Hmmm...both are fine, but I would tend to say #2 before I would say #1, just because of personal preference. When I think of the phrase "for THE second time", I feel like it should have more to it. It should have the phrase "this month" or

I can really see your point, Lilbit. It does seem like a major shame that tax payers are footing the bill for a bunch of people who will never change and may or may not ever get out of prison for any reason. It's really unfair, but I figure it's

lilbit... Self-defense is another thing entirely...even still, were I to have to defend myself, my goal would be only to preserve my own life by incapacitating the other person, not killing him. As far as people who kill and kill and will

I was just talking to a guy from Sidney last night, and he said the same thing...about Australia being a culturally diverse place. I wanna move there now! heheh, that would be so exciting!!! Of course, I also think of the TV show Farscape when

Unfortunately, Americans are so arrogant that "our" (I say "our" because I don't approve of jokes like that, but I do live here) jokes make fun of lots of different people, depending on the world scene. I've heard jokes about Arabs, Mexicans,

To communicate effectively in any language, you have to adapt your way of communicating at some point. Language is very much related to culture, and what's acceptable in one culture isn't necessarily so in another. That's why it's important to

I could be wrong, but for some reason the only kinds of questions I can think of right now that require 1 word answers begin with forms of the verbs "to do" or "to be". For example: "Do you like to eat fish?" -- yes/no "Does he drink

Yes, it is. But life wouldn't be worth living if I was forced to do everything.

"Around the world only one group are terrorizing these days... " I agree that it seems to be radical Muslims causing most of the religiously motivated problems on the world scene today, but that's not necessarily the case. Look at northern

hehe, no problem! We're definitely thorough! That "Dictionary of Cultural Literacy" is a good book. I used to study it in junior high school when I was briefly on the academic team, before I decided that I didn't feel like learning facts for