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| "loads of thanks" - ??? | 08 Feb 2004 23:10 GMT | 26 |
My colleague at work asked me to publish a weekly report on a corporate web
site. Upon completion I responded to her message with just "done!" in the
message body. She replied me with "loads of thanks to you". Having never
heard of such construction I tried to correct her thinkning ...
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| Comparisons and measuring | 08 Feb 2004 16:49 GMT | 6 |
Does this argument make sense to anybody? How would you parse the
first sentence?
Thanks, Vanya
This sentence is really elliptical:
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| Is/ are with numbers | 07 Feb 2004 20:04 GMT | 3 |
Re: the discussion of "two times two is/are four." Which do you think
is correct, "Four is more than three," or "Four are more than three"?
I think "is" is correct.
Vanya
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| Is the word order in English optional? | 06 Feb 2004 04:22 GMT | 8 |
I am sure that you have all see spam containing ?random? lists of english
words to outwit the spambots.
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| Whom knows their grammar? | 02 Feb 2004 11:26 GMT | 8 |
Posted recently to another UK newsgrope (as shown between my double
angle-quotemarks):
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Whom did the BBC tell you it was?
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