people of African descent living on a local university campus here in Canada as "African-Americans". Is this a correct term? Were they Canadians or, perhaps, citizens of the United States who were going to school in Canada? Very few (if

I found 542 for "filted"...some occurrences (from among those that are not clearly misspellings) appear to originate from an odd erroneous backformation from "filter", but the references to "filted yarns" have me

I have seen in various places people using "to the extent that" as if it means "given that fact that" or "considering that". I tried to look up for this usage but could not find any reference on the internet. Could

Do English speakers use "yellow" for any dog? In Spanish ... un perro amarillo" (it/he is rarer/stranger than a yellow dog). Not commonly, but it isn't unknown. The word 'yellow' in English is often associated with

< Although I have been known to ask the meaning of American expressions that I've met in a book, I agree entirely. The only problem I have with US or UK books are, as you say, TV references, plus brand names or store names. With the last

I don't read or post to this group very often, but I saw a phrase used in the local newspaper this week that got me scratching my head. The article referred to people of African decent living on a local university campus here in Canada as

> I am still surprised at how close they are today after being separated for 200 plus years. The differences seem trivially small as compared to the differences between Spanish and Portuguese. In 99% of the posts here I have no trouble

} }> I'd say "machine-gun fire". } } So would I, despite "gunfire". Such compounds have to be taken apart } when a modifier modifies only the first part. So also (in my book) } } a small-business man } a public-school

Florida is "out" as a reference to voting debacles. California is "in". Try to keep up. Can you expand on the implied voting debacle in California, Anthony? I understand there is dissatisfaction in some quarters about the

A New Yorker would know what the description means even if it doesn't exactly depict the scene. These are three ... middle of the day with no apparent jobs to go to. The OTB parlors seem to be full of them. Believe it or not, there's some