Discussion Groups / English Usage / December 2006

Can it be used as a noun - instead of "age group"  - in a sentence like
this:
"With this product, the company is targeting primarily the youngest
demographic".

In today's _Wall Street Journal_ (page A1, the front page):
<<The Poles would much prefer to buy their fish at market. Trouble is,
British fishmongers no longer mong it.>>
Last seen in 1606, said OED1. Maybe someone will check the current

While reading through Wikipedia, I found a sentence whose grammatical
structure is not clear to me, even though its content is pretty
obvious:
"African American Vernacular English (AAVE) shares similarities with

I am unable to find an English word for the following concept:
An officer (public or private, depending on the country), whose task is
to execute/implement court's decisions. A plaintiff, possessing a court
decision favorable to him, brings it to the officer, who in turn

I often wonder about sentences like this:
"But then again, who could blame Rena? virtually every local she had
hired simply hadn't worked out."
Note the second one. Should "Virtually" be capitalized? I think not,

I previously posted a thread entitled "Asian and Oriental".   Somewhere
along the line, I quoted the European  "Oriental Express".
Yesterday, I was watching Travel Channel.  It showed a trip covered by the
"American Orient Express"  train from Salt Lake City  to the Yellow Stone

http://www.ng2000.com/news.php?tp=english
A University of Florida professor who has been critic of the
university's central administration is being demoted as head of the
English department.

Hi, All:
Is it written "95 in 100 samples" or "95 in a 100 samples"?  Does "100"
mean "one hundred" or "a hundred"?  If you were to read the statement
"95 in 100 samples" out loud, what do you say for "100"?

In the Popes lecture at the University of Regensburg 12 September 2006, he
began his lecture by addressing the audience as "Your Eminences, Your
Magnificences, Your Excellencies, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen".  What
type office or title is addressed as "your Magnificence"?

The Wikipedia site on Received Pronunciation contains a link to the
voice over artist [1] Anthony Richardson. In his reference list he
quotes three sources which are not identified though. The second quote
got my attention:

Ann(e) Rutledge, one of the earlier inhabitants of
Spoon River (Edgar Lee Masters), communicates from
beyond the grave,
"I am Anne Rutledge who sleep beneath these weeds ... "

Q: Who left the window open?
A: It was me - It was I.
A: It was her - It was she.
A: It was us - It was we.

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"He's having you on" as in "He's putting you on," seems to be an
expression that originated from some other English speaking country
than the USA.  Am I correct in assuming this?  I'm curious about its
origins.

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