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| Ping Raymond O'Hara re Asterix! :-D | 01 Jul 2008 21:48 GMT | 2 |
> the pun of Asterix the Gaul was lost on we Americans.
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> As to things like f**k, s**t, its called cowardice.either swear like a
> sailor and use all the letters or find a polite way to say what you mean. |
| among and between | 01 Jul 2008 18:23 GMT | 9 |
Which one is correct?
Alternate between three things
Alternate among three things
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| AUE AstroChart at a new location | 01 Jul 2008 15:45 GMT | 108 |
The AUE AstroChart page "rescued" from Maria C's website and her
related Graeme Thomas page are now available at:
http://www.peterduncanson.net/aue/astrochartaue.html
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| hadn't used to | 01 Jul 2008 11:50 GMT | 35 |
I was recently talking to some friends from the Midlands (both educated to
degree level) when I noticed that they were using a rather strange
grammatical construction involving "hadn't used to". A typical example would
be: "we hadn't used to eat out much but we do now". Being the ...
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| Belated OxBoink mini-report | 01 Jul 2008 11:15 GMT | 20 |
This past Sunday eight representatives of the east bank branch of AUE
met in Summertown, Oxford. This is, unfortunately, not a very good set
of notes due to your humble author having been sat at one end of a
rather long table and therefore undoubtedly having missed many
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| among and between | 01 Jul 2008 09:41 GMT | 4 |
Which one is correct?
Alternate between three things
Alternate among three things
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| "than" is taking over the world | 01 Jul 2008 01:53 GMT | 4 |
"Than" is taking over the world
"We have the highest number than anyone can remember" the Wyoming or
Colorado governor. Meet the Press, yesterday.
If you are inclined to email me
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| visit | 01 Jul 2008 01:47 GMT | 10 |
I was going to put this in the "unusual sentences" thread, but then I
thought it didn't quite fit. I want to ask about American usage of
"visit". I am aware of the strange (Southern?) American use of "visit
(with)" to mean "gossip/chat to", but I found a couple of sentences that
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| ing usage | 01 Jul 2008 01:10 GMT | 3 |
Is there a clear answer to the following question?
In formal academic usage, should I avoid the 'ing' use in the following
context?
The term to define this concept
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