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I dimly recall, BTW, that the "Swiss" element of Swiss ... as we would say "French cricket" or "double Dutch" etc. Don't start up the Dutch threads again, man! Is that advice given with "benevolent
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At 17:09:22 on Fri, 1 Jul 2005, Phil C. (Email Removed) wrote in (Email Removed): I dimly recall, BTW, that the "Swiss" element of Swiss chard is just a word suggesting "foreign" - much as we would say "French
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In a restaurant on the chard there are more than one menu.. and this is my question. 1 menu, 2 menu's? or Menus? or Menues? Did you mean that chard is on the menu? :-) Sorry, is that the vegetable or the bloke who fought at Rorke's Drift?
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Richard Fry typed thus: Soccer is a sport, cricket is a sport, etc. So ... of these activities in the singular tense? Why not "sports?" But it doesn't. I play five sports. Many sports are available at the school. Which of these three
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Richard Fry typed thus: Soccer is a sport, cricket is a sport, etc. So then why does UK English refer to a collection of these activities in the singular tense? Why not "sports?" But it doesn't. I play five sports. Many sports are
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Soccer is a sport, cricket is a sport, etc. So then why does UK English refer to a collection of these activities in the singular tense? Why not "sports?" s/ Curious in the US
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Hi, I've got a few english questions. I could probably find the answers in a dictionary, try Swan - Practical English Usage but I like the interactivity of this newsgroup. I'm not really sure how to use "indeed". It seems that
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B. Labévue wrote on 11 Nov 2004: Hi, I've got a few english questions. I could probably find the answers in a dictionary, but I like the ... usage possibilites. For instance : First, "thank you very much indeed". Does it mean
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Hi, I've got a few english questions. I could probably find the answers in a dictionary, but I like the interactivity of this newsgroup. I'm not really sure how to use "indeed". It seems that there are several unrelated usage
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Peter Moylan typed thus: david56 redled: Django Cat typed thus: Ah, "rightful" must be one of those Humpty Dumpty words. Not at all. The person who did the research very carefully tracked down the line of succession. No trickery about
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