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on: “This is she” vs. “This is her”
I <i>have</i> provided evidence, evidence with which you eve...
on: “This is she” vs. “This is her”
It’s not that I don’t believe—for I do. But the reality...
on: “This is she” vs. “This is her”
I am perfectly willing to believe that “many native spea...
on: OK vs Okay
Examination of the historical use of the two letters “OK” in...
on: “This is she” vs. “This is her”
<blockquote>What is most revealing is our never ending compu...
on: OK vs Okay
There was one earlier, and unrelated, use of “OK.” March ...
on: My mother wishes my child be like me.
The way this would be taken by me would be that the mother c...
on: Street Address vs. Mailing Address
“...why would someone ask for my ‘Street Address’ when they ...
on: No Woman No Cry
The lyrics of the song make it absolutely clear that the ide...
on: One of the most...
I believe an English teasher would lower a student's grade o...
on: Peter thins them out
This would be a idiom, to me. It is a phrase that does not ...
on: One of the most...
OK, let me ask you: In the case of "One of the most," let's...
on: One of the most...
<blockquote>How do we determine what the rules are?</blockqu...
on: One of the most...
Saying a specific quality (comprehensibility) is not relevan...
on: Teams — is or are?
"...this is a bogus distinction drawn by (mostly) British sc...
on: One of the most...
I gotta go with Brian W.! It is true, it is comprehensibl...
on: “It is one of his girlfriends.”
It would seem to me that, since the original question is one...
on: Effect vs. Affect
Proper use of "most" requires the size of the set in which t...
on: Resume, resumé, or résumé?
Ctrl + alt plus "e" gives me € from within MS Word, nothing ...
on: Resume, resumé, or résumé?
" 'The accent above the last IS needed, without it the e wou...
on: Resume, resumé, or résumé?
"rodrios says: April 4, 2008 at 9:05 am Here here Zirt....
on: Cut on/off
I'm highly skeptical of the knife-switch explanation. (I do...
on: Effect vs. Affect
Snippet from the page: Final Score: 11/11...
on: Effect vs. Affect
"This is one of the most common errors people make..." Uh...
on: “I’m just saying”
I have always taken this to assure that the statement that p...
June 2, 2009, 11:13am • 5 votes
on: Past tense of “text”
To me “Yesterday I text him” has the same feel as “Yeste...