Discussion Groups / English Usage / May 2010

In
"You'll  be killing me"
is the use of the progressive justified here for "making it more
lively,"  "visualization," "implication," "immersion," of those in

They kept on about this home video with Tommy Lee and laughed and
laughed and then this guy called Philip Dick or something said, in
view of the video, he was amazed Pammie was a vegetarian and everyone
laughed - I was completely lost - can anyone enlighten me? :-D

Ages ago on TV Caine said,
'When impressionists impersonate my voice, they make out I can't speak
the Queen's English!'.
The other week on Steve Wright In The Afternoon (BBC Radio2) he

Do active and passive voices no longer matter at all?
e.g. "...My autobiography, Losing My Virginity, which has sold well in
Australia..."
With thanks.