Discussion Groups / English Usage / November 2006

Let me ask a question about the meaning of a phrase from a novel.
"Busy day at the mine?"
"Yes, you?"
"Sat around and worried about you," Aice said.  (Cop Hater, p112, Ed

Can anyone proofread what I've prepared for my microteaching? I'm in
need of correction, please.
Thank you in advance...
Hello, class. I hope you're all feeling well today. Today is a big

I would appreciate if you can help me with editing/rewrite this
paragraph which is part of my online dating profile. Thanks a lot.
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"I am honest, down to earth, and open minded. I have many interests but

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I'm wondering if the following sentence is correct:
"I have never been to Mexico, and neither do I have interest in going."
If it is, how about adding "the" before interest?
"I have never been to Mexico, and neither do I have the interest in going."

it is the likes of chevron,honk,ceniza etc who live and swim in the
tanks of  roadside  splat toilets.  they only come up to lick the scrotums
and a.sholes of
their  innocent  victims.  they love to drink piss and eat sh.t.  mostly,

Who says we aren't evolving? I used to think we weren't, but I've
been considering retracting that opinion after reading this CNN.com
headline:
"Supermodel Heidi Klum gives birth to Seal's son". At least it was a

Pedestrians, skateboarders, rollerblade skaters, cyclists,
motorbicylists, automobile drivers, taxicab drivers, bus drivers,
big vehicle drivers, garbage truck drivers.
Cyclists seem the most inconsiderate, followed by skateboarders

The other day I said "Nobody but me noticed the error."
Then I thought, "That sounds wrong.  It sounds like it ought to be 'Nobody
but *I* noticed the error.' "
But that sounded even more wrong.

HI I AM VERY NOUGHTY GIRL WITH A PERFECT BODY AND BIG
TITS.
               I LOVE TO MAKE IT WITH NICE GUYS AND GIRLS.I WANNA TO
MET YOU.

What would be the meaning of "touch" here?
Could it be "stealing" (sl.)?
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[Winsett, a journalist, talks to Archer, a New York "Society" member

I had not heard the term "Mass Noun" until very recently,
then it was used on "Countdown" yesterday by somebody
who should know, brandishing a dictionary.
Is a "Mass Noun" just the same as a "Collective Noun" or

A character in Nabokov's /Pale Fire/ is described as an "American of
Russian descent".  Which of the following is or are possible, if any?
His parents were Russian immigrants, and he was born in America.
His mother was a Russian immigrant, but his father was an American of

Here is a sentence in a cloze test. Please tell me what it means, and
why I couldn't choose the others as the answer.
What is "dream?" Defined as "a seriesof events or images that happen in
a sleeping person's mind," "dream" has beeen a subject of study that

I find it really difficult to remember the meaning of phrases.
   Today I looked it up in the directionary and I found ''GO" with
''go for'', ''go far'', ''go away'' and so many other phrases.
   I find it hard to remember the meaning of each phrase vividly and I