Discussion Groups / British English / June 2005

I'm really happy there is this kind of newsgroup. That's what I was
looking for. A place where natives can give some advice on a language.
In this case English.
The question is whether one should always say 'one' in this situation

"Bob Cunningham" <exw6sxq@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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Is there anything gramatically incorrect in the following
sentences ?
"If she doesn't have a date, she will meet her friends at
the Central for a drink and will go out with them for

I've heard the word "incidences" used a couple of time recently to
mean "incidents" (or perhaps "instances"). Google throws up any number
of examples and even support from an online dictionary
<http://www.freesearch.co.uk/dictionary/incidences>

I have some questions about English grammar.
Everyone considered him to be a genius.
In this expression, him to be a genius is a clause?  or non-clause?
But if it were a clause, the passive voice would be ungrammartical.

To take French leave or "filer à l'anglaise"?
Deuce!

Je déteste les parasites étrangers parlant dans la langue maternelle.
Ceci est irrespectueux, très irrespectueux. Je crois c'est très
impoli de parler une autre langue que la plupart des gens ne peuvent
pas comprendre. Je asm très fâché. Bien ? Français de discours,

Good evening,
I want to beg for your indulgence: on one hand, English
is not my mother tongue, so that I am likely to make no
end of mistakes; on the other hand, I have the gall to