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The use and abuse of the English language, as used in the UK, including serious and humorous examples, likes and dislikes, and the evolution of English.
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Hi all, I've come across the term "wolfshead" in a song, but I can't find the meaning of the word. Does anyone know? The song in question takes place in...
By Devast8or
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Can anyone give me instances where this word might be used? TIA Heather
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by Timur Valois
6 yr 75 days ago
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On a recent visit to my Lancashire aunt, now a Cheshire resident, she used "fussy" in a different way to the one I, a Londoner and now living in south...
By Matti Lamprhey
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by Dr Robin Bignall
6 yr 93 days ago
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The story is almost funny-except that it's not. Q:what does the basic meaning of the above sentence? thx
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by Harvey Van Sickle
6 yr 96 days ago
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WHAT is behind the practice, seen more and more frequently nowadays, of putting a comma after the subject? The teacher, spoke to the class. I'm sure everyone...
By Henry
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by John O'Flaherty
6 yr 105 days ago
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In the book: "The sea was so rough that the boat almost turned over." I write: "The sea was so rough that the boat was almost turned over." Which one is...
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Hi ! I want to prepare CAE. Could you suggest me a handbook to pass this exam ? Thank you very much. Regards Wizard
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by Mark Chandler
6 yr 108 days ago
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Is phrase dedicated to only comparative case as in: She is by far the best executive in the company. Is this correct, understandable or wrongly used: Our...
By holyteaser
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by mustermann
6 yr 115 days ago
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Hello everybody! I have some trouble with the verb "to wish" used for unreal situations (e.g. "I wish you were here" ==> but you're elsewhere). Well, this...
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Hello all, I recently moved to London from NY. As a kid I grew up in India and hence I do have a curry soaked accent. My command on English language is...
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Generally speaking, we read... 1998(year) : Nineteen ninety-eight ! Now, how this ? 2003(year) : ? I've heard that it's twenty two or two thousand three...
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by Adrian Bailey
6 yr 117 days ago
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I had a conversation with some english people about two words. (French is my primary tongue, so, sorry for the mistake I will write in this thread) The...
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by Brian {Hamilton...
6 yr 118 days ago
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Here are some questions puzzle me. I would be appreciated if you could give me a hand. 1. Accepting this job involves working at weekend frequently, but...
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I'd like to know whether to use "who" or "whom" in a thesis sentence. Here is the sentence: "(Scholars and intellectuals) have asked whether inhabitants...
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by mustermann
6 yr 119 days ago
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Here is a short passage from *Littlewood's Miscellany* by J E Littlewood, a mathematics professor at Trinity College, Cambridge, 1910 to 1972; the parentheses...
By Laury Chizlett
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by mustermann
6 yr 119 days ago
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Here are some questions puzzle me. I would be appreciated if you could give me a hand. 1. This picture looks not well at a glance, but we find it is a...
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Here are some questions puzzle me. I would be appreciated if you could give me a hand. 1. It's well known that the lung cancer is caused partly by smoking...
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How do I have to turn this sentence into the past tense? "Don't tell them until I arrive" (by the way: "until I arrive" or "until I will arrive"?) I think...
By FB
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on his "agreg page" : 'The French write essays with a convex figure )( , the anglo-saxons in a concave figure ( ) = anglo- saxons like to feel that they...
By Patrick Lecordier
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by Jitze Couperus
6 yr 123 days ago
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Here are some questions puzzle me. I would be appreciated if you could give me a hand. 1. I really wish you could take out a better solution. 2. I do hope...
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Here are some questions puzzle me. I would be appreciated if you could give me a hand. 1. There are few pastimes than telling stories to the children can...
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Here are some questions puzzle me. I would be appreciated if you could give me a hand. 1. I propose that we should go to the office to look for Professor...
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by Einde O'Callaghan
6 yr 125 days ago
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Here is a sentence. Foods are difficult to eat raw. Why "eat raw"? Is it a idiom or there is a grammatical explanation? Is there any word similar to it...
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