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| "next Friday" meaning and implications? | 31 Jan 2010 19:52 GMT | 17 |
I have seen this question of "this vs. next" Friday posted with the
given start date as MONDAY.
My question is a little different. Let's say it's the afternoon of
FRIDAY the 12th and you are meeting with a friend.
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| History/Timeline of Libraries: from Ashurbanipal (ca 668 BCE) to the Internet | 31 Jan 2010 11:43 GMT | 11 |
Since lovers of language are often lovers of libraries, I thought you
might enjoy this history/timeline of libraries, from 668 BCE to the
present:
http://tinyurl.com/yd8sspn
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| Some 'and' sentences | 31 Jan 2010 10:59 GMT | 7 |
I'd like to ask two questions concerning 'and'. First, is the sentence
in (1) grammatical, without the use of adverbs like 'too' or 'also'?
If it's grammatical, does it mean that John and Marry will marry each
other, or that they will marry different people? Or both?
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| Hiaasen: come unspooled | 31 Jan 2010 10:50 GMT | 3 |
"Come unspooled"
seems to mean
"lose control (of oneself)," right?
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| Hiaasen: on a dumpling | 31 Jan 2010 01:32 GMT | 2 |
Just curious:
Is this idiom
"like sh.t on a dumpling?"
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| Hiaasen: swale | 31 Jan 2010 01:25 GMT | 6 |
Is this
"swale"
the lower/depressed area at the entrance of some home garages?
If so, any other names for it?
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| was-ere | 31 Jan 2010 01:22 GMT | 7 |
I was wondering if it was convenient for you for me to pick the item
up in person.
I was wondering if it were convenient for you for me to pick the item
up in person.
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| Hiassen: swiping | 31 Jan 2010 01:19 GMT | 5 |
What image/meaning does this "swiping" conjures to you?
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[Tool's a huge man]
[...] Stranahan followed with a right hook to the base of the neck,
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| Hiaasen: ran out on her rent | 31 Jan 2010 01:16 GMT | 2 |
"she ran out on her rent"
does this mean
"she left the apartment, in order to avoid paying the rent" (which I
think it is)
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| Hiaasen: wiped on roofies | 31 Jan 2010 01:15 GMT | 3 |
"Roofies"
could this be "marijuana cigarettes"
or just the Rohypnol drug?
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| Hiassen: red seal | 31 Jan 2010 00:11 GMT | 3 |
Is this "red seal" a trademark?
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Tool examined the new red seal on the left front tire and pronounced
it airtight
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| Newby Question: "Show quoted text" - how is this done? | 30 Jan 2010 22:04 GMT | 28 |
I'm hardly a newbie at Google Groups -- perhaps I'm just a "dumby" --
but I often see this
- show quoted text -
in the messages posted here: a clickable, compressed quoted passage.
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| RIP J D Salinger | 30 Jan 2010 20:59 GMT | 10 |
RIP J D Salinger, finally caught in the rye.
 Signature
Katy Jennison
spamtrap: remove the first two letters after the @
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| In order not to - how common? | 30 Jan 2010 20:56 GMT | 17 |
Hi native speakers.
I've been learning English for 30+ years and sometimes I have problems
with even the simplest phrases and as it is not my mother tongue it is
hard to decide...
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| What is the correct way to read this sentence? | 30 Jan 2010 18:03 GMT | 20 |
The opening sentence of the following paragraph doesn't seem clear to
me. Is my reading comprehension failing me or is the test actually
written incorrect?
" The story took a new turn with revelations that Wakefield had
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