Eats, Shoots & Leaves -- A First Impression
(Emailed to Andrew Franklin of Profile Books, and posted to alt.usage.english.) Dear...
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Coal In The Christmas Stocking
There have been a number of references to this in recent posts, which reminded me...
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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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Scotch Whiskey
Ian Rankin, in Fleshmarket Alley (2004) repeatedly uses the spelling "whiskey" in...
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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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Hip Hop In Classroom
Im doing an english paper on how hip hop is the most influential music amongst todays...
An Adjective Clause With Complex Grammatical...
The following is a paragraph from an old book written many years ago by an English...
Janet Jackon's Ugly Tit Raised Again
Legal terminology is almost always an English usage issue for Americans, especially...
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Reduced Adverbial Clause With 'Being'...
Adverbial clauses can be reduced by omitting the subject and the verb to be: Why...
Please Validate My Answers To This Passage...
Annual Sales Report We had an excellent year at Dymo Industries. Total sales...
The Future Reference, "Supersede" Should...
I'd b interested in any comments about the sentence below (and in the subject header...
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Cna Someone Help Me With These Sentences...
can someone look at the grammar please 1. The owner of the apartment overbudgets...
Present Perfect In These Two Sentences...
The interviews I have been on have asked for a reference from my latest employer...
Problems With "Pronoun Reference"?
Can you please explain why this one has an unclear pronoun reference: ...
Phd Application Cover Letter?
Can somebody please help to proof-read and give some suggestions on the cover letter...
Salary Increment?
I recently got promoted to Foreman and I've been given to understand that I'll get...
Note-Writing Format?
Hi, everyone. Yesterday I read in a reference book on note-writing compiled by a...
? Many Years' Experience Vs. Many Years...
Hi there, I'm a translator, and I've been writing "many years' experience" for -...
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