Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2010

One of my friend wrote the following sentence on a online forum.
I appreciate if colleagues in offshore could assist me to find some
information on following.....
Using the words "colleagues in offshore" he meant colleagues living in

I have been puzzled by a word order fact in English. Some adverbs can
precede the verb only in some special contexts (with specific verbs
selected by certain auxiliaries or with negation.)
We'll be _long_ gone at that time.

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Stoopid question I know, but this is a part of our "English" heritage.
I keep hearing about Santas reindeers, and their names: Rudolf, Dancer,
Prancer, Trigger, Black Beauty, etc... So when did the name come from? I
know the where - the USA.

I don't see why Waugh uses both "stones" and "cobble" here, as
"cobble" seems to mean itself a "stone," in some contexts. Does
"cobble" here mean "paved area/space, the road surface?"
Does he mean stone fragments were strewn around on the street