I'm guilty of one of these... NYT By JACK ROSENTHAL Published: September 25, 2009 For the prospective college class of 2015, the next three weeks loom large. High-school juniors across the country, facing their first Preliminary SAT exams, are

My college had Constitution Day on Sep 16th, and I've assigned to write a synopsis for the day. I wrote and correct the numeric usage in the synopsis, but I still do not have a confidence with what I wrote. For example, I usually make SV

I am having an argument with the RFC-Editor. My co-author had written: but some of them may be required in certain types of article. and she changed it into but some of them may be required in certain types of articles. Q. Several times lately

Hi, "The U.S. economy started the new year on weaker footing as recession-shocked Americans retrenched further, forcing retailers to ring up fewer sales and factories to cut back production." 1. What does 'weaker footing' mean? A

These are alternative forms of the past tense and past participle of the verb DREAM . " DREAMT " is more common in British English, and " DREAMED " in American English. Answers.com - Dictionary: Sneak v. , sneaked also snuck (

(REFERENCE: misc.invest.stocks article titled "Can I ever get out of AMT hell (after a tax-naive ISO exercise)" dated Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:19:21 EST) I ask you American english experts: Is the use of "do do" a no no in an

Sorry this took so long...My statement on what Canadians use or do not use is based on my personal experience with Canadians, both here in Greece and in the States. I meet a lot of them in the ELT business. I also saw an article on this in some

'stimying', 'stymieing', 'stymying' == For the 'ing' form of the verb 'to stymie', OED2 gives only 'stimying', used in a golfing context in 1857. Is 'stymieing' not more common today? It

As is obvious, my main problem is "usage". A teacher ... I have never been able to keep the two apart. Since British and American usage (and even Australian usage) constantly influence each other today this is a rather senseless task.

As is obvious, my main problem is "usage". A teacher once told me to either stick with BrE or with ... drowning if I used a "transatlantic version" of the language. I have never been able to keep the two apart. Since British