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May be slightly OT but of all the places I go online, this seems the most
likely for an answer or at least a pointer.
I am reading MJ Harper's "History of Britain Revealed" in which he suggests
that the surviving manuscript of 'Beowulf' is a fake.

[Waiting in a group, and becoming impatient]
“Moving, are we ever? Let’s get a taxi,” Simon demanded.
Is "Moving, are we ever?" OK?
Thanks.

From my grammar book, I learn that "the" never precedes a non-count
noun. Is it correct?
Thank you.

[They were walking towards his office and were getting near it]
"They were close now to/of his office."
Do both versions work?
Thanks.

I hope you are all well & in good spirits.
I am neutral on the opinion expressed in this Slate article -- the
subject line of this post is merely a reflection of the opinion
expressed in the article -- but I would be interested in the thoughts

An example of a cross-language pun would be "Que le dieu m'epargne
l'ame" as it requires knowledge of both English and French to understand.*
Does anyone else have similar examples?
*The sentence says "May God save my soul" but in French the word for

Which are correct:
1-If your dog likes everybody, then it will like me. However, if it
doesn't like some people, then it will not like me.
2-If your dog likes everybody, then it will like me. However, if it

I'm reading Ben Aaronovitch's "Moon Over Soho," and would appreciate
help with this exchange:
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She invited me in and I asked her name.

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What is the correct punctuation of the following sentence:
"If you find out and tell me about any detail of what happened in
Downing street last night[,] and if nobody else will give me that piece
of information earlier[,] and if you won't tell anyone else, I will

Which of the following two sentences sounds better and clearer?
1. If X failed to prove that a formula in Y is valid, the reason thereof
was not visible.
2. If X failed to prove that a formula in Y is valid, the reason

This week's  Radio Times (article p101, "Who is Guy Martin?") refers to
his "Lincolnshire brogue". Brogue? To me, that seems an odd term for
anything but an Irish accent.
His accent, incidentally, immediately sounded a bit familiar when I

I have just been reading detective novel "The Likeness" by Tana French,
and noticed some Americanisms. I then realised that the copy I was
reading was reading was the American edition. Digging deeper, I find
that there are actually *three* editions: American, British, and Irish

Programme tonight (Monday) 9pm on BBC4 "When God Spoke English: The
Making of the King James Bible."
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00yvs8n>
I recall that there was recently a Radio 4 series on the same subject.

From "The QI Book of the Dead", John Lloyd, John Lloyd and John
Mitchinson, 2009 -
"She countered that she had no idea he'd used the gun on himself,
protesting that he was always prone to over-exaggeration and

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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