I've been watching The Sopranos lately, and noticing ... accompany you in going from this location to that location". Um...in other words, the same as "I'll come with you". Actually, it's probably more like

I've been watching The Sopranos lately, and noticing various questionable usages. In one episode in the first season, Meadow Soprano says "I'll come with", meaning "I'll accompany you in going from this location to that

In our last episode, , the lovely and talented Alan Jones broadcast on alt.usage.english: I first heard "off of" generally used when I was teaching in Essex, and I hear it here in Wiltshire ... (as apparently it is in AmE) is standard

In our last episode, , the lovely and talented Emil Veit broadcast on alt.usage.english: I have come across a sentence which really puzzles me. Could a native speaker give some advice, please. "national insecurity plays to partisan

Dear list members, Recently I've come across the verb "to state out", but have failed to find it in about ... think of other examples of typical or acceptable usage? Is it at all acceptable in written English, or rather deprecated? I

Dear list members, Recently I've come across the verb "to state out", but have failed to find it in about 10 respectable dictionaries (including two devoted entirely to phrasal verbs). Googling has suggested that it is predominantly

my friend was preparing a speech for English lesson and she asked me how to say "extinguish" in English (she asked in Polish though ;)) and I told her it was "to put down the fire". the teacher didn't like it and it turned

In our last episode, , the lovely and talented Curious G broadcast on alt.usage.english: We questioned whether a preposition before another preposition is gramatically correct or not two days ago here. After that, We've ... feedback on my

(snip) So could anyone point me towards a good book (or books) that would help me improve my english in the areas of (B) and (C), or websites. Even general comments on a structured approach to improving\learning in this area would be helpful. On

Although I studied Latin, I'm not that fluent :-) I ... should follow the same pattern, even if they had it. Can you by any chance direct us to one of more English prescriptivists who gave Latin and Greek as being ... as if this might have