In English usage, at least, we have the option to insert a comma before the 'and' in a list without the 'etc.'. As in 'apples, pears, and plums'. This is called the "Oxford comma". Usually it is only inserted to

Just to keep this group alive... Yet again I hear on the wireless that a victim of violence is - ... To my ear, these are almost antonyms, a view borne out I think by dictionaries. How do you understand it? I have had similar thoughts about that

Hello, I'm not an Englishman, it might be the reason why some affairs in English are problematic for me. Let's ... make many linguistic mistakes. So below, you can find a few examples of problematic situations. Please, give me correct

Best way to learn English is by mingling with English-speaking crowd. Never be shy even if you feel your grammar or vocabulary may not be right. Just go ahead and fire your dialogues! You will then learn automatically. Everyday would be a new

I was intrigued to join this group... and I ask a simple question for reply: What is your analogy with ... with producer skills and product in-hand? Or is it the stereo-type we see on broadcast TV? I'm interested in hearing. More like

Or so one historian *claims.* I'm willing to bet your source had an anti-Catholic axe to grind. Wow you leap to this quickly. It's a really strong Catholic position these days, it seems: any criticism must be the result of

^) in some language indicated that a letter had been dropped from an earlier version of the word. The assertion was ... "Woll" no longer exists in English except vestigially in "won't". (I suppose it could have other

'stimying', 'stymieing', 'stymying' == For the 'ing' form of the verb 'to stymie', OED2 gives only 'stimying', used in a golfing context in 1857. An example where the regular rules of formation break

'stimying', 'stymieing', 'stymying' == For the 'ing' form of the verb 'to stymie', OED2 gives only 'stimying', used in a golfing context in 1857. An example where the regular rules of formation break

To me "bikers" in French seems to be restricted to those older men riding huge and loud motorbikes at low speed. We use "born-again bikers" to describe middle aged men who suddenly decide to relive their youth by buying a huge