Words & Wordplay - December 2006

2006-12-06 00:29:48 · 12 answers · asked by Pankaj Mishra 1

2006-12-06 00:24:45 · 10 answers · asked by luan s 1

Which is correct?

She better stays at home.
She better stay at home.

Thanks.

2006-12-06 00:24:22 · 4 answers · asked by Mouse60 1

2006-12-05 23:57:39 · 17 answers · asked by samurai 1

2006-12-05 23:52:09 · 14 answers · asked by Atobiloye Z 1

2006-12-05 23:50:47 · 2 answers · asked by crap_giz 1

red are the roses, green is the grass. i sure am fond of your cute little.........mind! poetry doesnt HAVE to rhyme ya know!

2006-12-05 23:45:46 · 8 answers · asked by Ryan T 3

In writing business documents, I often have to write about a generic customer of unknown gender, and so I have sentences like:
"If in doubt of x, the staff member should consult his/her manager. (S)he should continue once the task has been clarified."

If find the his/her/(s)he stuff very clumsy and distracting for the reader - I'm tempted to write something like this instead:
"If in doubt of x, the staff member should consult their manager. They should continue once the task has been clarified."

It's obviously grammatically incorrect, but seems to be the way one might say it informally.

How good/bad is it to use "they/their" as a singular in business writing?

2006-12-05 23:41:36 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

1. kite (cheel)
2. eagle (baaz)
3.hawk (shayan)
4.vulture (gidhh)
in ( ) its just a hindi translation.
plz give reason 4 ur answer.
thanks in advance

2006-12-05 22:57:59 · 15 answers · asked by rahul_thespidey 1

2006-12-05 22:55:37 · 19 answers · asked by G-Man 3

Bough, Slough, Dough etc.... Can you think of others?

2006-12-05 22:42:45 · 2 answers · asked by G-Man 3

2006-12-05 22:36:16 · 2 answers · asked by kash 2

tree-pop star
Christmas lights
Christmas tree
manger scene
gifts

2006-12-05 22:28:13 · 1 answers · asked by lois matthew b 1

2006-12-05 22:23:37 · 4 answers · asked by RAMSHARAN 1

there is at least one error (word or grammar.punctuation marks r not included) in each sentence, or perhaps more.. i am really confused..what u guys think??

1. We invited a group of social anthropologists who had fieldwork experience in societies where, for whatever reason, they described as "peaceful" to attend an informal seminar to discuss the issues involved in interpreting such societies.


2. Each one fled at once the moment the house committed that was for him the one insult not to be borne or witnessed a second time.


3.No sooner had the words been spoken so he realized that he should have remainde silent.

2006-12-05 22:11:35 · 4 answers · asked by vitaminfish 1

OK, I'm an old fart who's gone back to college, from both need and desire, after far too many years! In most courses, a couple of mis-spelled words and punctuation errors can drop your grade a level. I just pity the poor idiots who can't even bother using the spell-check tool which is provided. Isn't it just common courtesy and good communications skills to spell correctly for your reading audience? Or is that too going by the wayside LIKE common courtesy, ethics, etc.

2006-12-05 22:03:45 · 6 answers · asked by mailrick12 3

2006-12-05 21:17:48 · 13 answers · asked by brooke h 1

2006-12-05 20:52:18 · 7 answers · asked by REHAN KHAN 1

2006-12-05 20:40:13 · 5 answers · asked by ash 2

"That spent coffee ground smell" or "that spent coffee grind smell"? thanks

2006-12-05 19:39:01 · 4 answers · asked by karim m 2

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(I referred to Article 1.2 of the lease Agreement)
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In compliance with Article 1.2 of the lease agreement, the two air-conditioning (AC) units *mentioned thereof* shall become the property of the First Party upon the expiry of this Agreement.

2006-12-05 19:23:21 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

talk three times here seems an idiom,doesn't it?

2006-12-05 19:22:04 · 10 answers · asked by popcorn0421 1

Hi, I'm writing an essay and need your opinions..
is this sentence using the write one: Marie has been highly affected by her mother's absence.

thank you

2006-12-05 19:17:55 · 5 answers · asked by George 1

2006-12-05 19:15:31 · 10 answers · asked by ? 3

Is it a style of beard?

2006-12-05 19:02:20 · 1 answers · asked by rolly c 1

2006-12-05 18:34:59 · 20 answers · asked by mandar_6384 1

2006-12-05 18:15:47 · 3 answers · asked by Melanie N 1

Fryer
Draper
Ocean
Pools

2006-12-05 18:11:04 · 6 answers · asked by dumb 'n dumber 1

when my uncle in UK died recently, he left a will, instructing his executors to devide his estate of Rs. 1,92,000 in this manner: Every son should receive three times as much as a daughters, and that every daughter should get twice as much as theor mother.

tell me what is my aunts share ?


those who explain properly will be selected as best answer ?

2006-12-05 18:04:49 · 7 answers · asked by soniya p 1

2006-12-05 18:03:37 · 12 answers · asked by lark7a 1