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I don't know if this will help you or not, but you have probably already noticed that in the online M-W, there are usage notes about the subtle differences between words.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sly
synonyms sly ,
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Can someone tell me if there is any difference between the usage of FEW(LITTLE) or A FEW(A LITTLE) in tag questions? Examples: 1. They have little money, do they? In the first example i suppose we should use DO as the meaning of LITTLE MONEY is
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UC schrieb: What?!?!? People speak (good English) or they (speak) English (well). Regards, Einde O'Callaghan Neither you nor John Briggs seem to have noticed the curious usage which prompted UC's reply: "'good' English,"
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UC schrieb: No, that would be "well English". What?!?!? People speak (good English) or they (speak) English (well). Regards, Einde O'Callaghan Neither you nor John Briggs seem to have noticed the curious usage which prompted UC's
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A Google search of English language websites produces about 113,000,000 hits for "Ukraine" and only 2% of that number for the phrase "the Ukraine". It seems obvious that modern usage strongly favors dropping the
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izzy
3 yr 344 days ago
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I don't know about the "most popular verb" business: "have" is used more often, since it can function as an auxiliary verb (the use of "be" as an auxiliary is encountered more rarely). ** that's interesting, i
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chess one
3 yr 355 days ago
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How is this thread relevant to alt.usage.english??? How come you are questioning only this thread? I am questioning YOUR wasted propaganda.
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How is this thread relevant to alt.usage.english??? How come you are questioning only this thread? Ah ah ah!! No obfuscation, Mr. Jai Alai. Just answer the question. Or perhaps our English language is still rather puzzling to you. \\P. Schultz
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How is this thread relevant to alt.usage.english??? How come you are questioning only this thread? Go to the newsgroup archives and single out each and every thread that you think is irrelevant and provide explanations of why you think they are
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In old movies I occasionally hear of someone getting 'the third degree' ... What does "the third degree" refer to? I have always taken it as a comparison of the interrogation with burns. FWIW, from
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