Fri 27 Jun, 2008 03:37 pm - I had already seen that wiki page, and it's as much use as a chocolate teapot.
"Used in the Middle Ages"? By who? That page doesn't cite a single mediaeval document in... (view)
Fri 27 Jun, 2008 02:56 am - It's a cliche about the medieval Norman settlers in Ireland that they rapidly became "hiberniores hibernis ipsos", i.e. "more Irish than the Irish themselves". I've... (view)
Thu 21 Feb, 2008 01:24 pm - Contrex is technically correct that the comma, etc. are not grammatically necessary. However, they are perfectly acceptable, and depending on the context they might well be highly desirable to give... (view)
Thu 21 Feb, 2008 01:12 pm - The original meaning of "sheer" was "clear, pure". In your sentence, as in the ones Contrex supplied, it has the sense "unmitigated, absolute", "that and nothing... (view)
Thu 21 Feb, 2008 12:56 pm - [quote]'went' is not past tense, it is only the past tense FORM. There's a big difference. [/quote]
But because it is the past tense form, the rest of the sentence must correspond.... (view)
Mon 21 Jan, 2008 10:41 am - I agree with Brandon9000, [i]if [/i]the word used is "breaking-up".
But I would say :
You had nothing to do with the [b]break-up between [/b]me and my girlfriend.
I can't... (view)
Tue 15 Jan, 2008 11:18 am - It's perfectly normal and correct in colloquial speech. In very formal English many traditionalists would object to it, and would prefer some other construction, e.g.:
I feel that we are... (view)
Fri 11 Jan, 2008 03:01 am - [quote]most Americans would say "way too few". [/quote]
But nobody else. This is specifically an Americanism and would sound American to any English-speaker outside North America (I... (view)
Thu 10 Jan, 2008 03:20 am - And in parts of southern Germany and Austria they were also known as "[i]Paradiesaepfel[/i]" ("paradise apples"), because people thought they were the "forbidden... (view)
Fri 4 Jan, 2008 08:17 am - [quote]dont understand the meaning of
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biodegradable plastic beverage .
does whisky bottle degrades ? this concept is not clear [/quote]
It is not the [i]beverage [/i]that is... (view)
