Words & Wordplay - December 2006

2006-12-07 14:35:25 · 3 answers · asked by West 3

"I loaned him the money." I frequently hear people on TV court shows say borrow for lend. What part of the US says it backwards like that? It's incorrect, isn't it?

2006-12-07 14:32:26 · 13 answers · asked by Raven 5

2006-12-07 14:32:02 · 9 answers · asked by JoAnne :) 3

pLEASE HELP ME THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE IS THE MOST COMPLEX SENTENCE EVER, FOR MY ENGLISH TEACHER HOW CAN I CORRECT IT ( MAKE IT MORE UNDRSTANDABLE?)????-----------------------------------------------
'''The event that was significant to the second tragedy of the play, which is the marriage of Oedipus and his mother, is the kingship of Oedipus as a reward of saving the Thebes from sphinx. '''''

2006-12-07 14:30:44 · 6 answers · asked by mike 1

Please tell me how can i correct this sentence!

"The most relevant examples of events that show the oracle of Oedipus’ life, led Oedipus to run away from them, which in turn led him to fulfill the prophecies."

2006-12-07 14:08:17 · 6 answers · asked by DREW 1

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The bulk of the exports from these two regions goes to Europe and the United States. Africa *overtakes* the transition economies, including Russia, as the largest regional supplier to Europe.

2006-12-07 14:01:42 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2 people called me that today

2006-12-07 13:58:42 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-07 13:56:45 · 4 answers · asked by revacheer 1

In the English langauge

2006-12-07 13:56:00 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-07 13:54:39 · 5 answers · asked by Bridget 3

2006-12-07 13:48:53 · 5 answers · asked by Part Time Cynic 7

Okay, this sounds dumb. I'm a math teacher doing a brain teaser for my kids. I got stumped on something and ran it by my bf. We got into an argument over it. Please tell me your interpretation...
"The person with green eyes is taller than either of the people with violet or hazel eyes."

I took it to be the person with green eyes is taller than both the person with the violet and the person with the hazel eyes.

He was adament that it meant the person with the green eyes was taller than one or the other (violet or hazel) but not both, since the word "either" came in.

I know, it sounds stupid, huh? :)

2006-12-07 13:48:03 · 7 answers · asked by Lovinglife 1

I mean, it just flows off the tongue. What's your favorite word?

2006-12-07 13:31:09 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-07 13:30:56 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-07 13:26:23 · 5 answers · asked by Pffff 1

Today I'm focusing on the word "hell"

Most people use this word in common sentences like,

"What the hell was that?"
"What the hell are you talking about?"

The word "hell" just by itself is a noun, so using it in these sentences is like saying,
"What the car are you talking about?"

I believe "hell" could be used as an adjective if you throw an "ish" to make it "hellish"

"That persons' face was hellish"

Am I correct? What's your opinion?

2006-12-07 13:16:59 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

We want to scrap this material at INDIA and debit the cost of the same to you as we are having KPMG audit next week.
please explain it in simple words,my english is very limited.

2006-12-07 13:11:44 · 3 answers · asked by popcorn0421 1

2006-12-07 13:11:18 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

1. Say it! Say it! Say "I lost the nest-egg."
2. he will crash that boat off Catalina Island, and he will drown and die and seals will eat him.
3. toot toot tootsie,goodbye
4. I tell you that I believe that Tom, while a very nice guy, is the Devil.
5. I am beginning to repel people I'm trying to seduce.
6. Wouldn't this be a great world if insecurity and desperation made us more attractive?

2006-12-07 13:05:31 · 4 answers · asked by I am Sunshine 6

wonder what the f**k happened to education?The grammar the spelling the lack of common sense is really disappointing.Read a goddamn book!! *********Rant over**********

2006-12-07 12:49:54 · 7 answers · asked by Mr Rockmore 2

Who can tell the tallest tale in the least amount of words. Please do it attempting to convince the reader of its veracity even though it will be understood to be untruthful.

2006-12-07 12:47:56 · 5 answers · asked by G-Man 3

2006-12-07 12:42:55 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-07 12:28:06 · 3 answers · asked by noni lady 1

can yall put these in the right category
words:

niece's
nieces'
nieces
country's
countries'
countries
salesman's
salesmen's
its
ours
Mr.Murphy's
Murphys
witness's
witnesses'
witnesses
secratary's
secretaries'
secretaries
theirs
hers

put these in these categorys

five plural nouns


four possesive pronouns
six singular possesive nouns
and five plural possesive nouns


thanx

2006-12-07 12:13:35 · 5 answers · asked by Mike 2

As in "I am searching ________". What would one put to use futile as an adverb?

2006-12-07 12:03:08 · 5 answers · asked by Venn D 1

2006-12-07 12:02:35 · 17 answers · asked by MINERVA S 1

Please tell me it's not "Ooh I could crush a grape"!

2006-12-07 12:00:33 · 15 answers · asked by Thinker 4

I'm trying to use words from like the 1960's because I'm the secret Santa for someone and I'm trying to make sure they can't tell how I talk.

To give you an idea, I've used:

nifty keen
neato

thats all i can think of

2006-12-07 11:53:22 · 10 answers · asked by mariojoe7 2

Does anyone know how to pronounce Sarantakos? I was looking for a website that pronounced words for you or something. If ya'll have a link to a website like that, that would be cool to.

2006-12-07 11:47:19 · 3 answers · asked by Jami 1

2006-12-07 11:08:06 · 8 answers · asked by krystal Diva 1