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| Congratulations to Tatyana and Garry | 20 Jan 2004 02:58 GMT | 114 |
Hear Yiz, Hear Yiz, Hear Yiz, It is with great pleasure we can announce that the totally-offical wedding of Garry to his beautiful bride took place this afternoon in Westminster Register Office.
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| Quantum Physics: illusion and reality | 19 Jan 2004 21:06 GMT | 25 |
I saw a book entited "Quantum Physics: Illusion and Reality." My question is whether there is subtle difference between "Quantum Physics: Illusion and Reality" and "Quantum Physics: Reality and Illusion" Thanks
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| Mark Twain and "mugwump" | 19 Jan 2004 19:50 GMT | 6 |
Someone in a crossposting between AEU and sci.lang wondered in recent days whether there was a concordance of Mark Twain's works available somewhere. The immediate concern was to know whether Mark Twain had ever used the word
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| He lied. | 19 Jan 2004 17:04 GMT | 6 |
He lied, she cried. He lied, they died.
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| an A grade or the A grade | 19 Jan 2004 12:45 GMT | 2 |
Those people work hard will deserve an A grade or Those people work hard will deserve the A grade
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| Help! | 19 Jan 2004 08:13 GMT | 1 |
I am trying to find the spelling and meaning of a word. We have a guy at work who is doing our heads in. Basically he uses the saying " dangerously well " when asked how he is. Now he is using "seracociously????? salubrious". It is the
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| She is one of those women who speaks well of others. | 19 Jan 2004 07:51 GMT | 3 |
1. She is one of those women who speaks well of others. 2. She is one of those women who speak well of others. Someone please help - which is correct 1 or 2 and why?
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| Intelligible ?? | 19 Jan 2004 07:48 GMT | 2 |
Could someone please use the word Intelligible in a sentence ?
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| at a time, at one time | 19 Jan 2004 07:47 GMT | 2 |
What is the difference between this two phrases ? they are confusing somehow
 Signature www.englishdaily626.com
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| gaffe or deliberate -- some headlines | 19 Jan 2004 04:13 GMT | 1 |
CRACK FOUND ON GOVERNOR'S DAUGHTER SOMETHING WENT WRONG IN JET CRASH, EXPERT SAYS POLICE BEGIN CAMPAIGN TO RUN DOWN JAYWALKERS IRAQI HEAD SEEKS ARMS
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| Nobody mentioned Fonzie | 19 Jan 2004 00:28 GMT | 7 |
Fairly lengthy article in today's Arizona Republic, by way of the Baltimore Sun, on the popularity of the word "cool" and its shifts in meaning through the years.... Article here:
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| Canuck Lesbians Putting On The Style | 18 Jan 2004 22:03 GMT | 24 |
Source: www.ananova.com
> Two 12-year-old girls have been "encouraged" to leave their school by the > headteacher after they were caught charging boys money for a public kissing > session in the school cafeteria.... The Canadian Grade 7 schoolgirls charged |
| exempt(ed) from | 18 Jan 2004 19:04 GMT | 7 |
Hello, I got a bit confused when I came across the necessity of using a phrase including the expression mentioned in the topic. I couldn't simply differentiate the two possible (are both indeed acceptable?) uses of 'exempt' and 'exempted from'. The question is - what is the ...
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| dig, dug... diggen? | 18 Jan 2004 19:03 GMT | 1 |
Have you ever (especially those of you who are from Canada) come across 'diggen' as past participle of 'dig' ? Is it acceptale form in general English...? Thanks
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| The tea of an afternoon | 18 Jan 2004 18:44 GMT | 43 |
Is this "tea of an afternoon" an idiomatic expression, similar to "five o'clock tea"? Is it more AmE than BrE? I originally found it in: -----
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