/nq] Once more, where are you from? The "it" is NOT omissible from any of those sentences; with the "it," they're fine. Yes, please ignore what I said. Somehow, I thought we were solving the puzzle of when "I'm

Actually my question is a little more than that. I'm not sure if these are the correct 2 groups to ... a small town that is under the close influence of the major city. So are these definitions close? Opinions welcomed. I have not noticed any

I'm grappling with the distinction between singular and plural nouns in questions. I believe all the following questions are possible in certain contexts, but I'm not sure when to use which, especially with regard to whether I should use

I've read all the responses to this that have landed on my newsreader, and I don't see how anyone can distill anything useful from them. and: My earlier post on this thread was perhaps the eleventh, and I believe it was the first to deal

Inigo Jones A new biography can't do better (p. 14) about the man's odd Christian name than vaguely suggest it might be Lysdexic for "Ignatius." Has anybody out there ever heard a more plausible explanation? If that is the best

Hi all, This should be a quick one for some ... Is there a valid word for this? Thanks, Sachin Kailaje. The context would help. If this is a mathematical question then it may be worth trying a maths group such ... quite a long time studying maths

Hi all, This should be a quick one for some of you. With ref. to the sequence - Unary (1), ... am looking for the correct word to say "zero-nary" (0) Is there a valid word for this? Thanks, Sachin Kailaje. The context would help. If this

Hello! OK. I thought there could be something wrong about it... And what about using a hyphen in such cases? I mean constructs like 'bothering-me', 'the shot-by-her sister' etc. What do you think to them in general? And the

the scores pertain to a numerical analysis; it can in this context be quite perfect (for insiders, I *am* aware of loss of precision due to floating point computations). I've included 'outstanding' in the updated list below, but it

the scores pertain to a numerical analysis; it can in this context be quite perfect (for insiders, I *am* aware of loss of precision due to floating point computations). I've included 'outstanding' in the updated list below, but it