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Ssevensages posted the thread Why weren't there lynchings in New England in late 1800s & early 1900s? in Art, Music, History, and Linguistics.Thousands of people were lynched in the American South in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Although most lynchings...
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SThere is a switch for a type of motor or some sort of part in HVAC that closes due to back EMF, but I don't remember what type of motor...
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Ssevensages replied to the thread An "Untranslatable" Word?.Deja Vu
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Ssevensages posted the thread Does David Reich contradict Nicholas Wade? in Art, Music, History, and Linguistics.Last year I read Nicholas Wade's book Before the Dawn. Before the Dawn is about the history of humanity in prehistoric times. I am...
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Ssevensages replied to the thread I am older than she is/than her....By your standard, you can just say anything that I bad grammar is not wrong because it is informal. For instance, by your standard, you...
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Ssevensages replied to the thread I am older than she is/than her....The word ain't is informal. Double negatives like "We don't have no money" are informal. When grammarians say that a sentence is...
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Ssevensages replied to the thread I am older than she is/than her....Yeah that is what Alan at EnglishClub.com said about than. You are correct.
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Ssevensages replied to the thread I am older than she is/than her....The moderator Alan at EnglishClub.com knows more about English grammar than anyone on Earth. I asked Alan about this at EnglishClub.com...
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Ssevensages replied to the thread Why do we spend so little time learning grammar in college?.You certainly implied that that is your idea on post #8 on this thread and several other posts on this thread. My thesis is that...
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Ssevensages replied to the thread Why do we spend so little time learning grammar in college?.I am conceding that you are and were correct that what you wrote in post #68 is not a comma splice. I still disagree with your idea...
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Ssevensages replied to the thread Why do we spend so little time learning grammar in college?.If Alan says that it's not a comma splice, then it's not a comma splice.
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SPrepositions generally take the objective pronoun. To her, for her, from her, than her ... Than can be also be used as a conjunction...