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SI Grammar and Spelling Lab
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4136I miss adverbs.Cogito-5/4/2010
4135<I> wait for that until after your finished with the elk hunting</I>ManyMoose-5/4/2010
4134I have a few problems with how TV personnel misuse our English. When speaking aSuma-5/4/2010
4133<I> Which translates to "I got a big beer." </i> Your sTimF-5/4/2010
4132<I>"What is the rat of exchange?" </I> Maybe they have a ManyMoose-5/3/2010
4131>>I wonder if the Chinese have hilarious versions of English speaking peopCogito-5/3/2010
4130I wonder if the Chinese have hilarious versions of English speaking people tryinManyMoose-5/3/2010
4129Shanghai Is Trying to Untangle the Mangled English of Chinglish [graphic] SHANTimF25/3/2010
4128Perplexed by "Nonplussed" and "Bemused" November 18, 2008 ByTimF-5/3/2010
4127<I> steve nash is very "efficient" at the free throw line </iTimF-5/3/2010
4126I remember learning that "that begs the question" did not mean "Stan-4/30/2010
4125Great way to end the month! Thanks.ManyMoose-4/30/2010
4124all you ever wanted to know, plus more, about the misuse of "begging the qusoftware salesperson-4/30/2010
4123Here's a book about words I have in my library. It explains a lot. amazon.ManyMoose-4/25/2010
4122<I> Well, the fact that people have been making the mistake for a long timTimF-4/25/2010
4121I'm not so sure about all those myths. In a lot of cases, he justifies the Cogito-4/24/2010
4120That's what I had in mind. <I> Do they arrive in one of these? en.wikManyMoose-4/23/2010
4119<I> I'm going to sic the littoral police on you. </i> As long aTimF-4/23/2010
4118I have a bunch of books and bookmarks to help me out. ;)SmoothSail-4/23/2010
4117Very cool post. Not literally. Maybe it's hot. Oh hell, it's greaManyMoose-4/23/2010
4116I'm going to sic the littoral police on you.ManyMoose-4/23/2010
4115Why, thank you for that information. I wish I had 1/10 of your knowledge of gramNeeka-4/23/2010
4114Who is for people, that for things. Then there's the difference between thatSmoothSail14/23/2010
4113I get confuse whether to use "who" or "that" when describingNeeka-4/23/2010
4112National Grammar Day 2010: Ten More Common Grammar Myths, Debunked motivatedgraTimF-4/22/2010
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