Education & Reference - 5 July 2006

I have taken several English Grammar classes that explained the tiny differences between sentences that mean almost the same thing but not quite, and I've always wondered about this one:

At the end of the movie "Bridget Jones' Diary", she takes a pen and scratches out the words "Bridget Jones' Diary" to replace them with "Diary of Bridget Jones". Is there any difference in meaning between the two forms?

2006-07-05 08:18:49 · 8 answers · asked by nellierslmm 4 in Words & Wordplay

Has standing on your feet been employed as a torure technique?

2006-07-05 08:17:05 · 1 answers · asked by Zach G 1 in Trivia

Do not infere that I was refering to my testicles. Though I may have been, but I would like to leave the reference ambigious since I don't want to sound like a pervert.

2006-07-05 08:13:52 · 11 answers · asked by The Governor of the Chapped Star 2 in Quotations

2006-07-05 08:13:11 · 8 answers · asked by jenniferscott1974 3 in Words & Wordplay

i have to do summer reading for school.. we can read ANY 3 books we want..i want to read catcher in the rye, but what about the other 2 books? any suggestions?

2006-07-05 08:12:53 · 19 answers · asked by matt o 1 in Homework Help

ok... so it is REALLY important for me to be able to go to Harvard so that I can get the education that I need. The only drawback is, I'm not the best person at math. So if I take Advanced Placement classes in High School (except in math), and to the marching band do you think that I can get into Harvard?

2006-07-05 08:12:27 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Higher Education (University +)

Or DeVry College? I am trying to decide which school would be the best move. I have to work full time but I want to get my BA! I was told it would take about 2 years to get my BA, but I want to go to the best school. Anyone know?

2006-07-05 08:06:26 · 10 answers · asked by ♥eLizAbEtH♥ 5 in Higher Education (University +)

serious answers only please. really i don't know what it will be like. i am going into the biggest high school in state and i don't know where everything is. did you ever get lost when you entered high school? what is the first week of school like?

2006-07-05 08:05:34 · 5 answers · asked by ? 2 in Primary & Secondary Education

2006-07-05 08:04:35 · 11 answers · asked by chris 2 in Words & Wordplay

If I leave my current school which uses a period schedule and go to a school with a block schedule, will I gain or lose credits?

2006-07-05 08:01:57 · 7 answers · asked by James N 2 in Primary & Secondary Education

what is a shamoota? cause i hear it a lot. i think it means something bad, and also yesterday a child came up to me @ the beach and called me it!! but i didnt noe wat it meant! help.

2006-07-05 08:01:12 · 1 answers · asked by hotty♥25 3 in Other - Education

why or why not?

2006-07-05 07:56:08 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Teaching

2006-07-05 07:56:04 · 5 answers · asked by Bret 1 in Higher Education (University +)

2006-07-05 07:55:58 · 13 answers · asked by Mirko B 1 in Higher Education (University +)

I want to be an archaeologist. I am thinking about going to my local collage (which does not offer a degree in archaeology) and then going to another school and major in archaeology,since there aren't any good achaeology schools in my state. What should i major in at my local collage? I would like to be finacialy stable before i move somewhere else and major in archaeology. Would history be good?

2006-07-05 07:53:57 · 7 answers · asked by lalalalalalal 3 in Higher Education (University +)

I looked in the online Spanish to English dictionary, but there were no matches found.I was wondering what it means because alot of places are named La Hacienda.So is it a made up word or does it really mean something?

2006-07-05 07:53:50 · 15 answers · asked by cutekittens4me 1 in Quotations

2006-07-05 07:52:09 · 10 answers · asked by Antigone 2 in Other - Education

"whose line is it anyways?"

2006-07-05 07:48:37 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Trivia

The 'M' in ATM already stands for machine and the 'N' in PIN already stands for number. Also, when referring to a bank vault box you can rent, it's called a SAFE deposit box, not SAFETY.

2006-07-05 07:47:50 · 23 answers · asked by Curbkindaguy 2 in Words & Wordplay

2006-07-05 07:46:04 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Higher Education (University +)

What is with the extreme lack of proper spelling and grammar skills from a large percentage of the participants on this site!? I mean, I'm all for wRitiNG CrAZy LiKe tHiS sOmETimEs (not all the time, maybe after a night of drinking), but when the replacement of words with numbers and symbols makes a sentence hard to read and understand and none of the verbs are in the right tense, you have to wonder about the 12-15 age bracket and what they really are learning in school.....

and this has nothing to do with who speaks english and who doesn't, in fact the people on here who reside in places other than the US have better syntax than these kids

2006-07-05 07:44:44 · 18 answers · asked by DFA79 3 in Teaching

2006-07-05 07:39:17 · 5 answers · asked by Ellen E 1 in Words & Wordplay

The reason i am asking this is acadimicley and also he is a very good athlete and while adding this all up, at his Senior Year he would barely be turning 17 and i believe with one more year and at 18 he would be more mature in academics and in sports.

2006-07-05 07:36:02 · 12 answers · asked by fbcoachca 1 in Teaching

2006-07-05 07:35:51 · 17 answers · asked by Giuleah 3 in Higher Education (University +)

2006-07-05 07:33:36 · 9 answers · asked by shannongirl074 2 in Teaching

If you're not smart enough or committed enough or whatever enough to get your diploma should you be allowed to take other people's lives in your hands by being out driving a car?

2006-07-05 07:30:49 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Education

When I was at school ( a long time ago), some of the books I had to read were Brave New World (Aldous Huxley), Animal Farm, 1984 (George Orwell), Sons & Lovers (D H Lawrence), The Hobbit (Tolkien), and many others. These books inspired me to continue reading - Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Solzhenitsyn, Jane Austen, The Brontes, Elizabeth Gaskell, George Elliott, Balzac, Mervin Peake, Trollope, Wilkie Collins, Robert Graves, Evelyn Waugh, Grahame Greene and so on and so on.

My 15 year old son came home last week with an essay to do for English Lit on the film 6th Sense. I've never seen it. I've heard it's a good film. But......is it really literature??? Are we doing our children a great disservice by not introducing them to great literature?

Or am I just old fashioned and living in the past.

2006-07-05 07:30:30 · 8 answers · asked by Guru Nana 2 in Primary & Secondary Education

2006-07-05 07:27:15 · 2 answers · asked by irish 1 in Words & Wordplay

2006-07-05 07:25:28 · 9 answers · asked by nattydreddey 2 in Trivia

2006-07-05 07:23:29 · 1 answers · asked by dhamas 3 in Higher Education (University +)