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English grammar, word usages, and related topics.
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James: her opening so straight down
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Hello: I'm not quite getting this: "her [Sarah] opening so straight down, as it were, into her mother, and that, given Mrs. Newsome's profundity, the shaft thus sunk might well have a reach;" I understand it has some connection with Sarah being a true daughter of Mrs. Newsome, i.e. a tough woman herself.... more »
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James: as she was poured for Sarah
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Hello: One of the toughest paras in the books, IMO, but perhaps I'm bogged down in some failed interpretations. My question is about 1st sentence, the part containing "poured." Does this mean she was trying to figuratively "pour her own being" in kindnesses to Sarah or what? Or is "just" to be read as "correct" here? I read it as "even,"... more »
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Names of the schools
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1. These are the names of the schools whose students' parents should fill in the forms. 2. These are the names of the schools the parents of whose students should fill in the forms. Any ambiguities here? The sentences aren't mine. Thanks. Marius Hancu
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The New York Times
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Let me ask a question about the relationship between a proper noun and the certain arcitle. Newspapers' name like "New York Times" get the certain article before it, and my question is what is supposed to be abbreviated on the phrase? For example, the New York Times newspaper. Because my book of English grammar says that a proper noun with the... more »
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Wonk
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From page 2 of of the Sunday Times Supplement, 15 November, under the title "There's some smart thinking in Cameron's simple vision of the Big Society":- "[...] Cameron did this by name-checking no fewer than 15 intellectuals and thinkers -- some dead, some Labour, most American. Recently, Tory wonks,... more »
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Llangollen Blues
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Creamed potatoes are *not* boiled potatoes served in half a pint of double cream. DC
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convertable
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Why is the word convertible and not convertable? Is there some rule?
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