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Re: Dear Expert
« Reply #1075 on: July 22, 2021, 11:36:59 AM »
Thank you for confirming that.

We must stamp this obscenity out! ;) (Or, you know, pretend it never happened, which is probably more effective.)
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Re: Dear Expert
« Reply #1076 on: July 22, 2021, 11:44:53 AM »
I wasn't aware of it before, but now that you've daylighted it for us, I'll get right on that.
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« Reply #1077 on: July 23, 2021, 10:01:43 AM »
 :p
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« Reply #1078 on: June 22, 2023, 04:24:08 PM »
There's demagogue and pedagogue and synagogue. Are there any other agogues that I'm not thinking of?
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Re: Dear Expert
« Reply #1079 on: June 22, 2023, 04:38:33 PM »
You underestimate my ability to take things seriously!

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Re: Dear Expert
« Reply #1080 on: June 22, 2023, 10:36:41 PM »
I knew emmenagogue (although I had to check to be sure I was remembering its meaning correctly). But the others . . . .  :wacko:
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Re: Dear Expert
« Reply #1081 on: June 26, 2023, 10:46:01 AM »
I only know the ones Tante mentioned.


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« Reply #1082 on: August 20, 2023, 08:37:19 PM »
Why is a canard an unfounded rumor in English and a duck in French?
Is there a relationship between the two words?


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« Reply #1083 on: August 22, 2023, 09:38:20 PM »
m-w conjectures:
"From each according to his ability, to each according to his work."  Comte de Saint-Simon

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« Reply #1084 on: August 22, 2023, 10:00:28 PM »
Wanna buy a duck?

A what?

A duck!

Does it quack?

(If you have no idea what I am referring to, see this (among many others).)
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« Reply #1085 on: August 22, 2023, 10:31:32 PM »
I never heard of that one.  It seems like possible mispronunciations would be the main appeal to school children.  Does canard rhyme with anything potentially shocking in french?
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« Reply #1086 on: August 22, 2023, 10:41:40 PM »
It seems like possible mispronunciations would be the main appeal to school children.
Nah. It's just silly and fun, especially once you have a chain with lots of people. Like this!
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« Reply #1087 on: August 23, 2023, 05:07:26 AM »
m-w conjectures:

Interesting, pooka. Which dictionary did you check?


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« Reply #1088 on: August 24, 2023, 12:00:53 AM »
m-w.com
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Re: Dear Expert
« Reply #1089 on: September 11, 2023, 11:11:19 AM »
Why is the typeset lowercase "g" so messed up.  I can't even draw it.
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Re: Dear Expert
« Reply #1090 on: September 11, 2023, 01:48:02 PM »
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Re: Dear Expert
« Reply #1091 on: February 06, 2024, 06:49:49 AM »
Why on earth would someone use a comma after "include" in this sentence? (Including only the part of the sentence leading up to and after "include".)

"...pain treatment strategies during procedures for newborns and infants include, breastfeeding, skin-to-skin and..."

Am I wrong to think no comma is needed after include?
It's a quote pulled from another publication and quoted in an article I'm reviewing, so if it's wrong it was probably published wrong. Unless the article writer typed the quote incorrectly.


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Re: Dear Expert
« Reply #1092 on: February 06, 2024, 07:07:07 AM »
Yes, the comma is incorrect.
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Re: Dear Expert
« Reply #1093 on: February 06, 2024, 09:27:14 AM »
Yeah, it's wrong. I have no idea why someone would put one there, though.
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« Reply #1094 on: February 06, 2024, 04:21:47 PM »
Because some people think they are meant to put a comma anywhere they would pause when speaking the sentence aloud. >_<
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« Reply #1095 on: February 07, 2024, 08:50:52 PM »
Ha! Yeah, something like that.

Folks use commas inappropriately a lot.


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