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Dang! The name of home before dark disappeared out of my po...
But in so doing, you don't inform the caller of your identit...
Probably some usage writers feel that "ain't" isn't worth bo...
Douglas said, "Really Marilyn? That old canard? I'm loath...
Anyone interested in taking on forms of the verbs "lay" and ...
Your point is well made, and I quite agree. To me, it is sa...
First of all, Fawn Brodie's book is fascinating and insightf...
Come to think of it, what goes on here is "hobknobbery" [sic...
Oooooooo, Douglas, love your use of the word "mad"! It seem...
Yes, and perhaps they were right, as the "feet" translators ...
Well, for example 1, probably. For # 2, I could see the def...
Well, I traced "stark mad," as in "completely mad" to John S...
Yes, but the rage that accompanies madness. It may be a fin...
Yes. I am aware of that....
Good to know. Thanks, John. I just checked several sources...
As a colloquial expression, "cannot be beat" is used. Howev...
As a colloquial expression, "cannot be beat" is used. Howev...
Depends on the text, and on the standardized tests, only "It...
My point about the triangle had to do with the "term" triang...
Hmmmmm! Well, yes. The distinctions are or were at their f...
Totally and completely incorrect! Objects of the sentence/v...
February 15, 2011, 9:37pm • 1 vote
on: “This is she” vs. “This is her”
Well, it's nominative, since it's a predicate nominative fol...