Words & Wordplay - July 2007

1.A knife and fork was used in the Edo period(ie.from 1603 to 1868).
2.A knife and fork were used in the Edo period.

This is a question posted on Yahoo!Japan Answers(知恵袋).
I hope every native speaker will help him.Thank you all.

2007-07-08 13:31:27 · 5 answers · asked by RyoTa 6

Mr is short for Mister
Ms for Miss
but Mrs ????
it can't b the mistress or is it?

2007-07-08 13:13:25 · 19 answers · asked by Annie 1

2007-07-08 13:03:50 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-08 12:09:26 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-08 11:52:42 · 6 answers · asked by ,,,,,,, 2

2007-07-08 11:41:57 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

1) I showered at 7:30 am.
2) I was showering at 7:30 am.

2007-07-08 11:21:34 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

1. My career goal as a doctor
or
2. My career goal of being a doctor

2007-07-08 10:41:39 · 12 answers · asked by Kate T 1

Hi,
I am in general confused about the usage of 'lot' - ' a lot','lot','a lots','lots'. Which of the sentence is correct?:
- These days you have lot of opportunities in IT sector.
- These days you have a lot of opportunities in IT sector.
- These days you have lots of opportunities in IT sector.
- These days you have a lots of opportunities in IT sector.

2007-07-08 10:36:46 · 6 answers · asked by learner 1

2007-07-08 09:59:18 · 6 answers · asked by cynthia s 1

1. Is it just me, or does every woman in in this car have some kind of an emotional problem?
2. Roger that, good buddy.
3. Work? Yeah I tried that once. Worse 7 minutes of my life.
4. I used to have an open mind but my brain kept falling out.
5. Hubba. Hubba.
6. Things not look so good, Kemosabe.

2007-07-08 09:57:26 · 5 answers · asked by I am Sunshine 6

what is a word that means to pretend not to care?

2007-07-08 09:55:56 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-08 09:22:48 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

These guys were talking until someone comes up to someguy next to me and he said, This foo ain't right. He said this guy's mom was booty oogly. You don't say that to someone!" So what is BOOTY OOGLY?

2007-07-08 09:04:58 · 17 answers · asked by LG 3

i am talking about the apostrophe at the end of the last word>FRIENDS'....she's convinced thats its correct..i have never seen this before at the end of the last word in a sentence..

any English teachers out there?

2007-07-08 08:58:23 · 7 answers · asked by malcy1112000 1

2007-07-08 08:30:40 · 17 answers · asked by warren4184 2

2007-07-08 07:34:32 · 11 answers · asked by Outsideoftheawareness 3

The adjective is "horrible" people! Get a clue!

Anyway, what to do with these irritating and unnecessarily twee people?

2007-07-08 07:19:56 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

1.As you may notice my transcript, I got an A in my English
2. As you may notice on my transcript, I got an A in my English
3. As you may notice in my transcript, I got an A in my English

2007-07-08 07:14:48 · 16 answers · asked by Katy T 1

I would like to know what does the motto of St. Lucia means... the motto is "The Land, The People, The Light" I kinda understand the part of the land and the people but what does the light means?? please tell me the answer and if you can give me a web page where I can read about the meaning

2007-07-08 05:59:16 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-08 05:44:30 · 3 answers · asked by LiveTheLife YouLove ღ 3

When a house if falling apart...the house is...uh,....drat! What's the word?

2007-07-08 05:40:53 · 20 answers · asked by WriterMom 6

Most people use the word hoover instead of vacuum for instance even though hoover is a brand name. What is the word that you use to describe this?

2007-07-08 05:13:45 · 5 answers · asked by Rebekah 2

2007-07-08 05:11:28 · 8 answers · asked by galyamike 5

2007-07-08 05:04:48 · 2 answers · asked by AL M 1

2007-07-08 05:04:35 · 7 answers · asked by eddieworks 1

Why do people say "for all intensive purposes"? I have seen this in print and have heard it on TV (usually from someone being interviewed). Do they realize that they sound incredibly stupid?

2007-07-08 04:57:12 · 8 answers · asked by dark_knight_1735 4

I am getting fat or I am getting fatter?
Thanks in advance :)

2007-07-08 04:19:51 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

my old one doesn't seem to be working ( http://dico.isc.cnrs.fr/dico/en/search ), what are some other good synonym search sites? i've googled for some but most of them aren't very good. thanks.

2007-07-08 04:14:31 · 9 answers · asked by Super Shane 64 3

ive tried practicing. and its never worked for me.

2007-07-08 04:05:34 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous