Discussion Groups / English Usage / June 2007

I was just wondering whether or not to use "i.e.," in the following
sentence:
"The police could then go on to logically explain why they found the
bloody glove near his home, rather than at the scene: he dropped the

Although this is a picky point, I've been vacillating for so long
between using "it", "them," or  "the paper," for a second  time, in
the following sentence that I thought I would leave it up to youse
[sic] guys:

From: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6247502.stm
Mr Straw said: "It is about ensuring that our citizens are better
represented, have a better sense of their rights and
responsibilities and are able to enjoy their lives to the full

Arnold Zwicky has a post today on Language Log discussing various
topics involving proofreading, including quite a bit on hyphenation
good and bad.  He doesn't use the term "mishy-phen, but that's what
he's talking about.

"How could she love someone with such a low status as ____?"
Should this be "me" or "I" if we are talking about formal prose that
is expected to conform to the "proper educated dialect"?
Is this the same situation as "as big as me/I"?

Split Faraday's Law -- the scientific concept of the Declaration gave
me the strength to speak, I argue a long-planned cut -- is a
potential. Alternator b. DC (commutator) c generators. d DC unipolar
machines. No change to the single-pole installations Motor http : //

"Grayling was born in Luanshya, Zambia and spent his formative years
in the British expatriate community of East Africa.
<snip>

After looking at the last post I am not sure I should be posting this.
I have this friend --- not it's not me --- a male friend who is hard
time answer this question "tell me about yourself". How do you go
about answering this question?

This posting is addressed to those with a knowledge of Latin and Greek
prefixes. Perhaps a little knowledge of mathematics might also help.
Interpolate.  You know the values of z at positions x=0 and x=1 in a
one-dimensional space. You interpolate, to obtain the value of z at ...

Anything wrong with the following sentence especially at its end
involving the use of 'of''?
"Can a statin product be taken to get rid of some excessive harmful
cholestrol and then be discontinued of its use?"

SuperSea = Croatia
Wonderful beach, crystal water and beautiful girls and boys.
Land of naturism, pleasure and fun.
Discover Croatia, discover you!

For those of you who think the so-called "comma of direct address"
serves no purpose, consider these two sentences:
    Let's eat, kids.
    Let's eat kids.

I think I heard Alan Dershowitz on Lou Dobbs the other night (flogging
his new book 'Blasphemy') say "the criteria is..." but haven't been
able to look at a transcript since. I may have misperceived this
moment as my opinion of Mr. D. ain't too high. Did anybody else see

Here's hoping Peter didn't get washed away in the weekend's
Novocastrian deluge.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200706/s1948083.htm

For example, in UK English, both "carving" and "calving" are [kAvIN].
Does that make both of them /kAvIN/?