Words & Wordplay - January 2007

In the article of One hell is not enough. Jeffery Sheller says (In Islam, hell is a crater of fair beneath a narrow bridge that all souls must cross to go to paradise. Those whom Allah judges unworthy fall in and suffer endless physical torments in one of seven layers of hell.)

2007-01-10 15:38:08 · 1 answers · asked by pinkfariey 2

"Three cans stood next to the garage. One was for bottles, one for cans, and one for everything else. As usual, Walter dumped everything into one can."

2007-01-10 15:37:25 · 3 answers · asked by Skyuo 1

this is a homework question for my ten year old daughter. it is the only one we cannot get and we are stumped. i am awful at fill in the blank questions.

2007-01-10 15:32:25 · 6 answers · asked by hollygolightly 1

2007-01-10 15:32:00 · 3 answers · asked by Lixxie 1

question speaks for it self. its fun to smoke marijuana.

2007-01-10 15:29:51 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Principal characteristics:
- Approximately 1 km spacing.
- Must be geophysically logged
- Maximum depth budget will allow but s/b > lOO m
- All coal intersections to be cored
- All coal must be analyzed

2007-01-10 15:19:06 · 1 answers · asked by Satria 1

melancholy: a feeling of sadness or depression

2007-01-10 15:18:20 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-10 15:11:27 · 5 answers · asked by What up!! 2

Question: How does an apple taste? Use adjectives and adverbs. Compare it to something much different with some small characteristics that's the same:

2007-01-10 15:05:58 · 6 answers · asked by Bubba 1

I need a metaphor or similie for how the outside of an apple tastes like, which is basically tasteless... any ideas??

2007-01-10 14:51:15 · 3 answers · asked by Ash 1

2007-01-10 14:48:32 · 11 answers · asked by jenks 1

2007-01-10 14:44:40 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Straight from the dictionary:
ig·no·rant [ig-ner-uhnt] 1.lacking in knowledge or training

Yet all that you hear is "Man, you'se ign'rant!", "Y'alls jus' bein' ign'rant!", "I ain' talkin' to you man, you ign'rant, you ign'rant..." CALLING SOMEONE IGNORANT IS NOT AN INSULT. And the ridiculous part is that whenever people use the word ignorant incorrectly they are showing that they themselves are ignorant because they don't even know what the word means! Would it really be insulting to walk up to someone and say, "Yo, you don't know a lot of stuff!" or, "Dude, you're lacking in knowledge!"?

What happened to just calling people stupid or idiotic? At least they were insults. And what's with leaving out the "o" when they say it? It's a three syllable word for crying out loud!

2007-01-10 14:40:28 · 12 answers · asked by Silver Hammer 1

2007-01-10 14:39:01 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Are teachers no longer doing their jobs or have students just decided that grammar and spelling are no longer important? I never knew that the uses of two, to, and too or they're, there, and their were so hard to master. Furthermore, what happened to the over-worked apostrophe, I find it missing a lot here on YA (notice that "a lot" is two words not one).

I would like to reccomend a copy of The Elements of Style by Strunk & White for all my grammatically challenged friends here on YA. Does anyone else have a favorite book or website relating to proper grammar?

2007-01-10 14:34:54 · 10 answers · asked by Legally Blonde 2

What's the difference between thy and thine? Don't they both mean "your"?

2007-01-10 14:34:13 · 6 answers · asked by espers_cypher 2

2007-01-10 14:33:54 · 28 answers · asked by Elizabeth35 4

ok so im doing this assignment where theres a short excerpt from a story. and i need to write a totally different story but using the same format as in the short excerpt.
This is the sentence from the excerpt:

I wandered listlessly about the room, trying to think of something to do, dreading the return of my mother, resentful of being neglected.

This is what i have so far:

I went slowly around my room, attempting to pick up things off the floor, hurrying before the arrival of my mother, ________________.

Please help me find a way to replace those words in the sentence above, and place it in the blank above.

2007-01-10 14:24:33 · 5 answers · asked by . 6

2007-01-10 14:17:12 · 9 answers · asked by Captain705 1

with such distinctive and powerful words with extreme definitions that the reader feels a sort of impact from your writing?? i cant think of the word...its some type of literary device...
please help and i will <33 you foreverrr :]

2007-01-10 14:16:38 · 5 answers · asked by lover. 1

words like groovy, dude, boogy & such forth?

2007-01-10 14:13:32 · 16 answers · asked by drunken pumpkin 6

2007-01-10 14:11:35 · 5 answers · asked by sandrapierce61 1

A restaurant or even a colony may be called 'posh'.

2007-01-10 14:09:02 · 2 answers · asked by thegentle Indian 7

2007-01-10 13:53:48 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

can you give me examples please?

2007-01-10 13:52:13 · 9 answers · asked by nayeli moo 2

2007-01-10 13:39:38 · 7 answers · asked by sl2001 1

i find myself disatisfied with using the blunt instrument of an exclamation mark for everything.
sometimes its effective but often it looks adolescent or pompous on the page.

2007-01-10 13:32:03 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I really need a good english-tagalog online dictionary. Any suggestions?

2007-01-10 13:31:57 · 3 answers · asked by swnjmoore 1

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Principal characteristics:
- Approximately 1 km spacing.
- Must be geophysically *logged*
- Maximum depth budget will allow but s/b > lOOm
- All coal intersections to be cored
- All coal must be analyzed

2007-01-10 13:27:19 · 4 answers · asked by Satria 1

and if you could, can you explain me if both of them differ from "Specific"??

2007-01-10 13:23:53 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous