Discussion Groups / English Usage / November 2006

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Is it okay? "Do you look younger than your age?" or "Do you look young?"

do we use 'experience in' or 'experience with' in a sentence or
conversations? I have seen both and I don't know what is the correct
usage in what situations.
For example, I have 3 years of work experience in accounting.

I WANT TO PRATICE MY EHGLISH
SO I WANNA FIND AN ENGLISH PARTNER TO EXCHANGE "LANGUAGE"
I TEACH YOU ARABIC,if you like , YOU TEACH ME ENGLISH
PLEASE , HELP ME LEARN ENGLISH........

I read another sentence as follows,
It was a moment in time I could always call my own, no matter how they
responded.
Why the writer used "in time," which is kind of redundant. Or "in time"

Are these sentences using 'short', 'short of', and 'short on' all
valid?  Is one better than the other?
Poll sites were short Chinese translator.
Poll sites were short of Chinese translator.

What could be the meaning of
"What a time they all are!"
here?
Is it

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I read the expression of "Loyal Oppositions". What does that exactly
mean? and when do you use?
---
The contributors to this volume call for the formation of a "loyal

Short of time on a shopping expedition we made a rare visit to KFC. The cry
from behind the counter has changed. Last time I was there, I recollect "Can
I help anyone?" Now it's "Anyone next?"
Is this something laid down by the Colonel's heavy regimentation of staff

The Guardian have a weekly quiz based on the idea of "What links ...?" where
they give a set of people or objects and stuff and ask the reader to say
what links them. Example:
What links ... Achilles; Peter Pan; Physical

What word can fill in the blank
in the context of _Goldfinger_.
Sean Connery's character is James Bond.
James Bond's ______ is Sean Connery.

<http://departments.vassar.edu/~lowry/webtext.html>:
Scales of measurement that have both equal intervals and absolute zero
points are spoken of as ratio scales, for the simple reason that they

I had a girlfriend long ago who would says things such as, "My one leg
hurts," or, "I got a bruise on my one leg."
And yet, ironically, she actually had two legs.

For this sentence:
"Jack has arrived in Washington for talks with May."
How do you interpret it?
Is it possible that it means "Jack arrived in Washington *together* with