Many thanks! My first language is indeed not English and, although I learnt English many years ago, I wasn't taught English in Britain and most of my "basic" English was in fact taught to me by an American lady! Funny that! On the

The story “Tears of Autumn” by Yoshiko Uchida is a great story, which the settings affect the story by many ways. This story is mostly about a young woman gone to America from Japan for freedom and marriage. The settings affect the story a lot as

The story “Tears of Autumn” by Yoshiko Uchida is a great story, which the settings affect the story by many ways. This story is mostly about a young woman gone to America from Japan for freedom and marriage. The settings affect the story a lot as

The word "vetting". What is the derivation/origin, and meaning. It is not in any dictionary I have. It is being used a lot lately. The word 'vetting' is not new. There is at least one example in print from 1918. From the , with

I well recall, after the publication of my first (and, so far, only) book, how many persons who knew me well and had read the book remarked to me how much my writing resembled my speech. But that is really not the point. If a person who is a liar,

Copied and quoted from a CNN web article: SHREVEPORT, Louisiana ... by the Shreveport Police Department to route non-emergency calls .. Last week I had reason to call a US number that was set up with one of these voice activated prompt systems. I