Hello! I am a university student from Russia. We have to write quite a lot of essays as part of our English course. However, every term we get a new teacher, this is just how the system works, and all teachers are quite different in how they

The Lincolnshire Lay Subsidy of 1334 includes one Everard le Wikked living in Stamford (Bredecroft). Cool name, huh? My ... OE Inca, a wizard. But I wonder what nuances the word carried in the C14th. Anyone got an OED handy? Here's some of the

"Distortion" http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117926809?categoryid=31&cs=1 Pink Ludoos By DENNIS HARVEY If imitation is flattery, the most fawning movie in recent memory must be "Pink Ludoos," a feel-good Canadian pic that

I have been required to respect a number of "Chinese ... be interested to see an actual example of such use. Not "Chinese screen", but just plain old "screen". Clearly, if it's a real change (so far the only evidence I

Maria Conlon wrote on 16 Jun 2004: But, Bob, Areff writes grammatically and would never (well, almost never, and never so obviously) make such a typical Cooper blunder. I saw what Michael was doing. Doubtful, Cooper. The grammar of the sentence

Tony Cooper wrote on 31 May 2004: How can mistakes be incorrigible? Their maker is too stupid to understand how to correct them. Want a second shot at that? No. I don't need to take writing lessons from you. You might want to aim at the maker

Tony Cooper wrote on 24 May 2004: Tony Cooper wrote on 24 May 2004: So how do you salute and valedict your conrrespondent when making a complaint about products and political decisions? Though tempted to write "Attention, you incompetent

< I would have no problem with his statement, if that were all it meant. Of course acceptance of a proof ... Lawler evidently considers that social process to be all there is to mathematics, making it a self-contained, useless, meaningless