What are the 2 errors most used in our language that really make your hackles rise? Mine is 'bought' and 'brought' and the worst in my book is 'specific' and 'Pacific'. A woman at work has just said...
Hi, I'm stuck on a question totally for a future exam and was wondering if anybody can help me out with this please. Thaks very much in advance. Chris ---------------------------------------------- a...
i have not been happy in my job for a while and have managed to secure an interview for a position more suited to me. I had an interview 2 weeks ago and as a result they said i was over qualified for...
Please can somone tell me when its correct to use compared to and when its correct to use compared with as there is no consistancy with their use? My wife keeps telling me its compared with and not to...
Why is the norm for a right handed person to hold their dining fork in their left hand? It doesn't make sense when this is the tool that does the most precision work & also rises to and from the...
I replaced all the discs and pads on my BMW 525i ( 1989 G reg) to get through its MOT last October. Since then, it has done ~7000 miles. No problems. A few days ago, I noticed vibration whilst...
Was following a cement mixer lorry the other day and noticed a wanring on the back that said the concrete could cause serious burns. How? I'm assuming it's because it's hot but WHY is it hot? If you...
There is an irritating tendency these days to write LOOSE when you surely mean LOSE ? Loose is ill-fitting trousers, worn dentures, etc, and has nothing to do with losing something. Am I right, and...
Following on from some previous posts about foreigners with rucksacks and jews and muslims im wondering why are the british so rascist? Britain was behind slavery,persecutionj of the jews,crusading...
In light of the recent bomb scares in London the French press have reported that the french goverment have raised its terror alert level from hide to run. The only two higher levels in france are...
How come hot water goes cloudy? (Yes, it's *that* time in the evening...) From what I remember of school science, the molecules that form the water would start to seperate as it heats, surely making...
PLEASE!! Does anyone have an EFFECTIVE way of getting rid of snails? My poor garden is being eaten alive! I've tried beer, but that just attracts them more and they just gorge themselves all the way...
This morning I aked my girlfriends daughter the question that if God created the universe with a bowl of fruit, what did he crate people with.... To this She replied L*GO.... We were in stiches. Have...
