Discussion Groups / English Usage / September 2010

Can one say:
1-With adults, as with children, it is easy to slip into bad eating
habits.
instead of:

"Columbus's First Voyage: Profit Or Loss From A Historical Accountant's
Perspective" is the title of an article by David Satava, University of
Houston, Victoria, in The Journal of Applied Business Research 2007.
It seems that the article managed to get published without anyone

"you look better _now_"
is about 4x more frequent at GB than
"you're looking better _now_."
How do you feel about them in this context, when talking about current

Is this sentence correct:
1-I do not know if the image of this person that I got from reading
John's letter is true to life.
John has described this person in his letter. I get an image of him

Congratulations to James Hogg, the winner of the 2010 Summer Doldrums
Competition!
On behalf of the Panel, I thank everyone who participated.  As usual,
the knowledge, ability to deal with the question authors' strange

Do you prefer
"than I was used to having"
to
"than I was used to have"

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Any idea why
“no idea what you’re meaning”
is not used at all at Google Books (nor have I heard it too much, if
at all)

Tommy John Quiz
For two tufts of wool,
ddd to this list of surgeries (not diseases)
named for a notable recipient:

Internet may phase out printed Oxford Dictionary
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100829/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_britain_dictionary_s_demise
Marius Hancu

From today's Oxford Times:
"A glass-fronted transfer deck would replace the current pedestrian
bridge over Botley Road."
Transfer deck?

I'm on a voice conference where the presenter - a SE England RP speaker
- has just referred to the US state of "Ah-Kansas".
I am embarrassed to say that I'd never noticed that the names Arkansas
and Kansas had a common root.

"Don't ever underestimate the power of we the people," O'Donnell said.
"We the people will have our voice heard in Washington, D.C., once
again."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100915/el_yblog_upshot/who-is-tea-party-s
ensation-christine-odonnell

Presenter Jason Manford asked Fry who that Pope was, and Fry correctly said
he was Nicholas Breakspear who became Pope Adrian and then they cut to VT
(videotape).
The taped insert told the story of said cove, the ONLY English Pope, but