Wushu  +  54464 Wed, 10 Nov 04 12:38 AM I've seen some 'mistakes' written so many times around the internet, I was wondering if they were really mistakes or if I was wrong. Would things like these be appropriate for formal use? What University do you go to? The correct way to write that would be, "Which University do you attend?", right? I've seen "what" used in the place of "which" so many times, I was wondering if that is actually considered correct. Is that sarcastic? I assumed that "ic" should be replaced by "ism", is this correct? Wushu Joined on Sat, Aug 30 2003 North America New Member 30 "Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice I say the darker the flesh then the deeper the roots" - Tupac Shakur "Keep Ya Head Up" Universities, Common Errors

	CalifJim  +  54474 Wed, 10 Nov 04 02:44 AM While not appropriate for very formal use, these are correct and widely used. "what" in place of "which" is extremely common because the two are so similar in meaning. "go to" for "attend" is just a more colloquial expression -- also extremely common. "ic" is correct in "Is that sarcastic?", as is "sarcasm". That is sarcastic = That is a sarcastic remark. CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,403 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche Common Errors, Colloquial Expressions

	Mister Micawber  +  129883 Tue, 23 Aug 05 10:43 AM 1-- Head of the Department if that is his title; the head of the department if that is his function. 2-- Either is fine.  Authorization as a perquisite is uncountable; authorization as an individual action, spoken or written, is countable. Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,802 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.' Common Errors