Briefly, HE will arrange directly with the authority concerned for the recruitment and training of technicians. Should be: He will arrange directly with the authority concerned with the recruitment and training of technicians. He

Jimmy Olsen was not an office boy. He was consistently referred to in the comic books and televison show of the 1950s as a "cub reporter." "Cub" refers, of course, to the young of many animals, as in "bear cub." Tom.

You may be interested in another definition, used in technical contexts: In general, collocation is moving or placing things together, sometimes implying a proper order. On the Internet, this term (often spelled "colocation" or "co-location")

Yes, "dude" is used extensively by American surfers too and it's my guess that its current vogue began with California surfers. Mr. Rocket a tad OTT - hitchhiker.

And then there's that idiot in the infomercial on light night TV hawking yet another get-rich-quick scheme. This one involves creating a website on which you can sell his dietary supplement. He keeps saying things like, "This is the greatest

"I didn't think she was going" is correct because it is not an example of the subjunctive mood in English. The subjunctive mood is used when the sentence expresses a thought contrary to reality. "If I were king..." (I'm not the king.) "If

Wow, what a great question! What is your native language? Does your language have the equivalent of "manyeth?" As you note there is no such word in English but I think we should nominate it for inclusion because it would come in handy. ("Come

"Buddy" is an informal way to refer to a friend. I might refer to my best friend Mike as "my buddy Mike." Americans use "buddy" in much the same way the English use "mate." "He goes out with his girlfriend on Saturday nights but on Friday he