nicodemus13

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Feb 25	comment	When to use “me” or “myself”? Recruiters have started to say 'I'd like to talk to yourself about ...'. It drives me nuts. :(
Jan 29	comment	“Fall term”, “autumn semester”, “autumn term” or “fall semester”? Semester is becoming more common a term in British universities too, though term is the normal form.
Jul 31	awarded	Caucus
Jul 2	comment	Use of “The better”? There is a very possible objection. 'Alternative' is from the Latin root 'alter', meaning 'the other', hence 'alternative' as 'the other option/choice'. 'Alternating current' fits this without any problem. The current alternates from one state to the other.
Jul 2	comment	Use of “The better”? There is only ever one alternative. That's what it means- the alternative.
Jun 29	comment	Pronunciation of 'host' in Shakespeare's time @Peter Shor: Thanks, good analysis. Was the source text the first folio?
Jun 29	awarded	Nice Question
Jun 28	awarded	Commentator
Jun 28	comment	Pronunciation of 'host' in Shakespeare's time @AndrewLeach, & FumbleFingers: As a note, the purpose of my question was not any notion of 'correctness', but more how much one can establish pronunciation based on the usage of words in a time when there was no audio-recording. I presumed that was a valid field of academic study. :)
Jun 28	awarded	Student
Jun 28	asked	Pronunciation of 'host' in Shakespeare's time
Jun 27	comment	Is “To whom could we direct our questions to?” grammatical? There's a horrible example of this in 'Live and Let Die' `But in this ever changing world in which we live in.`
Jun 27	comment	Is “To whom could we direct our questions to?” grammatical? '... whom should we ask?'
Jun 27	comment	Position of prepositions in questions and clauses `the 'rule' that prepositions should preceded their complement has no real basis`: how does one define which rules have a basis, though?
Jun 27	comment	Position of prepositions in questions and clauses You might not often use 'whom', but there are those who still do.
Jun 13	comment	Is there a word to make the distinction between a Year/Month Combination and a Month Have you found any better solution, or invented a word? I need such a word too.
May 23	comment	Less versus fewer in time related phrases I did read that, but the finality of your statement seemed rather much, after all, one could just as well argue that there are no rules in English, we have no equivalent of the Academie Francaise. How does one make a distinction between a 'grammar rule' and 'one man's choice'. Seems rather like the difference between religions and cults. I shall take a look for such a question ;)
May 23	comment	Less versus fewer in time related phrases And 'dividable'?? What's wrong with 'divisable'?
May 23	comment	Less versus fewer in time related phrases You are flawed that the premise is flawed :S. Countable/Non-countable is generally the distinction between 'fewer' and 'less'. Personally, 'fewer' sounds better to me.
Apr 18	awarded	Supporter