I watched this programme with some dismay, as members of 'London's Finest' effed and blinded, using language that would get Saturday night revellers arrested for using. I was a little surprised that...
How would the magnetic field between two magnets be different if two south poles were close together? And why does a north pole (magnetic field) move a way from the north part of a magnet? Thank you
Can anyone help my daughter?
She needs to know what kind of word 'that' is in the following sentence:
"the ceiling was supported, like that of a barn"...
The Lion King has just been released in 3D. Since the original was made in 1994, and I suppose with no view to re-releasing it 17 years in the future in 3D, how has it been done? With computers,...
that you find hard to spell or worse say. I fall at the first hurdle of unequivocal, for reasons i can't explain, it comes out jumbled, and now i have to put it aside, or find an alternative....
Often people say the word diretics when surely the proper word should be di-u-retics. Why do people especially on the shopping channels say jewlerry when the word is jewellery? Whilst I'm on my soap...
I cringe every time anyone says "None of us is getting any younger" Another I fail to understand is a building "raised to the ground". Feel better now I've got that off my chest!...
I'll do this here instead of on another thread that made me think of it. Does it annoy you when people use words in the wrong way or use the wrong word in a sentence? For example, my boyfriend...
This programme was on yesterday (5 December), but it has been on before. The fact that it was old was given away by the item about Keith Duffy who is now back in the Street, but wasn't when this...
Hello peeps! Seen Family Fortune's earlier and before the duration of the second bout of adverts, there was a competition question on a survey of 100 people to win £5,000 Now, I may have a stab...
Will we ever be able to make ourselves truly invisible? I've seen some future clothing that apparently bends light but this was a little unconvincing. Im talking about real invisiblity like we see in...
I use cheap reading glasses bought in poundshops to read newspapers etc. I normally need glasses with a "power" of "+2.5" to read documents and newspapers reasonably well. Lately,...
I now know that 'vermillion' is an allowed (in some dictionaries, but not Chamber's) spelling of 'vermilion'. Does anybody out there (Quizmonster, for example) know what is the history of these two...
Our 4-bed 1980s house has been plagued by mice for years. They seem to be mainly in the loft, but my wife reckons she can hear them in the space between the two floors. Things have been a lot better...
apologies if you've already visited this site! http://www.freerice.com/index.php I find it quite relaxing! I've always considered myself a bit if a wordy, but have got many wrong! It's good fun and...
