The use of "they" as a singular generic pronoun is well established in spoken English, and it has at least a 400-year-old history in good written English, as...
And I think the English term will be "Cleveland", alth' you might try "open cup" :) M ... From: Matej Klimes To: Czechlist@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday,...
Should be "v otevrenem kelimku" Alena ... From: James Kirchner To: Czechlist@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 1:55 PM Subject: [Czechlist] o.k. ...
Thank you. After much searching on Wikipedia (probably as you were writing), I found that flash point is measured in "open cup" and "closed cup". I'm grateful...
Ahoj, a nemohlo by to proste znamenat neco jako: "vuz byl odmavan sachovnicovou vlajkou dvakrat", tedy ze projel dvakrat cilem? Zdravim, Jarda ... From: Vesely...
I think British English would just about accept all three examples, although it might actually be more natural to say 'brings his or her car in for service,'...
... As an AE NS in my 40s -- and I do think it's a generational thing to some extent -- I'd prefer "he or she" (not "he/she") in more formal documents, though...
Michael, I'm also an AE NS, but I'm in my 50s and am tolerant of generic singular "they". I acquired this tolerance under the guidance of AE and BE NSs who...
... I guess I could be wrong (alas, it happens all too often) about the generational aspect, but you and I are not that far apart in age, and I would be...
Does "trpnutia" in Slovak mean tingling or something like that? Like when your arm or leg "goes to sleep"? If not, what does it mean? I've got "pocity...
I found a pretty neat article on usage of 'they' as a **common-gender pronoun** (use as search term - p. 901) in the Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English...
To plati obecne, ze ve slovenstine predpona "pri-" se do cestiny vetsinou preklada "prilis" (privela = prilis mnoho apod.) Petr A. ... that's essentially what...
Some interesting things here from the editor of the Guardian's style guide regarding the possessive + gerund (as used in Melvyn's first example below): ...
me again... (It is I again?) When I think about it, I'm pretty sure we weren't taught at school to use only the possessive + gerund (and it was a pretty...
I was wondering if someone could give me any insight on something that I have pondered quite a bit: How did the Czech and Slovak electronic dictionary...
On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Valerie Talacko ... "I am it again." ... Michael -- You have to be happy with what you have to be happy with what you have to...
How about the marketing cliche "a dictionary with 250,010 entries is clearly better than a dictionary with 249,998 entries" and "the number of entries is all...
So what is the generally accepted "best" Czech<>English electronic dictionary these days? (Not that it REALLY matters to me, since I have a Mac and can't use...
(I posted this on expats.cz and got a mixed reaction - a surprise to me. Am curious what y'all think....) Was watching Jetix or something with the kids and...
It sounds odd to me in this example. I presume the intention is to emphasise 'my one' as opposed to 'your one,' but 'mine' is fine and would sound better. ...
I'd say that there is no clear winner. Millenium can help you find obscure terms, Lingea does a good job in covering the common modern-day English, Leda's...
I think the weird things got there primarily through the way these databases were created - parts of them copied from respected sources without thinking about...
... little like 'it's mine, all mine,' if you know what I mean. I'd say it is partly a matter of emphasis and partly a matter of style - basically quite...
... the possessive + gerund, since in Melvyn's example the meaning is subtly different from 'me opening.' (MichaelBulley makes the same point in one of the...
Dobry vecer, dokoncil jsem zaznam prezentace PC Translatoru 2009 http://www.condak.cz/ http://www.condak.cz/jeronym08/cs/00.html vetsinou o PC Translatoru ...
