I don't think "rebut" should be a catch-all phrase to encompass any contradiction. Okay, you won that one. I wish you wouldn't use "won". I like to discuss things here. I like to probe different ideas and different ways

kindly help me understand the differences between an 'egoist' and 'egotist'. How an 'egoist', and an 'egotist' will behave in different situations. I believe "egotist" is the more-common and

My question is whether their rendition of carmine is correct. Or is carmine more like the colour that they represent as "hot pink", which is what I was aiming for when I bought the hyacinth bulbs? Before the discussion starts - isn't

"Rhotacism" means many things. As a medical term, however, it is limited to imperfect pronunciation of /r/, as you can see by going to www.onelook.com , entering the term, and taking a look at the entries in the three medical

> I would like to know why it is such a big issue to those who object. I can understand some tsk-tsking or, but why the red faced antagonism? Surely marriage has been good in the past for the marriage partners and also the country. The

b used to soften a negative 5 : certainly not usage Hardly in sense 5 is used sometimes with not for emphasis . In sense 4b with a negative verb (as can't, wouldn't, didn't) it does not make a double negative but softens the negative.

$(Email Removed): Not just southerners. There's white trash and KKK members everywhere in the USA and they, as you rightly say, express the redneck mentality even if they don't work the land as tenant farmers. So "redneck" became

I heard this on "Monk" last Friday, and now I am trying to find a good comparison of these two terms. What I have found on-line is unspecific and usually has these as synonyms. I also saw that on *Monk*, and (like you) spent some time

I heard this on "Monk" last Friday, and now I am trying to find a good comparison of these two terms. What I have found on-line is unspecific and usually has these as synonyms. TIA "Sarcastic" cuts or tears at flesh

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