nigel
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Recent Comments
on: The Best Euphemism for Shithouse?
Jakes...
on: Semicolon and omission of repetitive words
I think you have things backwards. The semicolon should only...
on: Semicolon between sentences joined by a coordinating conjunction
I think there may be rare (very rare) occasions where a semi...
on: Pronunciation: aunt
Well then, how do you pronounce "chants"? Personally, I pron...
on: Use of “he” for your father
I am inclined to agree with you, but this is an issue of eti...
on: “graduated high school” or “graduated from high school”?
I think "I graduated high school" is now so widely used as t...
on: Pronunciation: aunt
Pablo Diablo: 'the correct pronunciation of "aunt" is /ænt/ ...
on: “It is what it is”
"It is what it is" is not slang at all. It consists of perfe...
on: “and yet”
"And yet" is idiomatic. "Yet" on its own (or with a semicolo...
on: Current use of word “edgy” (December 2009)
I think it does have the connotations of danger and nonconfo...
on: Capitalizing After the Colon
According to <a href="http://www.informatics.sussex.ac.uk/de...
on: Like a red herring, but unintentional.
I am not convinced that <i>red herring</i> necessarily impli...
on: Pronunciation: aunt
<blockquote>Anna says: October 1, 2009 at 8:25 am Gosh –...
on: on “condition”
I think we would need a bit more context to give a definitiv...
on: Spelling with mixed cases
<i>You people are a sorry bunch! We're talking about a class...
on: Infinitive without “to”
"He needs not wait" does not seem right to me. I would say, ...
on: First annual vs. second annual
<i>Remember, even if you have every intention of hosting an ...
on: Plural of “insurance”?
"Lineal" is indeed a word, but it does not mean the same thi...
on: “study of” vs. “study on”
"many early studies were done on a shoestring" - Are you und...
on: Friendly - adjective and adverb?
Does the ABBYY Lingvo Dictionary date its examples? The m...
on: “study of” vs. “study on”
If it had previewing, I would not have accidentally doubled ...
on: “study of” vs. “study on”
"Book" is a different word, so different considerations appl...
on: “study of” vs. “study on”
Are you talking about "study" used as a verb or as a noun? I...
on: Materialism
Lots of words have different meanings or connotations in dif...
on: Should the link include the quotes?
This is not a question about language, or right and wrong, b...
on: Littler
What grammatical rule do "littler" and "littlest" break? The...
on: Speaking with negations
As I said, the name for this figure of speech, which has bee...
on: Curriculum Vita or Curriculum Vitae
Well I did take Latin in school (though I admit it is rusty ...
on: Evident/Evidenced
As I read it, "evident from" implies that the conclusion fol...
February 25, 2012, 2:25pm • 0 vote
on: Sift
If people make mistakes on the Internet, Google will find th...