A coincidence. Just as I finished lunch a hot dog on a bun, a tomato, potato salad...

After my strode/stridden thread turned into a proved/proven thread, I discovered...

When is the pukka time to eat? My understanding is as follows, but I will welcome...

Elizabeth George, the California writer who writes very good mystery stories set...

This morning I heard a BBC World Service announcer made reference to "Oppra" Winfrey...

I am reading a book that was sent to me by another poster in aue. The sender will...

Well if usenet or the web is any indication, apparently so. I searched and turned...

(Emailed to Andrew Franklin of Profile Books, and posted to alt.usage.english.) Dear...

Recent hearings (compare "hearings" to "sightings"): 1. In reference to snow: "....

Enlightenment request. Today's "Pearls Before Swine" comic strip revolves around...

Reading something elsenet, I came across a reference to someone having "a hero sandwich...

Hello, I'm writing a paper on the social history of leet-speak since the early 80...

I'm just re-reading John Winton's "We Joined the Navy" (pub. 1959) and there is reference...

There have been a number of references to this in recent posts, which reminded me...

Let me try to bring some sunshine into these cold days. I just read a text where...

I am reading a book "Being English in Scotland". The author claims about English...

Hi, Can anyone help me find a rule, if there is one, for the proper use of the word...

I'm getting ready to apply to law school and I'm finishing up writing my personal...

Hello: Is this "tea of an afternoon" an idiomatic expression, similar to "five o...

Hi, I think I am going mad. I have loads of people here (in Sweden) who are writing...