Discussion Groups / English Usage / August 2007

I have a question regarding the use of 'for the sake of'' in a
sentence with negation.
If someone says, "we didn't adopt your suggestion for convenience's
sake."

Stop rabbiting about, ferret it out,
and don't rat to him or he will weasel
out of it, and then we shall have to dog him.

Hi! I've come across a rather strange and tricky fragment in the document I
am translating (it is an agreement on software upgrade and installation).
Here it goes:
"For the above mentioned Installation Professional Services, XYZ charges one

I am interested in reading novels or books in general that are funny or
comedy inclined.  The only funny author that I know is P.G. Wodehouse
who makes fun of the mistakes of the rich.  Are there any other good
authors or classic books that are funny?  Could anyone recommend such ...

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SF conventions usually have at least Guest of Hono(u)r, or GoH.  What
kind of GoH should a Harry Potter convention have?

"I have a book for children about Africa and its peoples."
In the sentence, does "peoples" make sense?
Is it necessary to be changed to people?

I have a question about "can't help but not" phrases.   I was talking
about someone the other day, and I caught myself saying, "she's so
nice that you can't help but not like her."   I started wondering
about the construction of how I said that as I didn't sound right.

European men used to be vain about their legs - to the point where
they knew which leg was the best looking. These men would place their
"best foot forward." - from www.odd-info.com

Excerpts from:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/AAMB4/aamsz=300x44_MULTILINK/4147483a6009.html
A new phenomenon in New Zealand is taking the idea of you are what you
eat to the extreme.

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My question has to do with transitional adverbs and their necessity
between two sentences. Does a rule or general practice exist that
determines or suggests when a transitional adverb should be used
between two sentences with an obvious connection?

How do you folks pronounce the name of Supreme Court Justice Taney?
If you are inclined to email me
for some reason, remove NOPSAM  :-)

"Better a new friend than an old enemy," says Eddie Spenser in The
Faerie Queene.
I never knew that. That may be where I've been going wrong.

I'm always a bit confused every time I try to build a question using a
sentence beginning with 'I would like to ask you'.
1.
    I would like to ask you if you ARE happy with your wife.