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I'm trying to remember how I went astray here. I'll just blame it on the Oops, which was going through a period of hyperactivity about then. The sound of "import food(s)" bothered me from the beginning, but I knew I'd heard it a lot, and it seems like a good candidate for a...

From www.m-w.com 3 camp Function: noun Etymology:origin unknownDate:circa 1909 1 : exaggerated effeminate mannerisms exhibited especially by homosexuals 2 a : something so outrageously artificial, affected, inappropriate, or out-of-date as to be considered amusing b : a style...

That lesson cost me almost a hundred dollars They first settled here almost 75 years ago or Almost 1000

Alexander25 wrote: This is the message I got from Microsoft after my PC was updated: "You must restart your computer for the updates to take effect." Shouldn't they have used affect? Has this multi-billion dollar corporation sent a grammatically incorrect sentence to millions of customers? ...

Dear madam / sir, Being possessor of an exploitation right concerning an innovating technology of communication described below, I solicit your attention in order to know if any utilization would eventually interest you. Kind regards, (letters into brackets are readable with a...

Hi, MM. Thanks. Yes, I meant it had been planned by somebody else for a specific date in the near future. Sometime soon --- that's the very phrase I wanted to know. I was thinking of such expressions as "Thanks for yesterday" where a time adverb becomes a noun meaning what happened (happens)...

CalifJim wrote: My thoughts. I don't think it matters whether the combination of verb and particle has a literal meaning or an idiomatic meaning. If it operates as a unit, and the particle is not used as a preposition, then it's a phrasal verb. I know that some definitions insist that some...

My thoughts. I don't think it matters whether the combination of verb and particle has a literal meaning or an idiomatic meaning. If it operates as a unit, and the particle is not used as a preposition, then it's a phrasal verb. I know that some definitions insist that some semantic...

Generally, compound nouns will fall into one of two categories; “open” and “closed.” Closed compound noun examples are, schoolboy, congresswoman, where the compound becomes one word. Open examples where the compound either remains separated or is hyphenated include: vice president, prime...

Hello MrP History of English Gerunds (quoted from OED) The most notable development of the verbal nouns in form of -ing is its use as a gerund, i.e. a substantive with certain verbal functions, particularly those of being qualified by an adverb instead of an adjective, and of governing an...