I heard "extremely capable" today. This doesn't happen often, but it did bother me a little. Capable, to me, is a finate state. Either one is or one is not capable. Once that state is exceeded, one is still merely capable. Am I wrong

I don't feeol this distinction with pronouns since the double possessive is the only possible form, i.e. "a friend of yours", but never ever "a friend of you", whereas both "a friend of John's" and "a

It sometimes amazes me that I have in the course ... why it would bewilder and confuse folks learning the language. I didn't start speaking English until my early teens and I think "out of" is not that difficult to figure out. I was

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On 02 Apr 2004, Ian Noble wrote -snip- I agree that that is probably the intended meaning, but ... discomfort in each case. Is that only a British usage? I don't think so, but I'm not at all sure. For what it's worth, your

On 02 Apr 2004, Donna Richoux wrote -snip- I would have assumed it had the second meaning ... "We arrived home from the doctor with Oscar roaring drunk..." I agree that that is probably the intended meaning, but at the first reading, I

It's very common for Japanese people, when speaking English, to use the "do you know X" construction as a literal ... "yard" in that sense is a British usage). So is this dialectical at all or is it just plain

It's very common for Japanese people, when speaking English, to use the "do you know X" construction as a literal ... in that sense is a British usage). So is this dialectical at all or is it just plain "wrong"? -Chris

It's very common for Japanese people, when speaking English, to use the "do you know X" construction as a literal translation of "X wo shiiteru?" to ask if you have heard of something or someone. For instance: "Do you

The leaders of India would do well to attempt to make everyone fluent in English. The educated people of India ... And with a billion people speaking English, Indians could become the standard setters for proper usage not some guys in Oxford.