Sun 15 Dec, 2013 09:12 am - I wish I could delete this post. I just gave a try, but it misfired; I got a message telling me that I'm not able to delete this post now.
I won't post this article on other... (view)
Sun 15 Dec, 2013 08:06 am - I venture to say that a respectable, erudite intellectual like Mr. William Safire would have allowed us to use his much-coveted language column as a reference. At the same time, if such moves... (view)
Sun 15 Dec, 2013 05:57 am - Oh, I see. Thanks. In effect, I was informed this afternoon that some journalists are keen to neglect the the sequence of tenses rule when working on their articles. That explains why I was... (view)
Sun 15 Dec, 2013 03:55 am - Hi, guys, I'd like to ask you guys three questions about usage of tenses, particularly some sentences I have found in the pages of several publications.
The first one is: "The U.S.... (view)
Sat 14 Dec, 2013 01:45 pm - Hi, guys, I was wondering if you guys could help me cut and paste an article from the well-regarded William Safire's column entitled On Language, which can be found on the website of The... (view)
Sat 7 Dec, 2013 11:52 pm - You have a point, To my knowledge, the former president Bush is said to have taken home gobs of financial gains from getting into the oil business; he used to work for his family owned oil... (view)
Sat 7 Dec, 2013 12:53 pm - Oh, it just occurred to me that hunks like Justin Bieber rule the world. Girls just hanker after him and go squirrelly when he is around. Oh, baby, baby, he's such cute. Teeheeeeeeeee. (view)
Sat 7 Dec, 2013 12:30 pm - I'd say the top brass, rent-seeking interest groups or vested interests, namely the richest people on Forbes's Richest People list , and their fawning lickspittles who are obsessed... (view)
Sat 7 Dec, 2013 11:42 am - I dig your name, bud. I should have picked another trendy word as my ID here, say, tuhao. Lol. What a pity that I'm just another lightweight in China. (view)
