Discussion Groups / English Usage / December 2009

Marius
I note from recent posts that you're still reading "The Ambassadors".
I commented on another thread, drawing attention to my wife's review
of this book for her reading group's website (the website now, alas,

Hello again -
I have a puzzle about this sentence, "it has been great to have him
join me on the Learning Annex's wave of success."
I always see a structure of "to have him joined xxxxx" instead of " to

some moron said (this thread) that the use of unnecessary *R*s (ahs) was
regional .... & that it is widely
spoken by people from the southern UK.
This is total & utter nonsense.  I know of more than 1 fellow northern

Listening to the original radio production of "Miracle on 34th St.",
on the Old Time Radio Hour, live at wamu.org from 7 to 11 ET on
Sundays, which includes an ad for Lux soap, and the announcer
pronounced lingerie as if it ended in ee, which it does in French.

James is giving a lot of attention to the notion of "type." I wonder
if these days we see more "character" used instead, in fiction at
least.
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