Anyway, what's the differences of rugby and American football. One with protective gear and one without? That's one difference, but there are many others (some of which neccesitate the padding for football). Basically, rugby is much more of a

Hello again Jackson, Since no one else has decided to step up to the plate and respond to your post, I though I'd better. You seem to want both conventional intellectual criticism as well as English criticism, so I've attempted to offer both

what are the tem commandments? That's actually a more complicated question than many realize. According to the Bible, God declared that he had ten commandments which the Israelites were to receive, but in the passages that followed more than

Hi Jackson, Sorry I didn't respond to this sooner. I hadn't been keeping very close tabs on this thread and didn't realize that more responses had been posted. Is this true that when Moses (PBUH) and his people reached the Nile there was

I think that this BBC link gives a fair assessment regarding the current political situation surrounding this topic: Q&A: Armenian 'genocide' . It also provides links to other relevant articles.

Hi YoungCalifornian, so it seems cursive writing is tought in the US, isn't it? Do Americans usually write that way? Here in Italy we use cursive very much, it's quick. In school, essays are always

Question: What effect do you think David Beckham coming to America to play soccer (Football) will have on the American people who traditionally watch American football, basketball, or baseball? I mean he is so famous over seas but in America he is

This is usually called "italics" in English. Anyway, I am also curious to know if and how English learners with native tongues with very different alphabets or writing systems (i.e. Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, etc.) learn cursive. If it's

Yes, I loved Sesame Street when I was a kid. My favorite characters were Big Bird, Bert (I was the only person I know to prefer Bert to Ernie), and the Count.