Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

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wren_be

Member Since

December 1, 2009

Total number of comments

3

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Causative or Causal?

  • December 1, 2009, 1:48am

So, it seems, there is a causal relationship between a causative and its result.

p. v. pp.

  • December 1, 2009, 1:46am

And the plural for the barrels of a carburetor is bbl.

Every time homosexuality was mentioned on Seinfeld, someone would say, "—not that there's anything wrong with that..."

Of course, that is not the origin of this phrase. It surely goes back centuries...