Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2004

Are "warm/warm up" interchangeable in the following?
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Osmond stood before the chimney, leaning back with his hands behind him;
he had one foot up and was WARMING the sole.

Have you noticed that the Q&A period at press conferences always starts by
someone announcing, "And with that, we'll take your questions"?
It's becoming as annoying as "At the end of the day", or "In terms of", or
"Coming up Next".

A bizarre construction in a TV review in the Mirror
http://www.mirror.co.uk/entertainment/shelleyonthetelly/
(Don't read if you intend to watch Tom Conti in 'Donovan'
<< It would be good if the twist in part two was that Donovan actually did

Is it
I have two lovely sisters, who(?) studies at the university.
or
I have two lovely sisters, who(?) study at the university.

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Posted on Sunday, January 4, 2004 by oostevo:
Could Someone Explain the Etymology of '*'
I feel stupid asking this, but can someone explain what

I don't have Robbie's e-mail address.  He'll take it as a snub that I
haven't sent him a New Year's greeting, even though I've spent the last hour
looking for it.
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This one goes out to the Brits:
I know that there are British names beginning with a Ff.
In fact, in a science book I saw several ones (hinting
these belong to old distinguished folk? :-) - but then

This is the title of an article in Times 2 today, by Lynne Truss, author
who eats, shoots and leaves.
[That should be 'of', and some quotation marks are missing. Ed.]
Huh? Anyway, those of you who cannot access the Times' website, enjoy.

I take the word _dought_ in the following lines from Dickens' _Great
Expectations_ to be a typo, and that instead of which _doubt_ should
have been printed:
 If he had shown indifference as a master, I have no dought

Like everyone else, I've come across many "loose/lose" and
"could've/could of" confusions, but this was a new one on me.
It comes from an otherwise acceptably literate post in uk.d-i-y, from
someone looking for a syringe to inject adhesive behind loose plaster

I've been focusing on prepositions lately and I was wondering whether
it would be also correct to say "I see myself ON the mirror" instead
of "I see myself IN the mirror". I've actually never heard of the
first usage, but since the mirrored image is touching the surface of

As i am getting old, I have, surprisingly, found myself listening to
Sinatra's songs. I had never expected this, but better accept it than regret
it.
Well, my question is, what does "the wrigley building" and "the union

I am looking for an online database of English Morphemes.  Does such a thing exist?
One for Latin would be nice as well.
Thanks,
Roger

When did the expression "Way to go" (and "way to [other things]) first
become current? Any citations?