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Translator on fondueI like fondue a lot, thanks for great article, I have got taste for it... :)
shruti on astrologerThank you for telling the correct meaning of astrologer. people usually misguide, but your blog helped me get a more cle…
Stan on Try to get over “try and”'Try and always is ambiguous.' It really isn't, unless a reader or listener is uncooperative. Your teacher misled you. '…
Dave Dopp on Try to get over “try and”An interesting discussion. In my opinion, "try and" is never acceptable in writing and barely acceptable in speech. As m…
Stan Carey on Hang out with ‘hang’ and ‘hung’By coincidence, I read this exchange in White Teeth by Zadie Smith today: '...tries to shoot his captain, misses, tries…