"Yours Truly"
Having written many business letters I know that to convey a somewhat unfriendly...
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Is English Forever In Bharat?
Forwarded message from "Mohan Sevak" ( From: "Mohan Sevak" ( Subject: IS ENGLISH...
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves -- A First Impression
(Emailed to Andrew Franklin of Profile Books, and posted to alt.usage.english.) Dear...
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How To Write A Letter To My Boss For Permission...
How to write a letter to my boss for permission. I am going to take one hour permisison...
Coal In The Christmas Stocking
There have been a number of references to this in recent posts, which reminded me...
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Da Vinci Code Quiz
Okay. Spoilers, I guess. Question one: You are the curator of the Louvre and you...
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FRIDAY HUMOR From "Dena Jo Kanner" <>
Forwarded message from "Dena Jo Kanner" (Email Removed) ( From: "Dena Jo Kanner...
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What Is "Identity Theft"?
Over the last few years I've seen an increasing number of references to "identity...
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Who Will Film Your Life?
[link] My results: Edward D. Wood, Jr. Your film will be 49% romantic, 36% comedy...
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Scotch Whiskey
Ian Rankin, in Fleshmarket Alley (2004) repeatedly uses the spelling "whiskey" in...
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Actor Pay Cuts In Tinseltown
The Sunday Times January 22, 2006 Stars accept pay cuts as Hollywood profits dip...
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When Is RP RP?
All this "who is plummy" business in the oo ah ee aye thread has set me thinking...
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The Phrase "Which Xxx To [Verb]" Is Singular...
Hi. Thank you for the comments. The biggest question I had was: The phrase "which...
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Cliché After Cliché After Cliché ...
After googling unsuccesfully for 20 minutes or so, can I ask if any of the learned...
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Some Good Advice
If, by chance, it ever comes about that you're being chased by some extremely powerful...
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The Sorrows Of The Subjunctive Mood?
I'm kind of puzzled as to the cases in which the subjunctive mood is supposed to...
Motivation Letter
could you help me, I feel like it's missing something please can you use your magic...
He Became Uncomfortable, As If He Were...
Hello: Any clear rules on using "were" in "he became uncomfortable, as if he were...
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TV Reality Sets In
NYT December 9, 2007 You Couldn¹t Write This Stuff: TV Reality Sets In By EDWARD...
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Summer Movies -- What Went Wrong
Turns out it was the shitty movies that got greenlit... who knew? +++ New York Times...
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