She can run a state, and very well. You can run... your mouth? The Wall Street Journal ran an interesting article on her record as a governor: In the five days since Sen. John McCain announced Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential running mate, she

"Total Recall" is one of my favourite Schwartzenegger movies. Set in the near future, he faces the dilemma: Are his memories of Mars real, or were they implanted? I have found two versions of the script online, the Fifth Revision, and

Hi, Recently I have been asked by one of my adult students about the use of "my" in a sentence: ... Is there any chance of me/I borrowing your type-writer? Can somebody give me some hints to answer this student? Thanks The sentence

Read this one, Rabid - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/16/AR200601 1600912.html I read the article: Richard Cohen (the writer) doesn't help his own argument much with his exaggerations and inaccuracies. First, he

Which one is correct? This book belongs to his brother. This book belongs to his brother's. The first is correct; the second is incorrect. Can you explain what rule applies to it, please? The verb 'belong' takes the preposition

Okay, I'm going to unsnip some bits here to provide clearer context. As the order is intricate, I'll just say that text quoted with any number of ">"s is F. Balducci, asking originally about a line from Hamlet; "}"

CB wrote on 04 Sep 2004: What I wanted to say is that I was not ... inversion. If there were an auxiliary, it would be clear: Maybe this is a side issue, or maybe not. "She was religious, as were most of her friends" is *not* ... that of

The Bush Team in Iraq - Moral Cowardice, as Practiced by Experts By Brian Cloughley Wednesday, August 25 2004 Contributed by: Admin It is acknowledged almost everywhere except in official Washington and London that Iraq and Afghanistan have gone

John Dean typed thus: Raymond S. Wise typed thus: (where's the thread on class?) ... of chattel to rank with "the car" and "the dog". Wouldn't you say it was the definite article rather than the noun which makes it such