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Friday, 15 May 2009
On 'quarter of'
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A correspondent writes to ask if the US English time expression quarter of , as in quarter of four , is an ellipsis of something like 'I...
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Saturday, 9 May 2009
On a memoir, or is it?
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A correspondent writes to say he is a tad confused about my latest book Just a Phrase I'm Going Through: My Life in Language , which cam...
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Tuesday, 28 April 2009
On giving 100 percent
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This week my phone has been overworked because apparently Alan Sugar fires people who say they are giving a job '110 percent'. He...
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Saturday, 25 April 2009
On the rich's
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A correspondent writes from Denmark to point out this usage seen in The Economist at the beginning of April: But what makes the rich's ...
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Wednesday, 22 April 2009
On the biggest load of rubbish...
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The phone hasn't stopped ringing this week. An American organization is claiming that the English language is just about to get its mill...
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Saturday, 18 April 2009
On welcoming in
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A correspondent writes to ask whether it is possible to say 'Welcome in England' as well as 'Welcome to England'. It certain...
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Thursday, 16 April 2009
On postpositions
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A correspondent writes to ask if English has postpositions - by which she means prepositions which follow the noun. As so often in linguisti...
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