In Jokes^x, Expressions^x

Thank you, Incho and Marius. What I want to say, I think, is that when a person wants to express his or her feeling of being shocked when caught something unexpectantly, he might use the phrase "such something" without an article. He was such gentleman at the ball, I felt like inviting him to...

Ok I had a look at these sentences and altered a few things, so here they are again... Voila:The text in red are those 'updated' sentences and the text in dark green are my comments.1. We certainly cannot accuse Fred of being shy. Look how he enjoys talking about himself in front of television...

Just wondering what do you consider as the hardest word/expression to pronounce. I am particularly having problems with the following: 'Sheet/***' I always mess up these two and end up making joke of myself. Sometime I meant to say 'a sheet of paper', but to my friends it was like '*** of...

Grammar Geek wrote: That's my take on it. Somehting like she's saying, in a joking manner, that he's "killing" her with his obsession over writing, so she may as well lay down under the car so he can run over her and finish the job. It's just a joke. (There's another expression - just shoot me...

That's my take on it. Somehting like she's saying, in a joking manner, that he's "killing" her with his obsession over writing, so she may as well lay down under the car so he can run over her and finish the job. It's just a joke. (There's another expression - just shoot me now - that means "get...

Let me tell you a real joke. A teacher posted a sentence written by her student on the internet, and caused some discussion. I mean in Chinese. At the first sight, the grammar seems all right. But soon you notice the mistake. I guess that junior high kid was actually trying to say "My...

I claim no answer to any of the questions. I am just thinking aloud. Nona The Brit wrote: 1. Why you think there is "an earlier draft of this paper" instead of "the earlier draft of this paper"? Because there was more than one earlier draft? People often do two or three (or more) drafts...

Dear madam / sir, Being possessor of an exploitation right concerning an innovating technology of communication described below, I solicit your attention in order to know if any utilization would eventually interest you. Kind regards, (letters into brackets are readable with a phonetic...

1. People who like to make jokes to make other people think he/she is funny but actually just cause him/her to be a jerk. 2. People who is very sophisticated and always know what to do in a certain situation. ie, everybody cheat on the exam so he/she does it too. The adj. of know better or is...

Thank you GG and MH. You all(or 'two'?) are well at searching for something by search engine, but MH's skill seems better(or seems to be better?). Kiding(or 'just have a joke/kid.'?). Maybe you often use the search tools, just like me. Actually, but, if you ask me that what is preceded a...