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| Both are/Are both | 08 Mar 2004 00:19 GMT | 13 |
Is one of these phrases wrong?
1 "They are both tall."
2 "They both are tall."
If both are considered right, which one is recommended?
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| Lennon meaning of line "A working class hero is something to be" | 08 Mar 2004 00:13 GMT | 54 |
I'm having a hard time understanding the refrain
(chorus),
"A working class hero is something to be".
I'm guessing this "... is something to be" is
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| An on topic post - please take your digitalis if required... | 07 Mar 2004 21:12 GMT | 15 |
I want to ask a question about English usage.
The cross of Jesus.
Jesus's cross?
or
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| "Worlds" or "World's"? | 07 Mar 2004 18:25 GMT | 10 |
1 "This is the worlds biggest city."
2 "This is the world's biggest city."
Which one is correct?
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| Definition of 19 Century word?? | 07 Mar 2004 05:32 GMT | 1 |
A 19 th century census gives a man's occupation as GEIZOR,
Any idea what this was??
regards
Jake Wade
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| Oooh matron. | 05 Mar 2004 00:04 GMT | 3 |
Yesterday my wife was Googling for web sites about Roman Britain. The
search term Water-Newton (a village near Peterborough) produced a
French site (Encyclopedie Marikavel) so she clicked for a translation.
Get Google to seach for Water-Newton Marikavel and you can do the same
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| An eye for an eye? | 04 Mar 2004 21:34 GMT | 1 |
A headline on Ceefax this morning about an alleged sexual assault in
Spain said that nine Leicester City players were to be probed.
 Signature
Phil C.
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| Looking for a corpus of English... | 01 Mar 2004 10:47 GMT | 9 |
I am doing a dissertation which requires me to use a wide corpus
of English. I have looked at the BNC and the Bank of English but
the costs are prohibitive as I am funding this myself.
Has anyone any idea where I might get a corpus of a few million
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