Jock Ewing, what is the name of your grammar book? ... ever heard the term "Saxon Genitive" (please tell me "no!")? You probably don't know my grammar book (unless you're French !). It's called "Grammaire

That is exactly what the examples refer to. The first ... I said, is available onvideo and cd (both entitled "Show"). That, to me, is not evidence of much. It doesn't clearly indicate that the members of The Cure call a concert

I have noticed a number of speakers in the Seattle ... at some venue within which live musical performances take place". Honestly, I don't remember when "show" did not have that usage. Criticism of concerts typically opine as to

Hello, I'm from Holland, and although I do speak English quite well, I'm not fully confident when it comes to ... use US spelling conventions. From: xx> To: xx Subject: application for position of computational linguist (ref. nr. xx)

"Coed" was objected to because it means/meant a "mere sexual object"? A "sex kitten"? My objection to "coed" as a noun is that it divides the scholars into two groups: students (who are male) and coeds (who

Masa typed thusly: Years ago, when the upper classes spoke a variant of ... mutton/mouton. Is this true? And are there any other examples? I searched in Google to see how many hits have occured in each usage: eat cow, and eat beef. Results ... pig

OED1, in the editorial voice, uses "the", as does Collins 2000; but COD9, 1996, doesn't. If I were a Ukrainian ... of the name; COD says it's Russian, and means "the edge". A lot less complimentary than a mere definite

1.I'm tired, I want to go to bathe. 2.I'm tired, I want to bathe. 3.I'm tired, I want to go ... washing. 5.I'm tired, I want to go to wash. 6.I'm tired, I want to go to bath. Which is correct? Some, but not all. Of course they

Try spelling it as "shore up". In reference to a ... propping it up so that the price will not fall. That wouldn't be Dunglish. English 'to shore up' may well be from Dutch 'schoren' though, which means propping up,

The Oxford Dictionary of Euphemisms has no entry for "canary", ... dictionary "sing like a canary" is a well known expression. Funny, but this sense of 'sing' isn't in Partridge's Historical Slang either. I must