• Re: What kind of film(s) would you LIKE to see?

  ." Samuel Johnson One of my fave quotes. I really enjoyed the book. I love words. - Susannah
  misc.writing.screenplays.moderated by mc 308 days ago

• Brown Sugar Re-Tux

  We were talking about the phrase 'Brown Sugar' recently. In Graham Nown's biography of Owney Madden, founder of the Cotton Club, he quotes a Cotton Club theatre card : "The New
  alt.usage.english by john dean 5 yr 211 days ago Friendships, Speaking, Chat

• Re: The excellence of American universities

  Charles Riggs (Email Removed) quotes: While some American scientists worry that the United States may be losing some of its edge, there is a recognition here that something basic has to change
  alt.usage.english by arcadian rises 5 yr 202 days ago Universities, Countries, United States, American, Students, Schools

• Re: 040516 1532Z (was 040516 1309Z)

  ... To follow his style, but to use quotes, seems unnecessary since I'm commenting on his point and not his
  alt.usage.english by robert lieblich 5 yr 191 days ago Sentences, Usages, Styles

• Re: "Defeat to..."

  The following quotes are from: http://www.accessnorthga.com/news/ap newfullstory.asp?ID=39628 or http://tinyurl.com/2odpb = begin quote Carter, a Democrat, served as the nation's 39th
  alt.usage.english by john o'flaherty 5 yr 172 days ago

• Re: Nothing about Piscataway, NJ

  the quotes is standard when the text is interrupted in that way. I disapprove. Please state your
  alt.usage.english by bob cunningham 5 yr 166 days ago Commas, Punctuation

• Hello

  and are aware of ambiguity of a language with out-ofcontext quotes. I have been running myself very often
  Chat, Make Friends, Meet Friendly People by goodman 3 yr 298 days ago

• Re: impossible things/breakfast [WAS"Brummie" T-shirt Shocking?]

  Donna Richoux filted: Someday I think we should do a survey of the quotes and passages of the two Alice books that we remember the most. The BBC said it was the most quoted body of work in English
  alt.usage.english by r h draney 5 yr 156 days ago Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Languages

• Re: Prehistory of "cool"?

  IIRC Marshall McLuhan (Understanding Media) quotes a conversation he had with a teenager of the day: MM: Why do you use "cool" when you really mean "hot". Teen: 'Cause you
  alt.usage.english by areff 5 yr 138 days ago Friendships, Speaking, Chat, Conversational

• Re: Quaver (was Re: Pronouncing "semi")

  I don't know whether "measure" really meant the interval between ... fact "quotes" were originally the stuff delimited by quotation marks. For me, "quotation marks" is relatively new. At school, we were taught
  uk.culture.language.english by michael west 5 yr 135 days ago Quotation Marks, Universities, Punctuation, Commas, Students, Schools
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