I think normally "personal attack" refers to a form of logical fallacy, where one party attacks the party who is making an argument instead of the argument itself. For example, an American has presented an argument, to which his opponent

I just watched the highlights of the game on youtube, and it looks like it was one hell of a game! You people, who got to see it, are very lucky :). I am hoping Russian soccer team can make a comeback at the Euro Cup.

I think "wider economy" means everybody who borrows from commercial banks, which is pretty much everybody. The central bank usually lends money to commercial banks; therefore, they can lower the interest rate, but if commercial banks

Can you say congratulations to someone on their birthday? Or is congratulations only used to complement somebody on their achievement ?

Thanks for the explanation, Clive, The first time in my life that I even encountered any suggestion that one might put a comma there was just a couple of years ago when I started reading this Forum. The first time for me was only couple of

Hi Clive, 'I bought apples, pears and oranges' Yes, I doubt anybody would think that pears and oranges comprise apples, but are there any disadvantages to putting a comma before and?

Dew, here is a site that might be interesting to you http://www.whowouldtheworldelect.com/ So if foreigners would elect Ron Paul, they would like the US better if Ron Paul is elected. Out of more realistic choices, Obama is next, then

In politics, win is an ambiguous concept! I imagine the definition of win that the reporters were using involved the popular vote, not the delegate count. This could very well be true, but the reporters should've been more specific.

I keep seeing on the news that Hillary won Texas, it is just mentioned by the way, but still. Hillary won Texas the primary with 65 delegates to Obama's 61, but she lost the caucus 29-38. Therefore, the total delegate score from Texas is

Thank you, guys.