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what kinds of cats?
Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:58:25 GMT
I am having an argument with the RFC-Editor. My co-author had written:
but some of them may be required in certain types of article.
and she changed it into
but some of them may be required in certain types of articles.
To justify this, she referred to the Chicago Manual of Style at
http://www.chic ...
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Critical but stable
Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:53:47 +0100
Just to keep this group alive...
Yet again I hear on the wireless that a victim of violence is - and
has been for several days - in a 'critical but stable condition'. To
my ear, these are almost antonyms, a view borne out I think by
dictionaries. How do you understand it?
--
Noel
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the definded article and computer-related proper names
Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:29:08 -0800 (PST)
Hello,
I'm not an Englishman, it might be the reason why some affairs in
English are problematic for me. Let's take the defined article -
"the". Where to use it and where not? I don't mean the basic usage,
but sometimes I'm really confused. For example, if there are some
proper names. Of course, there are some ru ...
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Language exchange and classes with friends
Tue, 17 Feb 2009 07:44:26 -0800 (PST)
Meet people in London and around the world, learn a language (Spanish,
Russian, German, French, Japanese, Italian, Chinese, Greek, Polish,
Portuguese,...), discover new cultures, have fun in:
London: http://www.babelan.net/babelan.php?lang=eng&c=LON
Cheers ...
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Downloadable dictionary wanted
Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:32:30 -0000
Hi there
Can anyone point me to a site where I can download an English dictionary in
a format I can load into a database?
I'm hoping to download in CSV format or similar, with a list of English
words and their word types, eg noun, verb etc
Thanks in advance
Jim
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Private Banking Made Simple - because patsy wasted American Soldiers will just refuse to defend American values - Torture is a crime against God and Humanity. - Bush closed 911 investigations according to the FBI.
Sat, 07 Feb 2009 04:40:28 -0600
Private Banking Made Simple
http://www.mediafire.com/?xo9w32zmfox
9/11: Total Proof That Bombs Were Planted In The Buildings!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n-nT-luFIw&NR=1
VIEWS: 10,100,000
King Johnny Speaks Coast to Coast! Answers Everything!
http://www.mediafire.com/?myz0etmzx1y
Five Dancing I ...
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screenplay etc
Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:30:09 +0100
Hi !
I'm Barbara from Rome. At present days, I'm attending high school
and I'm deeply involved in learning English, although (as you,
probably, have just observed) I'm still a beginner.
I download a lot of lyrics from the Internet to read them while
listening songs (in English, of course) to get some skill in ...
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Re: some word usage
Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:13:47 -0800 (PST)
On 15 Jan, 23:18, t...@softins.clara.co.uk (Tony Mountifield) wrote:
> In article <f8705980-5220-46b4-8f3b-5c42f4155...@v39g2000pro.googlegroups.com>,
> UncleEnglish ?<dolomi...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > On 2 Jan, 16:50, "John Briggs" <john.brig...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> > > Paul wrote:
> > > > You could hear her t ...
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Re: some word usage
Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:59:07 -0800 (PST)
On 1 Jan, 16:59, David <nos...@nomaps.amnops.invalid> wrote:
> In article <cfb5a$495cf1e4$cdd085df$6...@DIALUPUSA.NET>,
> ? ?Sanforized <sanfori...@naol.com> wrote:
>
> > David wrote:
> > > See what I mean? - It's 'I', 'I', 'I', all the time with anyone who
> > > even gets anywhere near the word 'mensa'.
> > I ...
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Re: some word usage
Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:18:55 +0000 (UTC)
In article <f8705980-5220-46b4-8f3b-5c42f4155371@v39g2000pro.googlegroups.com>,
UncleEnglish <dolomite8@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On 2 Jan, 16:50, "John Briggs" <john.brig...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> > Paul wrote:
> > > You could hear her talk via her
> > > > memos!'. Wonderful!
> >
> > > Talkin' through your notes ...
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