Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2009

It was really strange, just now, hearing this strange voice on the TV,
when Dick Clark was announced.  I know it is traditional to have him
there leading the fun on NYNY's Eve, but my channel had just done a
listing of all those well-knowns who died in 2008, and I swear to God,

Happy New Year.
I have a question difficult for me to make any conclusion.
My question this time is about
a. He is the first man to land on the moon.

From another newsgroup:
"at the end of each individual  number in its's cell"
It *might* have been a slip of the finger, I suppose (hope)...

In gamespot someone asked a question: What dbaggy/trendy things annoy
you?
What is "dbaggy"?

Let me preface this argument by saying that most crime is never solved
and unindicted criminals are a dime a dozen.
Some people, mostly conservative commentators, claim that Linda Trip
was a "whistleblower" while others, mostly reasonable people, find it

THIS  IS  SO  AMAZING,  I  NEED  SOMEBODY  TO  DESCRIBE  IT  IN
PLAIN  ENGLISH !
                                http://surftofind.com/plot

If I had a pair of liberal parents,
can I write "My parents have liberal views on my life" to mean that
"my parents respect my opinions and choices"?
Someone doubted my use of "liberal views."

Do I have the right impression that the
"himself of" part
in
"delivered himself of"

Re
"on the right-hand wall"
Shouldn't this be
"close to the right-hand wall"

     My son was watching the DVD of "The Magic School Bus-Ants".  We
both heard a name which sounded like "metal blaster".   But we
couldn't make sure if it was the correct name and what it meant.  It
was used to describe a black circle box where the ants stayed.  Can

Heard on Sky News this morning:
"We have no idea what the decimation of those missiles was."

Can one really separate between "inmost" and "innermost?" Or are they
complete synonyms?
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in·ner·most

"Crystal and diamond it glittered far and wide"
I'm getting the image, however I'm trying to see if
"Crystal and diamond"
are nouns, in effect a plural:

My name be Eboneesha, an African-American girl who  gots a 120 on my
speelling test. I got
57% on the speling test and 30 points for being
black, 10 points for not bringing drugs into class, 10 points for not

I'm trying to understand the data in the "Guns" column of this chart
of the ships patrolling the 13 colonies in 1735, in the graphic
uploaded here: http://img244.imageshack.us/my.php?image=shipsuh9.png
See in the Guns column, partway down there is a c. and an s.  What do