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| A handful of his suit | 11 May 2009 12:09 GMT | 2 |
"A handful of his suit" (not "suits")
does this mean
"several of his suits," (which I think it is)
or just
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| Allowing him his head | 11 May 2009 11:52 GMT | 6 |
"To allow his head"
is this
"to allow him freedom (head)"
or
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| Silly return-address labels | 11 May 2009 11:12 GMT | 54 |
Men don't call themselves 'Mister.' If someone asks me my name, I
won't say 'I am Mister Egbert White.' The mister is an honorific and
it is totally inappropriate for a man to use it in referring to
himself. Somehow the people who design the free return-address labels
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| Intro C: Mini-FAQ on Words and Phrases | 11 May 2009 07:48 GMT | 2 |
Last Revised 2007-07-09 (9 July 2007)
A copy of this is posted at:
The alt.usage.english Website
http://alt-usage-english.org/
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| So soon as informed | 11 May 2009 03:53 GMT | 2 |
They both seem represented well:
Google Books shows:
199 on "so soon as informed"
620 on "as soon as informed"
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| Clothing Optional Crocodile | 11 May 2009 02:14 GMT | 3 |
TRAPS will be set this morning to catch a crocodile that
was seen stalking Darwin's nudist beach.
(who would notice a crocodile on a nude beach?)
As well as being a haven for nudists, the beach is popular
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| My first and last sestina | 10 May 2009 20:46 GMT | 32 |
The sorry rhymester must pursue his craft
alone. You will not find him in a troop,
this bird that stayed behind when others flew.
A harmless drudge, who labours out of love,
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| Minor Tan | 10 May 2009 20:11 GMT | 1 |
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - An Indiana lawmaker says he plans
to sponsor a bill next session that would bar men from
applying spray-on tans to female juveniles at tanning salons.
Republican state Rep. Bruce Borders of Jasonville, says he
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| malapropisms of set phprases | 10 May 2009 17:03 GMT | 9 |
The following sentences are from a novel.
Windy's acquaintances and colleague had long since stopped correcting
Windy's malapropisms
......
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| Conditional sentences | 10 May 2009 07:34 GMT | 28 |
Hi to all,
I have posted again here a question regarding the validity of the following
phrase:
"If Einstein did not have any talent then he would not have become as famous
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| I quite see that | 10 May 2009 05:39 GMT | 7 |
Is
"I quite see that"
mainly BrE?
Also, does it mean
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| By trying to impress him, or attempting to modify | 10 May 2009 04:48 GMT | 4 |
Would you use a 2nd "by," before "attempting?"
Close call?
----
[...] there was nothing to be gained by trying to impress him, or
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| Tennis-courts | 10 May 2009 02:07 GMT | 3 |
Is this hyphenated 'tennis-courts' BrE? I was surprised by it.
---
The several hard tennis-courts in this garden, which had been taken over
as a park by the municipality, had never been properly kept up [...]
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| Is what a singular word? | 10 May 2009 01:58 GMT | 4 |
How about the following sentence? Should I use 'is' or 'are'?
"what I have to say is (are) I am studying at college and doing a job
outside college."
Thanks
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| He bowed | 09 May 2009 23:26 GMT | 4 |
Do you think this, the straight meaning, is the meaning of "bowed" in
the quotation:
-----
bow
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