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We don't use it much here, but it's become quite prevalent in other social media discussion formats, and it just occurred to me how it meets many reasonable definitions of a pronoun. What I'm talking about is "OP." Literally standing for "original poster" and meaning "the person who started the...

Ok so I have an English assignment which states: Now I, in plain terms, suck at English. I have tried very hard and put a lot of effort into things in which I always get returned a 'C' [even when the teacher said "Quite Good" on my first draft, implying at least a B or greater if I fixed up...

Could someone please tranlate the phrase "Fortress America" into Latin?

Does anyone know if a translation exists of the following: Michel Onfray's Traité d'athéologie ? I have not found one, but would love to. Thanks (in advance)

I bought a new Toshiba laptop back in November in the States, and am currently in Tokyo. Sometime ago I noticed AVG had popped up a note about the email scanner checking an outgoing pop3 to an IP address. Since all my email is done by Yahoo webmail, I couldnt figure out what was going on...

...but why not teach people here in the USA to USE the language they speak? Go talk to someone who teaches English at a Uni or college about the writing skills of the freshmen. Have some tea ready to help calm their nerves when they get done shuddering, perhaps with a healthy splash of brandy...

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I'm trying to locate an english language manual (pdf) for the game "pro cycling manager"...anyone know where I can get one? alternately...can someone teach me to speak spanish?

:homer voice: stupid dorky computer terms..... Can someone tell me in plain ordinary English what this is? If you go here http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/rup/ - and the associated links, you'll get 10 zillion words of "well it's a process" then "well it's a 'platform' (which can...

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Medical aspects of the world is not my thing. I'm down right squimish when things, that ought to be in the body, aren't, so I've spent my life avoiding learning about such things. However, now my father has taken a flip off his bicycle and landed on his head. I need help and/or resources for...

Has anybody, or, does anybody know of where to find any essays written subjectively in English that I can look at? Good ones and bad ones for comparison? I have to write a subjective essay on "Is the Chancellor a friend or Foe", regarding the housing market. I don't really understand what it is?

From U.K. Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/02/23/ncrim123.xml

has anyone done one of those overseas english teaching gigs? I would like to hear more about it. Thank-you Virgil

The reason I am starting this thread is to get feedback from native speakers of English from different regions and countries about common English usage. I am currently reviewing a book of common English sentences that is very popular in Japan, although it was written quite a few years ago (1968...

Part of southern Scotland was inhabited by Anglo-Saxons before the Scots gained possession of it. If Scotland gains independence, these areas should become part of England. [Edited to add: And the Orkney Islanders and Shetlanders used to speak a Norse language called Norn until they started...

I am taking an English Literature class this semester. I learned a very valuable lessson in class last night. When asked to read a poem by Emily Bronte, do NOT sing it to the tune of "The Yellow Rose of Texas". It is, apparently, frowned upon. Trust me. I have heard that all of her poems...