History of English Language-Funny or reality? In the beginning, there was an island off the coast of Europe. It had no name, for the natives had no language, only a collection of grunts and gestures that roughly translated to Hey!Gimme!, and

Why is "each of our patients' needs" wrong when "each of our patient's needs" sounds like they have one patient and take care of each of his needs. Seems like it shouldn't be. I guess I misread this. Where is the

Why do Hollywood people constantly ridicule Christians' belief in the supernatural? I see Mr. Bill Mahr out thumping his tub ... say the same thing about Jews, who believe in the same Old Testament stuff as the fundamentalist Christians and

But why do you liberal men hate Hillary? I just don't get it. I really don't. Let me try to answer a couple of questions about this. At the beginning of this campaign, it wasn't that I didn't like her. Rather, it was my concern

Scots-English / English-Scots Dictionary, Lomond Books (1998 / 2001), ISBN 0-947782-26-5. The word is (unlike some) included in both sections, from one spelling to the other and back again. 1998 sounds very 'late' for a citation for a

I don't have any >> formal ESL training or certification, but I do tutor some >>foreign >> students in English ... >>> my speech. I'm not in the business of telling them I'm right and >>> they're

I am confused with their usages. I will appreciate any of your explanations. A counterbalance is a seperate weight balancing another weight; an equal weight, power, or influence acting in opposition; counterpoise. Balance on the other hand has

Tony Cooper wrote on 31 May 2004: Tony Cooper wrote on 30 May 2004: You just contradicted ... all formal "Thank you" cannot be "slightly more formal". There is no contradiction. The *meaning* is the same. Ah, so you *meant*

Laura F Spira typed thus: Sorry, I meant the reverse. ... be different in and around the Satanic Metropolis of course. Barbara Cartland wrote 300 books. Remember her? (AKA Pancake Woman) Joan Collins - 6 Golden Globe nominations (1 win) And Cherie

I would be grateful if somebody explain me the difference between "a toolset" and "a set of tools", if any at all. The context is a feature list of some user interface library: ... - Powerful set of tools for color management