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![]() From: Ardith Hinton (1:153/716) To: n/a Date: Thu, 06 January 2022 Confusion!! Hi, Alexander! Recently you wrote in a message to Dallas Hinton: DH> We speak of a brother and also of brethren... [etc.]. ak> For English learners it should be something more positive.... |
![]() From: alexander koryagin (2:5075/128.130) To: n/a Date: Tue, 28 December 2021 Confusion!! Thunderbird/31.7.0 Hi, Dallas Hinton! I read your message from 27.12.2021 16:14 DH> We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes; but the plural DH> of ox became oxen not oxes. One ... |
![]() From: Dallas Hinton (1:153/7715) To: n/a Date: Mon, 27 December 2021 Confusion!! Hi, All! We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes; but the plural of ox became oxen not oxes. One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese, yet the plural of moose should never be meese. ... |
![]() From: Ardith Hinton (1:153/716) To: n/a Date: Wed, 22 December 2021 Where does the comma go? Hi, Alexander! Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton: ak> OK, "God rest you merry, sir." But not OK, ;-) I am still have ak> a vague understanding of this phrase. Wr... |
![]() From: Dallas Hinton (1:153/7715) To: n/a Date: Fri, 17 December 2021 Where does the comma go? Hi, alexander -- on Dec 17 2021 at 10:43, you wrote: DH> Try: "May God keep you happy (or content), sir". ak> "God bless you!" in other words. ;-) I don't think t... |
![]() From: alexander koryagin (2:5075/128.130) To: n/a Date: Fri, 17 December 2021 Where does the comma go? <MSGID_1=3A153=2F7715.0_1bb70da1@fidonet.org> Thunderbird/31.7.0 Hi, Dallas Hinton! I read your message from 16.12.2021 12:01 DH> Hi, alexander -- on Dec 16 2021 at 13:42, you wrote: ... |
![]() From: Dallas Hinton (1:153/7715) To: n/a Date: Thu, 16 December 2021 Where does the comma go? Hi, alexander -- on Dec 16 2021 at 13:42, you wrote: ak> OK, "God rest you merry, sir." But not OK, ;-) I am still have a ak> vague understanding of this phrase. Write it in oth... |
![]() From: alexander koryagin (2:5075/128.130) To: n/a Date: Thu, 16 December 2021 Where does the comma go? <MSGID_1=3A153=2F716.0_1bac0805@fidonet.org> Thunderbird/31.7.0 Hi, Ardith Hinton! I read your message from 15.12.2021 23:56 DH>> "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" has been ... |
![]() From: Ardith Hinton (1:153/716) To: n/a Date: Wed, 15 December 2021 Where does the comma go? Hi, Alexander! Recently you wrote in a message to Dallas Hinton: DH> "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" has been parodied on Twitter. ak> IMHO, the main problem is not in commas ... |
![]() From: Ardith Hinton (1:153/716) To: n/a Date: Mon, 06 December 2021 What is opera? ;) Hi, Alexander! Recently you wrote in a message to All: AK> "Daddy, what is opera?" AK> "Well, it is when one person kills another and AK> sings after it." ... |
![]() From: alexander koryagin (2:5075/128.130) To: n/a Date: Mon, 06 December 2021 Where does the comma go? Thunderbird/31.7.0 Hi, Dallas Hinton! I read your message from 02.12.2021 12:46 DH> A well-known Christmas carol titled "God Rest Ye Merry, DH> Gentlemen" has been parodied o... |
![]() From: Dallas Hinton (1:153/7715) To: n/a Date: Thu, 02 December 2021 Where does the comma go? Hi, All! A well-known Christmas carol titled "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" has been parodied on Twitter. Give that we're studying English, you might enjoy this. Please be sure to vie... |
![]() From: Alexander Koryagin (2:221/6) To: n/a Date: Mon, 29 November 2021 What is opera? ;) Thunderbird/31.7.0. Hi, All! "Daddy, what is opera?" "Well, it is when one person kills another and sings after it." Bye, All! Alexander Koryagin --- * Origin: n... |
![]() From: Ardith Hinton (1:153/716) To: n/a Date: Sun, 28 November 2021 Jokes of the season Hi, Denis! Recently you asked about the following in netmail to Ardith Hinton: AH> Omigosh! An informal expression of surprise... also spelled "Oh, my gosh!" ... |
![]() From: Ardith Hinton (1:153/716) To: n/a Date: Thu, 25 November 2021 Jokes of the season Hi, Ardith! Recently you wrote in a message to Anton Shepelev: AH> I'm not at all concerned about lines which are shorter than AH> what you intended because I think that makes them easier... |
![]() From: Alan Ianson (1:153/757) To: n/a Date: Thu, 25 November 2021 Jokes of the season Hello Anton, >> I didn't see any line on my screen which ran over 72 >> characters here, although my software can handle up to 80. AS> Ironically, this very paragrph... |
![]() From: Ardith Hinton (1:153/716) To: n/a Date: Wed, 24 November 2021 Jokes of the season Hi, Anton! Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton: AH> I didn't see any line on my screen which ran over 72 AH> characters here, although my software can handle up to 80. AS&... |
![]() From: Alexander Koryagin (2:221/6) To: n/a Date: Mon, 08 November 2021 Anecdotes about translators Thunderbird/31.7.0. Hi, Ardith Hinton! -> Alexander Koryagin I read your message from 04.11.2021 23:52 ak>> please, I am a translator." SM>> Should it be "an interpr... |
![]() From: Ardith Hinton (1:153/716) To: n/a Date: Thu, 04 November 2021 Anecdotes about translators Hi, Alexander! Recently you wrote in a message to Stas Mishchenkov: ak> please, I am a translator." SM> Should it be "an interpreter"? AK> I believe both words are... |
![]() From: Ardith Hinton (1:153/716) To: n/a Date: Tue, 02 November 2021 Anecdotes about translators Hi & welcome, Stas! Recently you wrote in a message to alexander koryagin: ak> please, I am a translator." SM> Should it be "an interpreter"? Good q... |