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• 02-05 06:29 this is the sort of nonsense up with which I shall not put

  November 27, 2005 Churchill vs. editorial nonsense For a while I've been on the trail of a saying usually attributed to Winston Churchil

• 01-10 17:11 ee

  Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a draw

• 12-30 05:02 (have the) cheek to do something

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• 12-28 17:44 USAGE ARTICLE: A likely story

    by Linda Lowenthal What are people likely to think if you utter a sentence like “They will likely win”? As in so many situations, i

• 12-27 18:30 more than one

    When you are skinning a cat. When a noun phrase contains more than one and a singular noun, the verb is normally singular: There is