Discussion Groups / English Usage / November 2006

My wife and I were both taught to insert commas between all items in a
list, including the final item preceded by a conjunction. For example:
We went there with Jake, Steve, Jane, and Lulu.
NOT

i have been looking for some online library for ages ,which include
contemporary and also classical literature ,poems ,and eassies ,better
in a large amount
does anyone know such website ,

Richard Wilbur wrote some poems concerning certain
words that are found inside other words. See Pig in
the Spigot, for example:
http://www.amazon.com/Pig-Spigot-Richard-Wilbur/dp/0152020195

Any advice on the best fairly low-cost, portable book on English word
history?  
Thanks,
Miroku

Balayyeppudu paluku adambaramugaanu
Balayya cinema undu chettagaanu
Kukka moriginattu Balayya moragada
Viswadabhi rama maharadhi chudakura maama

how to understand this,
Swetest melodies
Are those that are by
distance made more sweet.

It seems to me that "man of the number," as shown here, has become
obsolete.  Is this true?
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Auburn Corners - John Bushnell returned Monday evening from a visit to

I talked to the Oxford University Press archivist today. The museum is
open 10-4 Monday to Friday. One can visit without the benefit of a tour
but it would be worth having his specialist input, which would mean
arranging in advance.

Excerpt from OED2:
1685 Dryden Albion & Alb. ii. i, The rosy-fingered morn appears... 1791
_____ Odyss. ix. 194 The rosy-fingered daughter of the dawn.  1855
Kingsley Heroes iv. (1868) 45 Rosy-fingered Eos came blushing up the

Y A O H Ú S H U A
 FACTS SHOCKING BUT TRUE!
 1. The real, original and genuine Name of our Creator in the
 original Hebrew Holy Scriptures is 'YAO-HOO' and that of the

I keep practicing my writing and hope someone could give me advice.
I appreciate any commentary. Thank you.
========== writing beg ==========
Question:

When should I use "big" instead of "large"?
Also, If big is opposite to small and large is opposite to little, then
why do I drink a small whisky followed by a large gin and tonic?
Thanks again

I was wonderning if you can say in English that something does not
apply to companies that are younger than five, or younger than five
years. Is this good English, and is there a better way of saying it?
Thanks in advance!

Yesterday I saw a short sentence appeared on the list of my instant
message, appearing with " many book need to read". Is this sentence
correct? In my opinion, books can not read something. So it should be
"many book need to be read". However, I am confused. Are anyone able to

"If" already indicates an assumption, so using a plural verb & past
tense just to indicate an assumption ( in present tense ) must be
[i] unnecessary duplication done twice [ii] causing confusion with
past tense.