Discussion Groups / English Usage / August 2007

Describing a crooked basketball ref's activities, Yahoo news reports:
  Speaking in code during telephone calls, Donaghy made
  gambling recommendations to the coconspirators. If he
  was correct, they paid him $5,000 in cash. If he was

Health Food
Health food are basically foods that help you to maintain health;
physically and mentally both.
Good nutrition and safe food is very important for all people across

So much so that I, Pleasance, and the dogs might just drive to Olympia
Bay, where I shall let loose my spikey balls.
I shall fly my balls for all to see!
--YOUR COLONEL SAID THAT.

While looking up the path of Hurricane Dean, I found the page of the
Jamaican Met Service, which has the interesting street address:
Meteorological Service, Jamaica . 65 3/4 Half Way Tree Road, Kingston
10, JAMAICA

When I call customer service of any company, the operator or
representative asks "is there anything else I can help you with
today?" To that question, can I just say "No, that's it today. Thank
you."?

What are the ethics of:
- A man visiting a strip club?
- A married man visiting a strip club?
- A married politician visiting a strip club?

Thank you first.
i have translated a contract for logistics. but i am not sure whether
some of the sentences are correct or easy to be understood.
My translation:" Party A should pay all the charges to Party B within

Pls clarify the correct usage of "Safe" and "Secure". It seems to me
that these 2 words mean "out of danger".

I need help with some translation. I´m translating Helen Fielding´s
Bridget Jones Diary and I got to a phrase saying ..."while puting
crosses in the end of sprouts". No further explanation or sequence
from which I could learn the meaning. It doesn´t even have any

'The phrase "single mother" is applied to equally women who never
married and have children and to widows with children.'
What do you think?
Consider not just the what the radio says, or what the tv says, or

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Describing a room with painted (=illustrated) walls and floor, i.e. so
that the artwork has directly been painted to the walls and to the
floor, shall I describe it saying that
"There are paintings/illustrations in the walls and in the floor" or

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This morning, I was struck by a word that I just read in the local
paper.
The situation is this: two University of Virginia coaches are
described as having long-term contracts, but it is mentioned that

In the following sentence, which is correct -- "lead" or "led"?
The faculty-led(lead) drive to discourage theft of student newspapers
has run into a roadblock.