Discussion Groups / English Usage / February 2004

If a person is described as a wounded bear does that mean he or she is
angry?

It'd be a great favour if I was told where I went wrong wording this
post.
http://discuss.fogcreek.com/joelonsoftware/default.asp?cmd=show&ixPost=116994&ix
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Hello again, everyone - you've been so helpful I had to come back ;-)
I'm still translating this book set in the twenties. See if anyone can help
me here, with the meaning of the expression between "":
(quote)

Although we have discussed the use of "incidences" as if it were the
plural of "incident," discussion isn't enough.
Having heard "incidences" used incorrectly by TV/Cable/Radio newscasters
all too often, I have decided that a remedial class in English usage

In this story:
http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_fullstory.asp?id=16069
There's two sentences where the word "bakery" is used to mean "bakery
products":

States that are also islands - is it considered correct English to use
"on" or "in"? In or on Iceland?
Thanks

A recent article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune contained a curious
pronunciation spelling--an attempt to represent a pronunciation using
ordinary English letters:
At

Is a comma required to separate a discourse marker such as moreover,
furthermore, etc. from the main clause?
e.g. They enjoy reading books. Moreover, they also like watching TV.
Is the comma in between "Moreover" and "they" optional or obligatory?

No grist for Donna's mill:
Jury: Airline Not Liable for Racist Rhyme
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Kansas City, Kan. (AP) -- Southwest Airlines is not liable for a flight

As quoted by the Wall Street Journal today, Mr Bush declared:
"I am a war president."
He clearly has a vision all right. His speech yesterday was enough to
send shivers down my spine. He has opened the door for war with any

Good day!
We had an assignment to provide any available word type for specific verbs (to
provide possible adverbs, adjectives...) on Language class.
Verb "to impose"...it is said that it does not have a personal noun "imposer".

Mental deficiency
The three main terms describing mental deficiency long predate psychiatry.
They were originally used in English as simple forms of abuse, and this is
still the main usage. Their use as psychiatric technical definitions is now

Should I pronounce Linux as /lin-uz/ or /line-iks/

Is a US tv season a year?

The hyphenation in the title was intentional. Pathology commonly
refers to the science of the study of disease. The suffix "logy"
cannotes study or persuasion, and my inference: the root "patho" or
some derivative of the word implies disease or maladaption or