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It Is Amazing When They all Growed UP

Go Crossbones @crossbones27 (52905) • Mojave, California 1 Oct 22

Dogs do not act that grown up even when they 9 or 10. Poke, poke, come play ball with me. Only difference is jerk, my legs do not work like they used to. Stop throwing the ball all over there. I throw it all soft, I do not like...

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Roadblocks on our Path

Shiva @Shiva49 (28371) • Singapore 3 Oct 18

I reflect often on the goings-on around our world. I feel the majority remain disadvantaged being taken for a ride with empty promises by our leaders. We are beset with intractable problems that pin down the common folks. What...

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Yes there is Collusion

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 1 Aug 18

For some time President Trump has been chanting the phrase 'no collusion' like a mantra. His increasingly befuddled lawyer Rudi Giulliani now states that even if there is / was collusion it is not a crime. Sorry Rudi, but...

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It has always bugged me....

Oneironaut @_sketch_ (5742) • United States 7 Feb 11

The growing popularity and misuse of the word "tolerance". It has become quite a trend to use the word "tolerance" when discussing human rights, religion in particular. Let's look at the definition of "tolerance" shall...

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People vs. persons

EnslinPorter @EnslinPorter (1718) • Philippines 18 Sep 10

Hi everybody! I would like to ask about the word "people" and "persons". I remember when I was in grade school that the plural form of person is people, it was never persons. How did it come about that persons is...

does anybody knows lexical semantics?

arnoldream @arnoldream (1332) • Philippines 11 Sep 08

can you please tell me something about it, my wife is asking me about it and its not my kind of expertise with regards to very complicated human way of word and language expression

whats up???

murciaman @murciaman (441) 23 Jun 07

isnt down such a great word.... we all have our ups and downs in life.. i suppose we are all down in the dumps at one stage or another but at least if we are down because we are cold we can soon sort that out by pulling on the...

Is there a difference between anywhere and everywhere?

JackBravo @JackBravo (970) • United States 9 Jun 07

I was just pondering the meaning of those words as they apply to the internet and life. For example, "I can find my from anywhere in the world," or "I can find my blog from everywhere in the world." Anybody see the difference...

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Variations on a country: do U notice we use the same words, but spell different?

Amber @AmbiePam (120605) • United States 23 Feb 07

We use the same English words, but spell them differently. America writes recognize, Britain and India write recognise. I once got in trouble in the 7th grade for spelling the word 'recognise.' I had been reading a British author...

american spelling

different countries

english grammar

intercultural communications

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What do you about this intelligent student?

swarn47 @swarn47 (1706) • India 7 Jan 07

A first grade teacher was having trouble with one of her students. The teacher asked, Boy, what is ur problem? Boy,I am too smart for the first grade. My sister is in third grade and I am smarter than her so I should be in 3rd...

intelligent student

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Meteorology?

barbarella @barbarella (354) 20 Dec 06

If meteorology is the study of the weather, what is the study of meteors called?

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Semantics

yarntales @yarntales (639) • United States 13 Dec 06

I hate arguments that start because one person used a word another person took exception to. Example 1: One day I talked about my husband's dr appointment and used the word injection. He wasn't getting an injection that time...

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