hi,"the terms you use are "coined phrases" not frequently used by the average English speaker,or the speaker of average english, however there is a practical approach to the usage of English, i.e. it is more than likely that 98% of

I teach some students Japanese in English. Could you correct that, please? This article explains an honorific expressiono of Japanese. Thanks. Best wishes, Lucas == In Japanese, there are 3 differnt kinds of ways to

The American system's prefixes indicate how many groups of three zeroes there are (not counting the first). The old (pre-1974) ... to the old British system in 1961. And the rest of Europe...Oy! Anyone know what the official EU usage is? Like

(snip) The American system's prefixes indicate how many groups of three zeroes there are (not counting the first). The old (pre-1974) British system's prefixes indicate the power of 1,000,000 the number equals. The American system came

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While it was 3/12/03 1:00 am throughout the UK, Robert Lieblich sprinkled little black dots on a white screen, and they fell thus: There is a figure of speech, common in English, that ... disgruntled" is one such. Check "litotes" in