On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, in alt.usage.english, Robert Bannister (Email Removed) writes As I suggested to MEow, the best strategy is to adopt the linguist habits of your fellow players. If you ... you just as odd for using 'die', and there is

That's nice. I was asking if the "universalizing" effect on ... know the name), or engineering, or perhaps some other agency... Perhaps now you see why leakage hither from a.u.e. is a Bad Thing. Even if they do start out discussing

Funny you should ask. As it happened, I studied mostly ... of America if that gives you a clue why. :-) That's nice. I was asking if the "universalizing" effect on different ethnic groups could be due to the school (possible, now I

Now I'm asking you: Can you help us solve this ... sort of regional difference or some other kind of difference? From my point of view, there are simply some people who don't know singular from plural. They talk about "a ...

Now I'm asking you: Can you help us solve this one? Is one more correct than the other one, or is it simply a question of some sort of regional difference or some other kind of difference? From my point of view, there are simply some people

No similarity. That usage is second class; no, it's worse. People that think so are wrong. Since I don't agree with you, am I different with you? Since people are more than just things, the entities referred to by your "People

In war they would be useful enemies, but in a war it was widely recognized that there was no such thing as a friendlysubmarine.(Tom Clancy) He is not making them different. If you add "a" to the first usage you would not change his

brunette n., a woman with dark brown hair adj., ... BROWN) I've never heard of black hair being called brunette. Warning: French "brun" is not the same colour as English brown. "Elle a les cheveux bruns" describes someone

Let me ask a question about the following sentence from a novel. A different breed. He tried to think of ... a war. I couldn't get a clear difference between war and a war. I appreciate your help in advance. He is not making them different. If

I raised this question about 7 years ago in this NG. I remember the answer but not the authority. When ... Doe hereafter referred to as "Customer". I need an authority for this. I am in a dispute with a stuborne Oy! person who insists