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In our last episode, , the lovely and talented MT broadcast on alt.usage.english: Hey .... La question du titre se rapporte à l'ouvrage ... Thank you for any answer on this forum . MT I don't read a word of French, but I think I get your
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Yes, you are: "I am become death" is an archaic ... native to English or was borrowed from, for example, French. It's in Dutch, too, so my money would be on it being an old Germanic pattern. To have been borrowed ... verbs, actually,
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"ass" is a metaphor, I should think. And it used to be considered vulgar and slang. Metaphor? By likening it to a donkey, you mean? This betrays a misunderstanding of the word's etymology. "Ass"='buttocks' is
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"Richard Maurer" wrote on 15 Nov 2003: > < Offical words? That's a difficult question. I don't think there are any. It all depends upon the context, doesn't it? In a medical article, I would use "gluteus
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It was a great scene, my favourite part of the ... as some here depict, and they probably aren't today either. It isn't the people who do the jobs who are stupid. It's the jobs that are stupid (metaphorically). Most of ... industrial
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Charles Riggs (Email Removed) wrote on 12 Nov 2003: I am reminded of the Five Easy Pieces ... eating establishment is more like a McDonald's than a restaurant. It was a great scene, my favourite part of the film. McDonald's workers
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Well, I'd say that you never drive a wedge "among", always "between". And it's an awkward metaphor to apply to a trio anyway! According to the report, the union called off the pickets against one supermarket company to
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Well, I'd say that you never drive a wedge "among", always "between". And it's an awkward metaphor to apply to a trio anyway! According to the report, the union called off the pickets against one supermarket company to
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In a discussion about labor disputes in the retail food ... uppity. Would anyone care to state his or her preference? Well, I'd say that you never drive a wedge "among", always "between". And it's an awkward metaphor to
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Yesterday, in my reading, I discovered another ponderous difference that I had never noticed before: "I'll sit, but I'd rather you caught me up." I read this 10 or more times without getting it. I re-read some of the page leading
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