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  1. almost 8 years ago on [Deleted]

    Which Queen do you claim as arbiter? Queen Elizabeth I? Queen Elizabeth II? The two would have difficulty conversing; language evolves, accepting new usages and discarding old. The student writing his doctoral thesis would not use the language of the college classroom, clear and coherent though it might be, nor the contemporary novel use the language of the thesis. The witty riposte is more effective than the pedantic pronouncement. Level of usage is the key.

  2. almost 8 years ago on Doonesbury

    You might want to read up on the difference between formal language and informal. If the meaning is clear, the comma splice is colloquial and follows the rhythm of everyday conversation.

  3. about 8 years ago on Doonesbury

    Moving to Canada is, of course, running away from America when it needs you. If the country is headed by an unbalanced president who cannot attend to a problem for more than ten minutes, then it will need every thinking person, left and right, to stay here and work to save the country.,

  4. over 8 years ago on [Deleted]

    Mr. Trump would be that first person to forfeit; the contest; he relies on insult for his arguments., priding himself on creating demeaning epithets.

  5. over 8 years ago on Doonesbury

    “Sure! Watch what I do and you can do it tomorrow night.” Or “Actually, if you could peel the potatoes, that would speed things up.” Acrimony leaves both parties irritated. Accepting help may mean creating something the other could do to help. Accepting help redirected to another time or place can make both feel good about themselves and each other.

  6. almost 9 years ago on Doonesbury

    Charity Navigator gives all the necessary information on where your money goes, how your chosen charity compares with other similar charities, the information you need to send the money where it will be put to the best use.

  7. almost 9 years ago on Doonesbury

    Try reading fiction. Whether written by a man who needs to create believable women characters or by a woman who invents male subjects, fiction presents characters who are comprehensible, acting from within their gender and interacting with others from another sexual identity.. Divergent thinking is a good hobby to take up at any stage of life. (Complaining aboutf he difficulty of understanding women is a rather stale joke. )

  8. about 9 years ago on Doonesbury

    The pull-handles on the drawers became knobs in the last frame. The slanted lines in the framed art change directions in the last frame.

  9. about 9 years ago on Doonesbury

    Standard Oil built its second refinery there and named the new city El Segundo, Spanish for The Second.

  10. about 9 years ago on [Deleted]

    Why do you not address the question of how today’s gun control laws and suggested reforms thereof relate to the well-regulated militia for which the right to bear arms was a necessity?