Finding Handedness-Neutral Wording (Left...
In times past, bias against left-handed people was conscious and acceptable. Lefties...
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Blair To Be Drummed Out ?
Rather nice misspeak on the steam wireless this morning by a terribly out-of-her...
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Simon Hughes Is Pure Evil
I think there comes a point when one has to admit that the devil does indeed exist...
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Gotten
Sorry if this has been done to death already. Is it true that the word gotten was...
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Norrell, Norrell
Leonard Lopate, on his radio show on WNYC, just said that Americans and Germans would...
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Bongo, Bwana?
For reasons unknown to me, a post I wrote to this thread, and which I reposted when...
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"Pippa Passes" - Rude Word In The Browning...
I've just been reading a book on Victorian prudery, as applied to Roman artefacts...
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Marks And Spencer
(A posting on a specifically British and Irish subject. My apologies to contributors...
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Wet Sails
The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race is on at the moment, and we are being plied with...
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Correct Meaning Of "Quantum Leap"?
(Sorry: Not the TV show.) The term "quantum leap" is commonly used as a popularized...
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Help - Sentences
I need to do this exercise for tomorrow. One of the sentences is correct, the remaining...
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First Draft Done
It's too short, too mechanical, probably too trite, but the first draft of my first...
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Setting Up A Story
There's been some discussion about pace and getting in late and chapter and that...
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I Want To Tell You All About My Country...
Hello , I am Gu Gu and I am from Myanmar country which is situated in Asia, near...
Help Needed With Law School Personal Statment
Here's a draft of my law school personal statement. I found it very difficult to...
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Passive Voice Writting Exercise?
I am sorry to keep bothering but I need to learn more and I can't do this I have...
Grammar Check ... Neither - Nor, Prevail...
Apologies in advance for this long intro, but I feel I need to give some context...
Should Subjectless Clauses Always Be Adverbial...
1) Are subjectless clauses only used if they have adverbial properties? In other...
Multiple Coordinate Adjectives - Commas...
I am a budding ESOL/EFL teacher in S.America that is trying to get to grips with...
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Changing The Direct Questions To Indirect...
2. How old was he? A: How old you are. 3. How much did it cost? How much did...