Discussion Groups / English Usage / May 2007

The author of this news article seems to be unaware of the existence
of the verb "lend". He or she uses the verb "loan" throughout the
article but never "lend".
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070429/ap_on_en_ot/egypt_antiquities;_ylt

Michael Scheuer founding head of the Ben Ladin unit of the CIA on the
radio, Talk of the Nation, discussing Tenet's new book and the man
himself says "Only Tenet could have went to the President...."
I find it impossible to take the guy very seriously when he talks like

I have trouble interpreting the sentence. I wonder if there is a
typing mistake. Here is the whole paragraph for your reference.
According to Van Beek, president of the Plastic Surgery Educational
Foundation, someday microsurgery could allow doctors to transplant

I was leafing through a story in the April 29th Economist about the
election in France and I came across this sentence: "Ïn the first
round both candidates spent weeks sedulously cultivating their
faithful." It seemed from the context that "sedulously" meant

Frankly, I have not, and I would like to keep it that way.

Forwarded message from S. Kalyanaraman
Grimm's Law is about to expire
[ Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007
Grimm's Law is about to expire

The "gauche" thread tickled my remaining memory nerve for a week
before the sensitivity's cause percolated to consciousness:
In a marvelous book by Sarah Helm, entitled 'A Life in Secrets' ISBN:
038550845X) she writes of an interview with one of Vera Atkins'