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I found found this on Wikipedia:In Canadian law, a Reference Question is a submission by the federal or a provincial government to the courts asking for an opinion on a major legal issue.Perhaps reference mean somewhat the same as a reference question.I would have taken when, as and if as when we...

Mightn't it depend on the nature of the website? If it's a single purpose website dedicated strictly to current news items, or the weather forcast for the next five days, obviously we update the content. If it's a site like English Forums, the content is pretty much a constant,...

Hi Armstrong, The old expression is "bumper crop" which is used when the harvest of some agricultural comodity is bountiful, or in excess of what was expected. I wouldn't have said "huge," but that will do. "Pack" is a package, but I guess you knew that. The...

More or less. I call it setting expectations!Does it mean MAY carries the meaning that the situation is under my control, but I just don't want to commit. I can do it faster or I can do it slower. It's just up to me. If so, this is not the meaning that I want to convey. I'd...

/* - quotes from "50 First Dates" */ Hi, I saw the movie a few days ago, and I liked the ways the characters were talking, simply very funny. I think the main man character's name is 'Adam something...', well, anyway... I've got three questions here. 1) a...

I thought the same about "cap the well."Also, "you're off the clock" doesn't necessarily mean firing to me - it can just mean "you won't be paid for your time." (However, I haven't seen this movie, so I can't speak for this particular quote.) You may already know that the expression comes from...

That lesson cost me almost a hundred dollars They first settled here almost 75 years ago or Almost 1000

Confirmation granted. (But the first one reads, "a fan of fan art." - Is that Chinese?) We also say, "Whaddayou take me for? - an idiot?!!" Then there's "Don't take me for granted," which is similar but different. Id est the expression doesn't have a special relationship with being a...

Hi, I heard three ways to ask the date. May I ask if they are all correct? Which of those is not appropriate? Please help me with this, thank you very much!! What date is it today? OK now What is the date today? OK What is today's date? OK Clive

I heard three ways to ask the date. May I ask if they are all correct? Which of those is not appropriate? Please help me with this, thank you very much!! What date is today? What is the date today? What is today's date?