it the My very first reaction was the same as yours. #2 ... and "we will will love you even if you win." My reaction was that it could be read as meaning "If you come in first, then something ... misleading in the second (see

My son is entering a speech contest. If I want to emphasize to him that it doesn't matter whether he ... but my wife says it's O.K. to her, claiming "if" (w/o "or not") can mean "whether". What do you think?

} }> Introducing phonemes into the discussion obfuscates the }> issue by throwing the baby out with the bath water. } } I wish to stress that I didn't introduce phonemes into the discussion. My } aim was to alleviate the obfuscation you

But that was fifty years ago. I'm sure today they'd TM "fries" if they could get away with it. And you'd better not show anyone choking on those fries or spitting them out in a movie: LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) George,

Yes. "X is subject to Y" means "Y happens to X". "X is subjected to Y" means "Y is done to X". Sorry, I don't get you. Could you please elaborate with some examples? "Your income is subject to

} }> US bureaucrats are known for asking silly questions on forms, no question, }> but does this never happen ... It's a negative polarity thing. Use "either" (and use a comma with either). If they're not buying it, use

} }> US bureaucrats are known for asking silly questions on forms, no question, }> but does this never happen in the UK too (= BrE "as well")? } } =AmE "as well" too. As well. Nuh uh. } Using "too" in a negative

US bureaucrats are known for asking silly questions on forms, no question, but does this never happen in the UK too (= BrE "as well")? =AmE "as well" too. As well. Using "too" in a negative question like that sounds

It is a common British expression. They like to say things like "this bloody chair," etc. I hard a few curious explanation about the origin of this phrase, some of them real urban legend. Well, I'm glad we don't have to deal with

Where? For me it's "I don't have it". That's the negative of "I have it". It's possible that someday we'll have full-scale suppletion in this verb - infinitive "have", past tense "had",