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Have you seen yourself retreating?*
The collected opinions of an august and aristocratic personage who, despite her body having succumbed to the ravages of time, yet retains the keen intellect, mordant wit and utter want of tact for which she was ...
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:57:36 GMT
"Buy a house, sell a home?"
This might not be worth a post, but anyway: Arnold Zwicky has a post at Language Log on "home" vs.
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:07:12 GMT
The Village Wordsmith: A dynamite word
Dynasty: from the Greek dynasteia , lordship, rule. 1. A succession of rulers who belong to the same family.
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:00:01 GMT
Language Facts & Figures: Prepositions
Richard's Grammar & Composition Blog Language Facts & Figures: Prepositions Our latest roundup of facts, figures, and wild hunches focuses on the preposition --one of the traditional parts of speech .
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:48:21 GMT
A rapprochement
The collected opinions of an august and aristocratic personage who, despite her body having succumbed to the ravages of time, yet retains the keen intellect, mordant wit and utter want of tact for which she was ...
Sat, 31 May 2008 09:48:05 GMT
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