http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aExpressions+tag%3aApostrophes+tag%3aDatesSearch results for 'tag:Expressions tag:Apostrophes tag:Dates' matching tags 'Expressions', 'Apostrophes', and 'Dates'en-USCSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)http://www.englishforums.com/English/StiffnessSewnClothDependsFusing-MaterialReinforcingMaterialU/hdgrr/post.htm#601120Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:21:15 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:601120avangiGood questions I m probably too tired to answer them well I may mix them all together in a salad In the physical world I think of an insert as something designed for easy removal and reinsertion or replacement such as a bushing which is a very unsophisticated bearing Such things are usually intended to impart strength The bushing s strength would be provided against wear or abrasion In my earlier post I was thinking of the reinforcement of a seam as providing tensile strength or strength against being pulled apart In many such cases stiffness would be an unwanted byproduct The addition of a stiffer reinforcing fabric in areas where stiffness is desired as in your coat example with the red markings would impart a different kind of strength Let s call it rigidity Seams may or may not be involved in these areas Such added fabric would not be removable and therefore wouldn t be called an insert I suppose that s arguable One may insert an extra line into a poem and just leave it there but in my experience an insert may be removed but then I ve never been employed as a seemstress The reinforcing insertable bones in my mother s corset and the collar of my dress shirt could well be described and classified as reinforcement They may also be described as objects It s possible to describe them as material s but that s sort of a grey area Padding on the other hand is often designed to be removable but I d describe it as form enhancement rather than reinforcement in agreement with what you said above Regarding my parenthetical addition of in time it was an afterthought To go way back is something of a fixed expression Two old friends may say We go way back suggesting that their friendship dates from an earlier era I thought you might be unfamiliar with the expression and since I was speaking of insertables I was afraid you might think I meant they went way deep back into the collar back in space not back in time It was parenthetical by way of clarifying the expression Regarding my apostrophe in the 30 s I prefer to use it when the number is not written out as a word Don t you think he makes his 7 s funny It s not a possessive just a plural These were removable my mother s girdle bones as are the shirt collar ones equals as are the ones in the shirt collar s I guess I m using shirt collar as a compound adjective Is that permissible I believe your suggested substitution presents a parallel structure problem Yes my mother s girdle was removable thank God but I was speaking of the bones these Cheers A http://www.englishforums.com/English/MemosShowClintonTurmoil/gkxvp/post.htmWed, 13 Aug 2008 15:05:10 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:554385jackson6612Memos show Clinton turmoilQuestion I would have written Clinton s turmoil Why didn t the author use apostrophe BY CRAIG GORDON AND TOM BRUNE lt email addresses removed by mod gt August 13 2008Question Why is semicolon used instead of comma to separate the email addresses above WASHINGTON In a fresh postmortem an examination of a plan or event that failed done to discover why it failed autopsy on Hillary Rodham Clinton s presidential bid attempt to obtain or do something newly published staff memos a short official note to another person in the same company or organization and e mails reveal a campaign hobbled to hobble something or someone means to make it more difficult for them to be successful or to achieve what they want by internal rivalries a situation in which two or more people teams or companies are competing for something faulty planning bloated more than needed excessive spending and perhaps most important Clinton s own failure to make the hard decisions Clinton offered herself to voters as a hyper competent extra competent executive ready to be president from day one But atop on top of something her own campaign she was a hesitant leader who allowed bitter infighting when members of the same group or organization argue or compete with each other in an unfriendly way to fester If an argument or bad feeling festers it continues so that feelings of hate or dissatisfaction increase among staffers over whether to go negative against Barack Obama according to the Atlantic magazine The most bare knuckled characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules lines of attack came from Clinton s chief strategist Mark Penn who urged Clinton to highlight Obama s lack of American roots due to his upbringing in Indonesia and Hawaii saying he could only win if he faced Attila the Hun 406 453 AD a king of the Huns an ancient people from Asia who attacked and took control of large parts of the Roman Empire He is famous for being violent and cruel But Clinton didn t embrace Penn s