Discussion Groups / English Usage / December 2003

I would like to ask "economy in china" or "economy on china". Which
one is correct?
Thanks
Note: Please correct me if you find any mistakes in my sentences.

Sorry to be slightly off topic, yet there is this friend of mine who's doing
the little project for her EFL classes. The point is she has made this web
available presentation which seems to be inaccesible to some locations.
Would you be kind enough as to check out the link

1. I am neither the manufacturer nor the distributor of this product.
If I use be + not negation, should I use "nor" or "or"?
In other words, should the sentece go like
2. I am not the manufacturer or the distributor...

A question has arisen in another place about the Legal Birthday of those
born on 29th February.  For example, for a person born on 29th February
2000, on what date will their 18th birthday fall for the purposes of
drinking alcohol, driving vehicles, voting, etc.?

I would like to know whether to use IN or ON in the following examples:
1.We integrate the phenomenon IN/ON one-sector modelling.
2.The detection of overflows IN/ON the intermediate calculations.
3.It had its origin IN/ON the underlying economic system.

Is an "s" required at the end of the word provide:
The following four graphs provides a visual representation of U.S. direct
investment abroad.
What is the difference if the "s" is absent or present?

While I was reading Grettir's Saga (the 1914 translation) I came across an
obscure passage:
 The stone had struck her thigh and broken it.
 Illugi said: "I wish you had not done that."

When would you use "them people" instead of just "them" or "those/these
people" ?
Thanks,
Fernando

Low number of posts... must be turkey time in the USA.

Three non-commercial but off-topic announcements:
  (1) I've added a sample page (.jpg, 90k) from my out-of-print
Bavarian dictionary (_Bayrisch-österreichisches Schimpfwörterbuch_) at:
http://www.sonic.net/maledicta/boes-sample.html

Hello to everyone,
I'm looking ressources, worksheets for elementary English. I'm teaching
English to non-English speaking children...
Thanks for your help.....

From this week's Newsweek:
1. Arab societies outght to at least consider *at* the China model.
Or htey could look at South Korea, Taiwan or Singapore, all of which
were dirt-poor as China when....