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Cervantes wrote Shakespeare's plays. A rehash.29 Oct 2008 13:55 GMT43
"... o somos o no somos"
It was haunting me since I had recently re-read it, to the point that
has forced me to write a new post in this blog:
"... porque o somos o no somos"
Big numbers23 Oct 2008 19:39 GMT11
The news has been full of large numbers in the last few days. I was
taught as a child (1950s) that 'billion' was a million millions, and
'trillion' was a million billions. My OED (2nd ed., 1989) gives
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How do you pronounce fractions in British English?06 Oct 2008 19:22 GMT18
I am looking for the right pronunciation of fractions in British
English. Every style guide I find is very clear about thirds,
quarters and fifths, but then they stop.
How do you pronounce fractions like "4000 / 563" in English? Is it
 
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