Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2009

I often hear that between something and something. Can I use "between
three things"?
For example, can I say "we need to adjust the balance between theee
channels". Does it sound idiomatic to you?

I am preparting a web questionnaire. In the questionnaire I present
retirement plans (indicating how much pension income they will get, at what
age they will enter into full retirement etc.) of hypothetical persons. The
respondent chooses the plan he or she find attractive.

Dear People (Especially those in the US),
As I email here before, I am carrying out a web questionnaire.
I have asked you to comment on the questionnaire but I only received one
response.

Dear People (Especially those in the US),
As I email here before, I am carrying out a web questionnaire.
I have asked you to comment on the questionnaire but I only received one
response.

Some more missing adverbs, helpfully arranged
in alphabetical order:
"I am licensed to drive any heavy goods vehicle consisting of a
tractor and trailer," said Tom _____ly.

Should I use APOSTROPHE (U+0027) or RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK
(U+2019) to represent a possessive, e.g.,
the Earth's Interior
or

I have a question about this sentence:
1. "I'm used to drink coffee everyday."
Does it mean the same as sentence 2 below?
2. "I drink coffee everyday"

I’ve just started reading the Penguin Book of George Orwell Essays and
I think I’ve got myself a bit confused.  In each sentence below, I
would have chosen the plural ‘have’ every time – though, possibly the
last sentence I might have seen as having a single subject had Orwell

In an early scene in "Public Enemy"  (1931), there is a sign on the
wall that states "Don't spit on the floor / Remember the Jamestown
flood"  The sign is in a scene purported to be in 1909.
The reference to the Jamestown flood has me perplexed.  I have heard

What does the phrase "untied shoelaces" or "your shoelace is untied"
mean?

1  : of or relating to diabetes or diabetics
2  : affected with diabetes
Wanting to fix an appointment with one of Diabetes Nurses I kept
saying "Diabetes Nurse" and the Receptionist at the Surgery kept

The hero pilot is "a pilot's pilot".
I heard that construction before (a man's man, a doctor's doctor etc)
and I know it's something positive, but I cannot grasp the exact
meaning. Your enlightening will be appreciated.

So, the problem is: I know pretty well what it means in day-to-day
slang language. But this 'doot' is supposed to refer a printer, or
copy machine. The manual says something like: if there isn't some kind
of roll or cylinder inside you get 'missing doot'... can anybody

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It seems from the Washington Post that that is the word for residents
of Savannah, GA.  Can one of them tell me how to pronounce it?