The inimitable "Fabian" (Email Removed) stated on 21 Jul 7616: This is a specific kind of redistricting done in the US... Theres a world outside the USA where elections take place. Sometimes we even rig them, just like you do. The world

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Just like the word "herb". In American English it is pronounced "erb", so you say "an herb". In British English it is pronounced "herb", so you say "a herb". So the a/an choice will depend on the dialect variant. In some parts of England you

Both forms are possible to imply "cause somebody to do sothing" or "tell somebody to do something". The form without "to" is common in American English.

Hi Mitch, welcome to EnglishForums. I'm buggered if I know the answer to your first question, and I havn't got a jee-jolly-dang clue about how to answer to your second question either! Oh, did you see the thread ' He Left Her On The Prairie ' in

There is nothing wrong with adapting, ammending or streamlining the English language. It should evolve with us. Certainly the Americans seem to be insistant on this trend. O.K. Q. So why do Americans stick to the antiquated imperial system of

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=amerikkalainen+raymond+wise&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=vis48itnnr4s2b%40corp.supernews.com&rnum=2 or http://tinyurl.com/ncz9 (begin quote from Usenet post) A look at the Finnish to

Too true Hugh!

It might become second after Australia for these reasons: The Australian loves to nickname names and any words comes to their mouth for exampes: Barbique to barby, football to footy,toilet to loo,chiken to chuk. Most people when at birth they

When we talk about comparison between people, things or actions, we can use "as" or "like", depending on the structure. "Like" is a preposition which should be followed by a noun or a pronoun. Example: I'm not _like_ my brother. "As" is a