Do you think that I could patent the idea Erik?
Or has it already been done?
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- Thu Feb 25, 2021 12:46 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: Baby
- Replies: 6
- Views: 185
- Wed Feb 24, 2021 8:24 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: Baby
- Replies: 6
- Views: 185
- Wed Feb 24, 2021 8:22 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: was not to
- Replies: 2
- Views: 157
Re: was not to
a. Why he went to the restaurant was not to talk to John.
I'm afraid that that sentence isn't so much ambiguous, as nonsense.
I would have said something along the lines of, "He did go to the restaurant, but it wasn't to talk to John.
I'm afraid that that sentence isn't so much ambiguous, as nonsense.
I would have said something along the lines of, "He did go to the restaurant, but it wasn't to talk to John.
- Wed Feb 17, 2021 8:56 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: Hard pass
- Replies: 4
- Views: 203
Re: Hard pass
Not only have I never heard the expression but I would not have any idea of what it meant.
- Thu Feb 11, 2021 11:44 pm
- Forum: No, wait. Don't tell me
- Topic: 39.019444 North 25.738052 East
- Replies: 0
- Views: 210
39.019444 North 25.738052 East
I asked my friend how was life in his home in North Korea. He said, "Mustn't complain".
- Mon Feb 08, 2021 12:37 am
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: his behavior when...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 446
Re: his behavior when...
Just a gentle reminder that the British spelling is behaviour.
- Fri Feb 05, 2021 10:10 pm
- Forum: No, wait. Don't tell me
- Topic: A Nun's Story
- Replies: 0
- Views: 195
A Nun's Story
Sister Brigit was sitting by her convent window one evening as she opened a letter from home: inside the letter was a £50 note from her parents. Sister Brigit smiled as she continued to read the letter, by what was left of the last glimmers of daylight coming through her window. Then she noticed a s...
- Fri Feb 05, 2021 12:10 am
- Forum: No, wait. Don't tell me
- Topic: Young 'uns
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1500
Young 'uns
A bloke in the pub told me that his 4 year old nephew had been been having Spanish lessons for 6 months but can't even say "please" yet.
I said that I thought that it was poor for four!
I said that I thought that it was poor for four!
- Fri Feb 05, 2021 12:01 am
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: with not
- Replies: 2
- Views: 690
Re: with not
They all work, I have probably used them all in my time.
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 12:23 am
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: anyone
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1207
Re: anyone
Political discussion is not allowed at this office.
"Anyone under sixteen is not allowed inside the room".
It is not easy to understand what you are getting at.
Do you mean...
"Only people over sixteen are allowed in the room"?
"Anyone under sixteen is not allowed inside the room".
It is not easy to understand what you are getting at.
Do you mean...
"Only people over sixteen are allowed in the room"?
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 12:16 am
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: bones of a hen
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1648
Re: bones of a hen
He made amulets out of hens' bones.
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 11:59 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: as not
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1761
Re: as not
I would have said;
We didn't consider the madman dangerous.
We didn't consider the madman dangerous.
- Thu Dec 31, 2020 8:52 pm
- Forum: Addicts' Corner
- Topic: Goodbye and Good Riddance!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1785
Goodbye and Good Riddance!
Well 2020, probably the most unloved year that any of us can remember will soon be oblivion, even though we will all remember it for the rest of our lives.
Can I wish you all a very Happy New Year, Blwyddyn Newydd Dda bawb.
I sincerely hope that next year will not be 2020 Won!
Can I wish you all a very Happy New Year, Blwyddyn Newydd Dda bawb.
I sincerely hope that next year will not be 2020 Won!
- Thu Dec 31, 2020 8:38 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: At any hour
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1820
Re: At any hour
I would lean towards, "You can call me anytime".
- Fri Dec 25, 2020 12:34 am
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: fell twice
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2049
Re: fell twice
I would read it as "On two occasions yesterday I almost fell".