Discussion Groups / English Usage / September 2010

Ive tried to write the lyrics of this song by Jam Toast.
http://freekidsmusic.com/mps1/JamToast_ABC.mp3
Could anyone help me and check if what I hear is correct (especially for
the 2 first verses)?

Are these sentences correct:
1-He is a man to lead.
2-He is a man to help others.
3-He is a man to trust.

What I find interesting here is the use of "to meet":
"I’m the sort of Faun _to meet_ a poor innocent child in the wood ..."
Is this less frequent these days?
I'd have expected

Question:with the report of a minor piece of artillery.
 1) it means --"with a sudden loud noise made by a rifle/ a gun"?
Sentence:
DE MORTUIS by   John Collier

    Please help me pick the best answer to the following question.
Thank you very much!
    It results in not only spiritual and soul but hip-hop, ___
teenagers today like most.

Is this sentence correct:
1-I was the third person from getting a ticket.
Meaning: I was in the line and the third person in front of me was the
last person to get a ticket. Among those who did not get tickets, I

I wonder how old is this "as in ..."?
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"But it just seems logical… a man and woman have to be somewhat equal…
as in, one of them can't always be swooping in and saving the other

Could the added weight of a person in the cargo hold create problems
for a 737? Is this believable?
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[Sneaks in on the tarmac, then:]

I always have an initial halting moment when parsing the question mark
in such sentences including quoted speech:
1. “Go and play with the rest of them, will you?” Mrs Kayne said to
her daughter.

What if it's just the shape you wanted for you" abstract"
scuptures, all except for the hole
.
1) Can I interprete the phrase of " all except for" as "although the

Former French Justice Minister:
"when fellatio is close to zero, and in particular in a slump, that means
we are destroying businesses," she told Canal Plus. According  to the AFP,
the French word for fellatio is "fellation," which shares some syllables

Care to let me explain why just intonation is more powerful than equal
temperament? I can do it. It might take me a while, especially if I want to
get my writing level down to grade eight. How about a game of chess? It is
not that I am Bobby Fisher. It is just that I do not make ...

Shouldn't this be:
"His job had not involved [the] normal; it had encompassed [the]
extraordinary"?
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It seems that "credentialing letter" is out there. Anything better?
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Other officers poured out of the back room and advanced on Finn, guns
drawn. Yet Finn had pulled out his credentialing letter before the

OK, I'm lazy and maybe should do a search but can British citizens tell
me what are the necessary qualifications for voting in British
elections? Must you be a citizen and must you be resident in Britain. I
discovered, to my surprise,  some time ago that I had dual British/US