Words & Wordplay (Education & Reference) - June 2006

According to dictionary.com and answers.com, the word "addicting" is suppose to be a transitive verb, but I have yet to see it used in a sentence as a transitive verb.

2006-06-20 16:30:14 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

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What is the word for not being able to remember the word you wanted to use?

I know there's a specific term for it, but (ironically enough) I can't think of what it is!

2006-06-20 16:10:53 · 18 answers · asked by ? 2

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I am the Ruler of Shovels, I have a double, I am as thin as a knife, i have a wife, What am I?

2006-06-20 15:04:28 · 6 answers · asked by noname 3

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i happen once every minute and twice in every moment. i never happen in a thousand years. what am i?

2006-06-20 14:44:49 · 13 answers · asked by noname 3

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what starts with e, ends with e, but has only one letter in it?"?

riddle!

2006-06-20 14:39:00 · 16 answers · asked by noname 3

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what's a word ending in v?

2006-06-20 14:33:32 · 10 answers · asked by carine-bean 2

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what's the reason of not using it?

I never buy unnessary things.(not correct)

I don't buy unnessary things.(correct)

As I know, "I never buy unnessary things" is not proper usage.
what's the reason of not using it?

2006-06-20 14:08:25 · 8 answers · asked by omazzri 1

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Who do people with lazy tongues insist on placing the way they say words into the dictionary?

Words such as Bastardisation, Bastard-i-sa-tion. whilst the simple lazy tounge would round it up into Barstardisation... then put it in the damn dictionary. Certainly words ending with '-isation' are where the common mistake is, though there certainly a large number of others.
There should only be one way of saying a word and that word being the word in the dictionary - this bastardisation of the ENGLISH dictionary rather idiotic and pointless.

2006-06-20 14:03:02 · 5 answers · asked by Ken 1

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What's the opposite of mediocre?

2006-06-20 14:02:18 · 17 answers · asked by murft66 3

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what's the plural for criteria? is it criteria or criterion?

2006-06-20 13:47:39 · 9 answers · asked by SanFranGirlie 1

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Who started the poem with roses are red and violets are blue?

2006-06-20 13:39:08 · 5 answers · asked by djk2g 2

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what does n.b. stand for at the bottom of a page of notes, or a document for example?

one of my teachers always put this at the end of his powerpoint notes or handouts he gave us, and i noticed other teachers at my college did this, and it was only at this college i noticed.

2006-06-20 13:35:12 · 10 answers · asked by L S 2

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Grammer question!?

Say you got an f.
then say you got a f.
aren't you supposed to not have the n? but it sounds weird when you don't. I don't get it.

2006-06-20 13:27:23 · 11 answers · asked by me 1

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How do I start a Blog in Yahoo?

2006-06-20 12:20:41 · 5 answers · asked by Mir540 1

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A riddle about words and pronunciation!?

For you English buffs out there, I haven’t forgotten you. Here is a riddle for you.

What is a five letter word in the English language whose pronunciation isn’t changed by removing four of its letters?

You must understand, I’m an English & Linguistics major - so crazy stuff like this I love. <:o)

2006-06-20 12:19:28 · 9 answers · asked by Answers Anyone 4

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