On 1 Jun 2004 04:52:14 GMT, CyberCypher So you maintain that "shovel the focus" and "you look even worse than your ineptitude" are examples of complex grammar? The complete paragraph (You insist on taking things out of context

Kai Oliver Kaminski infrared: I'm in the process of writing my thesis in mathematics. It is basically a collection of definitions, theorems and some ... 'theorem' or is 'Theorem' better. I've looked into several math books

I don't know what you mean by "a number version". You contrast that with "spell it out", so I ask: do you mean "write it as digits"? House styles sometimes say when a number should be spelt out in words and when

The "in" wardrobe of my senior year in high school ... and white bucks. That is better fashion than today? I'd have to see some photos to be certain, and I don't know what this "Mr B" thing is, but it sounds okay to me.

I don't think so. It's a fad among some younger people to dress "retro". That's camp, but not at all associated with anything sexual. Why would dressing retro rise to the level of "camp", Coop? The only way I can

I'm engaged in a discussion about using "perk" as a short form of "perquisite," as in the sentence, "Among other ... in the archives of this group (and several gazillion google references to a defunct workstation).

The Grammer Genious filted: "(W)ho can doubt that Iraq is better for being free ... prepared text...but it's in the official transcript that way too.. I don't understand what it is that you "couldn't believe". That Bush

And this page (among others) on the North Face site: http://tinyurl.com/2tlbe (Parka) Ditto - nothing last night, two references today. I must be losing my marbles. However I note that the only two jackets called "parkas" are of the

Since posting that, I've been made aware that in the ... found a couple, too. These are all from UK sites. Well, it wasn't all that difficult; I searched on "zip-up" "anorak" and found quite a few. I assumed that you

It's possible that my numerous contacts in the world of ... at least as numerous as the references to actual garments. Yes, even moreso. In BrE the word appears to be used mainly to describe a type of person. Yes, either by association