1. I never heard "shoot the lights" before, but we call it "running a red light" or "running through a red light." 2. Yup, we use "automatic" as a noun that way all the time. 3. I usually hear "yeild" or "yeild the right of way." Happy to

Despite their quirks, I always liked the English. I think the law is the same here regarding seatbelts, but in my experience, the driver usually just assumes that the passengers fasten their seatbelts automatically. Oh, I just thought of

1. Both of those sound perfectly natural, and both are used a lot. 2. I'm not sure how people usually say this, because I never hear it -- I guess most people don't remind their passengers to fasten their seatbelts. And yes, it is often used in

That's a bit harsh, Orior. I think his jokes in this thread are what you'd call "light humor" -- the kind of thing you'd use to lighten up a newspaper article to create a silly, light-hearted tone. Writers use these kinds of jokes/anecdotes all

I don't know what all this fuss is about here, but I thought the two jokes were alright. I've heard much worse -- sometimes from actual comedians. I think the Paris Hilton joke is something that you might hear on a late night talk show like Jay

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Yes, that sentence is grammatically correct. It sounds somewhat awkward, though; we don't usually say "our furniture is" in that context. "We have a table, chair and lamp" would sound better.

"The number" and "a number" take singular verbs when used alone. Example: "The number is seven." When used to modify other nouns, "a number" is (always?) plural. Example: "A number of people are waiting." But "the number" used to modify

Q1: No, I don't think there's any difference between A and B. Q2: In any setting, it's usually better to avoid repetition. A sounds more formal to me, but both A and B would work in formal writing. Q3: I think the verb should be "are" any