Discussion Groups / English Usage / March 2008

＊He knew that she could have stolen it.
＊He knew that she might have stolen it.
Do these two sentences mean the same thing?
＊He knew that she couldn't have stolen it.

I saw this marketing phrase in a major bookstore in Taiwan. I guess it
tries to imitate "God Bless You." But is it a correct usage in this
case? Does the phrase make any sense to u if you are a English native
speaker?

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Attention Recruits:
In the ongoing effort to defend our great country, Your Colonel,
active member of military intelligence, has traced this queer &
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Thanks,
Donna

"Samantha Power is the embodiment of the American immigrant dream.  Born
in Dublin in 1970, she moved to the United States with her mother aged nine."
From _The Scotsman_ (7th March 2008)
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/latestnews/Inside-US-poll-battle-as.3854371.jp

Hello, All!
My county has recently introduced automatic speed cameras. The
law says that fines are chargeable to the *owners* of the
vehicles and it appears that County employees and police drive

I am required to follow the British spelling rules for a proofreading
project. Where should I place period in the below mentioned text?
Encyclopedia Britannia states "Handcuffs and fetters are instruments
for ... as a means of punishment".

I am looking for a confirmation of the meaning of this expression:
"I am down for it".
I understand it as" "I am all for it", but I am not completely
certain.  Googled, and searched all the FAQs to no avail.  It is just

Hello;
I've become perplexed in my attempt to determine the usage of
requirements of trade" and "trading in the following sentence,
"Fool.com very seldom provides trade signals (or recommendations)." or

There's a nice little movie out* called "The Dish".  It's about the
satellite dish station in Parkes, NSW, Australia that covered the
Apollo 11 moon landing.  The aue tie is that there's an American
involved** who has to have Oz terms translated for him.

This small essay I wrote to practice English writing skill. Could you
help me correct the grammar and vocabulary ?
[quote]These days, banners and panels have been hung out with printed
greeting on it. The Woman Day is comming ...

．People must drive more carefully.
．People should drive more carefully.
．People have to drive more carefully. (All of the three are about
"strong advice")

New Yorker cartoon:  guy in a car, behind an ambulance, says to the
ambulance driver "I'm not a lawyer, I'm just drafting".
I know about ambulance-chasers, but I don't recognise "drafting".
Is this the US term for what's called "articling" in the UK?