all too true, i'm afraid. as for "war lite", that is pretty much the way of the world, since push-button attacks are far more common than massive ground troop movements. casualties, though announced daily in spite of our little war being

not to mention the homonyms, lite/light, which might imply the "enlightenment" brought to these countries by the ever-so-righteous followers of king george (w. bush)!

"empire lite" was coined by american media to explain the presence (both military and economic) in such far-flung, and heretofore largely "untapped" areas of the world such as x-,y-, and z-istan in central asia. (ok, the russians were there first,

articles are a subset of adjectives... given the 8 parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, interjections, pronouns) articles fall under adjectives. need more "proof"? check the following site:

downtown can be used as a noun... ex: Montréal's downtown is not as lively as it used to be. as for your example, i would be more likely to say "show me the way downtown", again, as a preposition (not an adverb as you have suggested). as for

thank god someone brought this suject to light! people seem to have no trouble saying "i feel better" (the comparative adjective form of "good"), but many go on and say "i am feeling well", which technically speaks to ones ability to touch things

all abbreviated titles in english require a "dot"

careful using CHEERIO(S)! it is a trademarked name of a breakfast cereal in the US and you know how litigious those corporations can be!

fishes should only be used as a very inclusive collective term, referring to the vast numbers of swimming creatures in the earth's waters AND when there is a desire to include the many varities as well. ex- fisherman A caught 100 fish,

such "short" forms of sentences are common in newspaper headlines. articles, adjectives, prepositions and other words are often omitted. i doubt that anyone would ever speak the sentence "bishop sends parishoners back".