Hi everybody, I have difficulty understanding in what context you can use the expression "or was it the rain ?". Can anybody help ? Thanks Were you just happy to see me or was it the rain? Ta da! Opus the Penguin (that's my real

Hi everybody, I have difficulty understanding in what context you can use the expression "or was it the rain ?". Can anybody help ? We're going to need some more than this. There is a perfectly literal meaning to this phrase, but I

Hi everybody, I have difficulty understanding in what context you can use the expression "or was it the rain ?". Can anybody help ? Thanks

the right door is still 1 in 1000", which must have been plain from the context. If I ...
of a winner is only 1 in 1000, right? If you switch, your odds improve to 999 in 1000. I'm saying

Stefan Boeters (Email Removed) wrote on 20 Nov 2003: Hello Franke, I'm happy that you're still around in this group. I've learnt a lot from your comments and suggestions. Thank you, Stefan. It's nice to read good words about

Hello Franke, I'm happy that you're still around in this group. I've learnt a lot from your comments and suggestions. Now again, I find your proposal fully convincing. Just two brief comments: The third, stylistically the best of the

Variant: There are 1000 doors. You pick one you ... to the other door must improve your chance ...
;your chance of having chosen the right door is still 1 in 1000", which must have been plain from

Jerry Friedman filted: That's one I never heard. I take it Mercury and Venus are "inferior"? Yep...in fact, of the two expressions, that's the more common..r In this context, please take note of which planet men come from and

Will you explain what "I looked more than was sophisticated" means in the following context? The narrator "I " is ... playpen, which was set up in the dining room. (It was a girl, and I looked more than was sophisticated.)

I doubt most USAns would recognize the term "expiry". Even given a narrow context, such as offering a credit card ... get sidetracked.) Is the USA-preferred term "expiration" likewise unknown in Canada and the UK? What about