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Part of the adventure of using a new language is learning to use capital letters at the beginning of sentences. :twisted: PLAINLY you are right. I just hate to add extra flourishes that add nothing to the meaning of the text. ESPECIALLY as I am a two finger hyper typer and do not wish to add to the...

mmm. my post was too long to be summarized plainly. and most of the posters on the teachers side seem to be very developed grammar learners. part of the adventure of a new language is when you reach the point of understanding two out of three words. is this not true? then the learning is changing fr...

wow, again?! is this seasonal? but i guess you are going west to east. wee have sandhill cranes grouping for the trip near us, but that is north to south. hope you are in and settled already

hi, i guess 'for suppose' could be thought of as 'just imagine', or 'for example'. i even thought i would apply plain english to your quote Camas: "For suppose there is a sin against life, the recipe would be one part despairing of this life, to at least two parts rushing on to another life, leaving...

version i remember was, "and four on the sidewalk is not allowed".
maybe youall came from towns with bigger sidewalks?
seems last i heard it from kids skipping rope, so it may have gained variations as it spread.

If the "plain English campaign" take power, some residents of Michigan will be summarily executed. does that mean that my simple words have been so convincing that a counter revolution would wish to remove my influence? i do not think my words have that power....oh well... "I regret that I have onl...

it is possible shuntang is trying to force the language he is learning into the rules of the language or philosophy he first was taught. in the process he has been able to practice the improvement of vocabulary and enjoy the interest of debate. at some future time, his skills may become even more ad...

stressfull?

look out, everyone. woodcutter has a chain verb. plain english is spoken communication in epic form plain english is talking as a child would talk. while using fewer words precisely, it is still possible to listen to the pompous or profuse with understanding. after all, you are not required to corre...

it seems that all three words are generally equal, doesn't it? i do not think i have ever seen 'til written except in poetical or musical lyric use. they all seem to have a sense of requirement, "i cannot stop for lunch and eat my reuben sanchwich until the noon whistle blows". till also has another...

oh, but your pained and contorted and twisted conscience. no wonder you feel the need of healing from 6 dusky nymphettes.
since this may be too heavy a load to carry by yourself, maybe you need a partner- or an initial public offering of shares!

can there be too many questions? is life itself not a 'quest'? maybe i do not know of china's history, and only accept your statements as a basis to work from. or maybe i only remember dimly being told way back in elementary school that china has had one of the longest histories of any culture. thou...

but is it still true if one is totally ignorant of much of china's history? is it possible to be a member of those grand and glorious and yet be willing to see genius in the response of one from any nation? if i am unaware of great happenings do they cease to exist, much as the sound of a tree falli...

"the quick brown fox ran over the hill top." 'he was really booking!"

you might wish to copper that bet, wood cutter, because, as you know, i sometimes find that the rivers of my reason often flow in similar but independent streams leading others who do not follow succinctly, to accuse me of mere rambling-to which i, not wanting to cause unneccesary debate or torpitud...