Archive of alt.english.usage for May 2006
The following articles have been archived for May 2006 from alt.english.usage:
- Is this sentence ambiguous? posted on Wed, 31 May 2006
- Rising intonation in question posted on Wed, 31 May 2006
- plural or no plural posted on 30 May 2006
- OT To British readers posted on Tue, 30 May 2006
- What's the meaning of "f... you." posted on 29 May 2006
- Is there a term for... posted on Mon, 29 May 2006
- What name is given to ... posted on Mon, 29 May 2006
- "No sense no feeling" correct meaning posted on 28 May 2006
- break free posted on 28 May 2006
- Is there a grammatical term for a group of tenses in English? posted on Sat, 27 May 2006
- Alternative to "world class" posted on Sat, 27 May 2006
- What does this mean? posted on 26 May 2006
- contrite, on ABC posted on Fri, 26 May 2006
- "Speak truth to power" posted on 26 May 2006
- "Generically equivalent" posted on Thu, 25 May 2006
- "What is that you..." versus "What is it that you..." posted on 25 May 2006
- Urban posted on Wed, 24 May 2006
- What's the origin of "tipping is not a city in China"? posted on 24 May 2006
- Grammar posted on 23 May 2006
- unculture people? posted on 22 May 2006
- chester high? posted on 21 May 2006
- Which is correct. posted on 21 May 2006
- Question of use of "do" posted on Thu, 18 May 2006
- Number of words to reach fluency? posted on 18 May 2006
- On Hats posted on 18 May 2006
- Application posted on Thu, 18 May 2006
- reflexive pronouns in American English posted on 17 May 2006
- how say you? posted on 17 May 2006
- all her father money or all her father's money ?? posted on Tue, 16 May 2006
- Female personification of companies posted on Tue, 16 May 2006
- Video english posted on 16 May 2006
- Cheshire cat posted on Mon, 15 May 2006
- meaning of contractions: he'll and he'd posted on 15 May 2006
- hand/hands posted on Sun, 14 May 2006
- capitalization question (plus comma question) posted on 14 May 2006
- toward vs. towards / outward vs. outwards posted on Sat, 13 May 2006
- How do I remember a language I only heard from a baby-sitter OR caretaker OR nanny until I was two or three years old, after which I only heard English posted on 13 May 2006
- have you ever played & did you ever play posted on 13 May 2006
- My pet peeve posted on Thu, 11 May 2006
- The appearance of pictures posted on 10 May 2006
- something like /loofle/ or /loople/ posted on 10 May 2006
- zillmerising - a jargon word posted on Tue, 09 May 2006
- what do you think, native speakers? posted on Tue, 9 May 2006
- linguists do not know posted on 9 May 2006
- inner /internal posted on 9 May 2006
- Got milk? posted on 9 May 2006
- question in a section headline posted on Mon, 08 May 2006
- Exam Question posted on Mon, 8 May 2006
- Has anyone made equations out of English sentences? posted on Sun, 7 May 2006
- Hyphenation in English? posted on Sun, 07 May 2006
- fact or facts? posted on Sun, 07 May 2006
- Using "should be, could be, will be, be, being" posted on 7 May 2006
- Get a room posted on 7 May 2006
- O what a tangled web posted on Sat, 6 May 2006
- Observed afield posted on Sat, 6 May 2006
- Some suspicious, negative, rash, gullible is called... posted on Sat, 06 May 2006
- What's the name of the instrument dermatalogists (sp.) use to stab pimples? posted on 3 May 2006
- OT the float at banks posted on Wed, 03 May 2006
- bracero posted on Wed, 03 May 2006
- "Tempered with" or "tempered by" posted on Wed, 03 May 2006
- "to stand one's ground" posted on Wed, 3 May 2006
- squealed like a stuck pig posted on Tue, 02 May 2006
- with vs through posted on 2 May 2006
- comma usage posted on 2 May 2006
- structural ambguity posted on 2 May 2006