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Member Introductions / Re: Hello

« on: September 24, 2009, 04:19:46 PM »

Thank you Joe, for the warm welcome and thank you again
for being my cyberfriend on Facebook. I hope we can share
many more things in the future as I am keen to learn everyday.
Although I've been living in Spain for three decades now, I
still would like to be in touch with people in the Far East.
All best wishes,
Hill

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Use and Misuse / Re: Aaaargh!

« on: September 23, 2009, 04:30:11 PM »

And what about, "It's hotting up out here..." this is another Aaaaargh for me....BBC started it and it makes me, well, aaaargh!!!!

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You Asked Me This Question / Re: Should lawyers casually say “plea of guilty” and “plea of innocent”?

« on: September 22, 2009, 01:35:24 AM »

Can we say, "The guilty plea has been handed down to Mr...."
"She has been remanded in custody after the guilty plea was handed down.." or "
"She was remanded in custody after the guilty plea has been handed down..." or,
"She was remanded in custody after the guilty plea had been handed down..."

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You Asked Me This Question / Re: Is it correct usage to use the verb “invite” as a noun?

« on: September 19, 2009, 05:47:50 PM »

Thank you, Sir. In Britain, this word, "invite" is now commonly used as a noun, even by Sky News, BBC and other media folks, hence, the viewers and listeners have begun to imitate them. Another
verb now turned into a noun is "reveal" instead of "revelation". Heard recently on the BBC radio,
"...this is quite a reveal..." What about:"...and this has "dominance" over..." or "...this has "domination" over the implementation of..." Which is the correct one?
Another thing I dislike is: "He/She is the Chair of Animal Welfare Association..." We both know that
the Americans are sooooo politically correct, but frankly, I have no wish to be called a "chair". Can we please bring back "Chairman/Chairwoman or Chairperson, please? Also, that gnawing irritating
spelling of "Miss". Can we also use the correct form/spellling when addressing our women? "Ms." is
too pretentious to my liking, something that doesn't make sense at all. Just because Americans
started it, there's no need to follow one of the worst examples of pretentious "titles".

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Member Introductions / Re: Hello

« on: September 19, 2009, 01:40:19 AM »

Dear Professor Carillo,
Thank you so much for acknowledging my letter. It is indeed a
privilege to receive a reply from you. I've now joined your forum
so I can safely say I'm now a bona fide member of this prestigious
forum.
I am still getting to know how to go about posting a comment--
I know I've got a few questions lined up. Still, it is worth
pointing out that I now have a site to go to everyday.

All best wishes,

(Mrs) Hill Roberts