The correct usage is "you used to go", NOT "you use to go"; I don't know how Einde confused himself like this. Einde is a male name? In several years of following this group, I always thought it was female! Sorry! While

T.L.Miller wrote on 29 Aug 2004: NBC says "olympics are," but shouldn't it be "olympics is?" The olympics is a collection of contests and that collection is singular. Sorry to say that NBC are correct: W3NID says Main

I've often written "I daresay", though I was aware of ... who use "daresay" never dared do anything in the past? MW Online: Main Entry: dare·say Pronunciation: "dar-'sA, "der- Function: verb transitive senses

( snip, ...) And what's that though? You're not really taking my point, ... a participle that parallels "damaged" but a word in itself. As Donna announced several times: she is now on vacation for a week. Sorry, I don't

OK, I did. My statement was "How other people pronounce ... to prevail because Seinfeld will continue to hit the "d". I'm sorry, but to suggest that usages that are "incorrect" for whatever reason aren't going to

The modern Greek pronunciation has no relevance whatever to centuries of English usage. The OED entry is for 'Euboean' and the reference to Evvoia has nothing to do with pronunciation. In that case, I'm in the middle of a perhaps

It's a word, not a phrase, but can I offer, with profound and sincere loathing, the adjective 'instore'. "Lots of fantastic bargains instore this holiday weekend!" I find zis person... I find zem... I kill zem.. DC, still

one "Ms." would It turns out that the British recognize ... for "Ms" the pronunciations /mIz/ and /m@s/, that is, "muss." Sorry for not snipping, but I thought the above was all relevant. I find your findings