Great, I was even called a dick. Thanks a lot. Don't take it too seriously. People in this newsgroup enjoy punning off each others messages. there's nothing personal in it. However at least one person noticed that I really use this tool to

something I still don't understand in (british) English is the usage of 'one'. In old movies, or speeches by (older) ... etc. However, I've also heard it in mock Queen's speeches or when some person was to be portrayed as posh.

Bob Cunningham wrote on 12 Jun 2004: She doesn't like it, and the one you see in ... think. The writer obviously knew not what it had wrought. As I've said before, it's still pleasing to me, even if it was placed by an illiterate. I

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Irma > misc.education.language.english,alt.usage.english in I reckon that reading good English texts may help, especially ... just showed, can be a good exercise as well :) What do you mean with "good English texts "? Books? Also, but

Dylan Nicholson > misc.education.language.english,alt.usage.english in It can also give you away as a non-native speaker. In that last sentence, for instance, aside from the tense ... unidiomatic to my ears. A native speaker would probably use

Dylan Nicholson > misc.education.language.english,alt.usage.english in It can also give you away as a non-native speaker. In that last sentence, for instance, aside from the tense ... unidiomatic to my ears. A native speaker would probably use

} > }> ... } > }> }> as you can confirm in dozens of editions of } > }> }> Who's Who in America . } } > }> } A fine work, and well worth the cost of the entry. } } > } This ignorant remark proves (again) that

Apparently it's what Americans called the thing prior to WWI, ... in some places Salisbury Steaks), and German shepherds became Alsatians. I hadn't realized that that was one of the terms that changed (and one of the few that stuck). As I

No one should be allowed to force people out of public groups. That's cocky! Not the usage of "cocky" I'm used to, Joe. Could you please elaborate? It means exactly the same as "arrogant", no? The notion that some