 2009 21:45 GMT5
Can anyone point me to a site where I can download an English dictionary in
a format I can load into a database?
I'm hoping to download in CSV format or similar, with a list of English
words and their word types, eg noun, verb etc
2 English sentences- do they make sense and are they correct?11 Oct 2009 19:17 GMT4
1. Your obstetrician has conformed to this certificate of receipt.
2. The board of directors has postponed the general meeting of
shareholders further to some unexpected incidents
Do the above sentences makes sense? Are they grammatically correct? In
meaning of: nobody cheated nobody lied! you'r stupid.20 Sep 2009 22:15 GMT5
A friend of mine replied me writing following song title
nobody cheated nobody lied! you'r stupid.
I searched Google and find as follows in Wikipedia
This is the title of a song by Duane Steele an award winning country
Has or Have?16 Jun 2009 14:51 GMT6
A large number of tests has (or have?) been conducted.
What should it be?
Regards
NSP
what does "shake the lots" mean?24 Apr 2009 02:21 GMT2
I am translating a text from English and i met an expression that i
dont understand
What does "shake the lots" mean?
in the sentence "When we shook the lots, to me fell the hoary sea,
 
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