flag waving the expression of strong national feelings especially when these feelings seem too extreme approach way of doing something which campaign aides someone whose job is to help someone who has an important job especially a politician insist was never seriously considered Question Clinton didn t embrace Penn s approach because she did not consider it seriously Therefore what campaign aides were saying is redundant The article also says that Clinton at times grew frustrated and short tempered including on the morning after her stunning third place finish in Iowa in January when aides on a call were silent Clinton s camp dismissed the story as inside the Beltway gossip and old news And former campaign aides sharply disputed the notion of Clinton as an indecisive leader with one campaign veteran saying Nobody seems to want to remember the fact that we had so many successes and come from behind victories in this campaign and they are due in large part to Senator Clinton s leadership Question What does the line including on the morning when aides on a call were silent mean If she finished third place then why would the author describe it as stunning What does call mean in when aides on a call were silent Question What does the phrase inside the Beltway gossip mean Question What does the line Nobody seems to want to remember to Senator Clinton s leadership mean But the e mails and memos offer vivid very clear and detailed new details about what had long been reported that Clinton s headquarters was beset to make someone experience serious problems or dangers by caustic bitter internal battles involving Penn and former President Bill Clinton who wanted to forcefully attack Obama and others who wanted the New York senator to take a more positive tack method way of doing something At one point it was Bill Clinton and not Hillary who approved the famed 3 a m phone call ad Question what had long been reported is passive past perfect tense Am I right Question I think headquarters should take plural verb What do you say Question Why are the hyphens used in and not Hillary I believe commas would do instead Adding to the turmoil was the fact that the campaign had little strategy and no money left to seriously compete in the post Super Tuesday contests having the form having with a past participle can be used to introduce a clause in which you mention an action which had already happened before another action began burned through 106 million before Iowa That allowed Obama to win 12 straight contests and effectively wrap up to finish a job meeting etc the nomination Question What does burned through mean In the end the campaign s strategy came to reflect some of the internal turmoil as Clinton veered changed course from attacking Obama to emphasizing her personal side Question What does her personal side mean Penn did offer some advice in March 2007 that proved on the mark Clinton s path to victory lay with women and lower and working class voters Question What does proved on the mark mean I couldn t find it in the dictionary But by the time Clinton finally settled on that strategy to win the later primaries it was too late Excerpts from the memos All of these articles about his boyhood in Indonesia and his life in Hawaii are geared towards showing his background is diverse multicultural and putting that in a new light It also exposes a very strong weakness for him his roots to basic American values and culture are at best even when considered in the most positive way limited I cannot imagine America electing a president during a time of war who is not at his center fundamentally American in his thinking and in his values Strategist Mark Penn from a March 19 2007 memo to Hillary Rodham Clinton advising her to attack Barack Obama for his lack of American roots Question What does centre mean in the above context The right knows Obama is unelectable except perhaps against Attila the Hun and a third party would come in then anyway Penn from the same memo Question Does right refer to right wing in the above context This has been a very instructive call talking to myself Clinton before angrily hanging up on a staff conference call the day after coming in third in Iowa in January She complained of being outmaneuvered to gain an advantage over someone by using cleverer or more skilful plans or methods in Iowa and being painted as the establishment candidate according to the Atlantic but was met with near silence Question I would have written This has been talking to me Why did she use myself Question What is a conference call Is it some kind of telephone call which address many poeple Question Why is in used in coming in third STOP IT I have help my tongue for weeks After this morning s WP story no longer This makes me sick This circular firing squad that is occurring is unattractive unprofessional unconscionable and unacceptable It must stop Robert Barnett a Clinton lawyer and Washington insider from a March 6 2008 e mail to campaign staff after a Washington Post story detailed the infighting Question What does I have help my tongue for weeks mean Question What does This circular firing squad mean Question Were the comments in the last paragraph made by Robert Barnett