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I'm honestly not sure. I guess I could subjectively say that "I like spicy food" is not as juicy a topic as he would like to discuss. :) But at least he can start a thread there and see if it works out. That was a couple of weird days for Lorikeet though. You wouldn't believe what she has to go thro...

Well, Reddrose now has a happy home in Current News in the student forums, where he can discuss gossip as much as he wants. To be specific, he's sharing his opinion in 'I like spicy food'.

You're quite right. When I originally opened that discussion, he was already 2 days post-free. I'm not sure what's going with that crazy guy! But I don't think my jokes regarding his age would offend him that much.

In the great words of Stephen Jones, "read what I say" . If you want to talk about gossip, or discuss anything that doesn't relate to "applied linguistics" (which is the name of this forum), you should go to the above mentioned forum. If you are a student/learner of English and want to discuss topic...

Reddrose, I have so many things to say about your demeanor, and everything you've posting so far. But I will simply say this: go to the student forum Current News. My reasons for this are simple. You can learn about how to have a normal conversation, and improve your English (that suggestion is base...

Actually, as a non-catholic, and as a Canadian, I think he's saying that this is why Catholics seem to be making the most fuss over the idea. At least, that's what I interpret from CQs definitions (which were helpful, thank you).

Aside from the obvious differences of these two words (adj and noun), are there any major semantic differences? A student was giving a synopsis of an article that she read for class. On the subject of gay marriage in Canada, an editorial stated that only the Roman Catholic Church considered marriage...

Oh and I'd add that, with all the serious conversations we have, I thought we could talk about something slightly more humerous and maybe learn something other than our opinion of modal auxiliaries, or what Pullum or Zwicky or Kiefer or Lewis was thinking when he said such-and-such. For the self-pro...

Well, among the more "active" participants of this forum, there are some very interesting characters. Take Larry for example: he obviously has a great deal of experience and knowledge (as does SJ). And to know more about people like Larry helps you better understand where they're coming from. But La...

Oh, and before you reply, read some of these quotes, laugh a little, and tell me this isn't a guy worth knowing a little more about (like his age). I know he was born in Wales but grew up in Manchester. You can find out in what context these fascinating statements were made yourself. The ones involv...

You certainly could try to guess my age as well. But (by the information that you supplied) I think we all know that you're 36, right Andrew?

(Red Alert: intended humour below. ) I know a lot of you are shaking your heads thinking "What is this guy up to?". Believe me, I have my own reasons for posting this question. :D But I would like to know what many of you believe. Everybody who participates in the Applied Linguistics section of Dave...

The sentence "He wins!" is an example that you see a lot of in certain contexts. The first that comes to mind is that of a commentator at a hockey game: "He shoots! He scores!!" The goal of a commentator is to tell his/her audience what is happening as the event takes place: details such as where th...

Exactly what I was thinking, Lorikeet. I would ask her "Who feels frusterated in this sentence?" And when she states that she's the one, I would indicate that she should change the sentence to fit wht she means. She either has to change it to make 'I' the subject, or change 'frustrated' to -ing to m...

But if you're looking for a more direct interpretation of what the author was saying, I'd add that the word 'barnacle' is used to metaphorically say that something sticks permanantly to a given object (as a barnacle to a ship's hull) and is seen, as FH pointed out, as a parasite. A parasite that cem...