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SI Grammar and Spelling Lab
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3736Opinions welcome. Knowing that the plural of Attorney General is Attorneys GeneQuahog-5/28/2001
3735Canadians breathe a sigh of relief! #reply-15798082average joe-5/14/2001
3734I get those every week or two. Most are simply hilarious. But somebody must be The Philosopher-5/14/2001
3733I got a wonderful email last night from a Nigerian civil servant that is lookingaverage joe-5/14/2001
3732Gosh, I was twice voted APHA Horsewoman of the Year and I didn't even know iThe Philosopher-5/14/2001
3731This is what I call "American English". iemarabians.comaverage joe-5/13/2001
3730"...set your teeth on edge?" Now that I've had mine fixed nothinaverage joe-5/13/2001
3729"PRION" Main Entry: pri·on Pronunciation: 'prE-"änKitskid-5/12/2001
3728This one didn't come from SI, but I admit I don't understand what being The Philosopher-5/11/2001
3727The addressee seemed to be an adult, but the writer came across as having the juJustin C-5/2/2001
3726<<You sir are an amature.>> Yes -- I like it! :-) I wonder what cjbe15/2/2001
3725An amusing statement from an SIer ... "You sir are an amature!"Justin C-5/1/2001
3724A P.S. on "language isolates." Basque is still the only one in Westerjbe14/8/2001
3723<i>You see what happens when people don't study Latin in high schThe Philosopher-4/8/2001
3722Interesting -- but the fact is that Basque is NOT a Indo-European language, as ajbe14/8/2001
3721Christopher, You are absolutely correct, of course. The object of a prepositiojbe14/8/2001
3720Here's my crack at it, which Joan will correct. Me is objective. I is subjThe Philosopher-4/5/2001
3719"...between you and me." or "...between you and I." WhichBiggie Smalls-4/5/2001
3718Here's an interesting post. You will have to read some of the earlier postsKitskid-3/23/2001
3717Why is correct punctuation necessary? To leave the correct perception: An EngVolsi Mimir-3/2/2001
3716Christopher: RE: punctuation Here's a ditty that I remember from high schoolJack Clarke-2/28/2001
3715In my personal view, punctuation is part of grammar, because the way you punctuaThe Philosopher-2/28/2001
3714Yes, I saw that after I wrote it. Realized I wasn't sure if the brand name Paul Senior-2/28/2001
3713Now I will seriously ask the thread some basic (for me) questions: Is bad punctPaul Senior-2/27/2001
3712Winston's -- no Winstons -- yes Let's nitpick one another to death.Yamakita-2/27/2001
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