Hey, Tanit! You're the Latin expert. Ah! If only my old teacher could read this! She would laugh her head off, I guess! Anyway, that should be (I think a question mark is missing) either " Why don't you work hard? " or "

Could someone help me with this? 1 I restored factory setting so the computer is the same as when it came out of the store. This is okay, but "settings" is more common. 2 Every woman has occasion when she wants to look her best. Use

I know "I don't think he is serious, do I?" is absurd. I don't think that wording is absurd. You only need the proper context. Some types of tag questions simply have much more specialized usage (and therefore are also less

Question 1: Isn't a question always a sentence? Yes, a question is a sentence, but a sentence without a question mark is not a question. You, yourself, said in your earlier post that a question can also be a phrase. Perhaps, that was a

Hi Jackson What do you mean where you said or meant to say ? Do you intend to say that she used relieve by mistake though she wanted to use leave instead? "Meant to say" = wanted or intended to say (but didn't). Is this possible to

afowles wrote on 10 Jan 2005: Don't forget that I first offered my opinion on the matter. I then offered a fact. I'm sorry that you thinks facts are "simply ***." Quite sorry. You should be sorry for failing to understand that

Drafting up a document, I used the word "registrar" meaning "person in charge of registrations" at a conference. ... One ... to which the answer was "uh. erhm. 'registration desk staff?'". I could do that -

Concerning question tags, can some kind person explain to me why: "This is it, isn't it?" works just fine, but "Here it is, isn't it" is wrong. It's missing a question mark. Context would be required to see if

Why should a common arguably even standard usage need to be "defended"? Of course there are non-Christian Brits, ... such common idiomatic words and phrases as "Easter", "Christmas", "as the actress said to the

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