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English grammar, word usages, and related topics.
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Name of music instrument?
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I'm looking for the name of a music instrument. It might be a sort of zither. It looks and sounds a bit like a zither, but it's different from a "The Third Man" type of zither: the strings are not plucked, but strummed, and there's a keyboard. The right hand is playing on the keyboard, while the left hand is strumming the strings.... more »
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difference
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Is 'difference' necesserily between 'two' things?
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The verb "arse" (was: Contemporary classical: admit it, you're bored)
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[Note: adding alt.usage.english for relevance] ...As far as I know, there are only three ways to use it as a verb: 1. "can't be arsed" = "can't be bothered" (e.g., "He just can't be arsed to do any work around here", "I can't be arsed to clean up after you"); 2. "arse about" = US "fart around" (e.g. "Stop arsing about and get in... more »
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Codex Sinaiticus
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MSNBC reports that the allegedly oldest existing copy of the Bible is now online, both in the original Greek and in select translations. It's supposed to be here: [link] But when I tried to click the link to the manuscript I got an error page that said "too many concurrent connections (> 100.000)." Apparently large... more »
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"anti-Serbia comment" or "anti-Serbian comment"?
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Can somebody please tell me which one of these is correct: "He made an anti-Serbia comment". "He made an anti-Serbian comment". The comment is anti the country, so I figure it must be the former, right? The second one seems it would also work, but people might think that it aganist the people of Serbia. It's all very confusing.... more »
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African email scams
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In my spamcatcher email inbox* I routinely get emails from people pretending to be bankers in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The pattern is that some rich fellow died nearly eight years ago and took all his beneficiaries with him, so now these crooked bankers want me to assist them in spiriting the guy's... more »
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Since they have lived ...
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Hello: Are you comfortable with both of these sentences? 1) It's a long time since they HAVE LIVED in London. 2) It's a long time since they LIVED in London. Also, for each, does it say anything about the person currenly living (or not) in London? Pls indicate BrE/AmE. Thanks. Marius Hancu
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