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Apostrophe needed?

Hi When do you place an apostrophe? Example01: I will meet you in two weeks time. Example02: He wasted 20 years' work. Are those sentences correct?

jamesy boy

What's your town famous for?

my home town of Stockton-On-Tees is "famous" as the home of the safety match, and the first passenger railway (along with Darlington), What's your town famous for? The barmier the better!

Dom Tuk

Israel in European contests

How does Israel qualify for the Euro vision contest??. Why do they participate in the European qualifications for the FIFA world cup??. Other than the safety angle in conducting the football...

BigDogsWang

Celebrity Planet (just for fun)

Give NASA as much funding as possible to speed up the programme to colonise Mars, or even better, Titan. 50 'Celebrities' then move in with limited amount of supplies. No prizes, no TV camera's, no...

wotsit

The Mousetrap

Has anyone out there seen "The Mousetrap". Is it really that good, was it worth seeing. It must have something going for it, I believe this is it's 57th year. Is there anything else I...

Xollob

Asterisk Monster (again)

Ed, you removed my last post regarding automatic deletion of terms deemed unsuitable. It's now happened again in a question on Amsterdam, the offending term being Rembrandt's Night-watch. Sadly the...

5freemen

Difference between Lager and Bitter

What's the difference between lager and bitter. I've been told that lager is bottom fermented and bitter top fermented, but what does this actually mean. How does this affect the taste?

hugoboss

apostrophe agony

I'm one of those annoying people who hates incorrect usage of apostrophies on signs/shop fronts etc. Imagine my agony when my local fish and chip shop changed their name to....Fryway's. Now, i'm sure...

Lindylou

dvd?

One of my colleagues asked me this morning what do the initials DVD stand for - and I realise I have absolutely no idea! Help please all you lovely Abers!

tanyavee

Butter or Marge

Do you remember the advert where they said 8 out of 10 people prefer butter to marge? I prefer butter how about you?

tiny tim

middle east form of address

an anyone tell me which word, derived from the greek for 'lord' is used in the near and middle east as a polite form of address for 'Mr.'?

bluedog

dates quiz

What happened on February 9th 1983?

mr. piper

search engine usage!!!!!!

This is no more than an empassioned plea, from someone who has been treated with contempt and antibiotics, but still tries to raise a half smile. I beg of you good people please, when i or another...

mandy.c

Good Films

Hi Everyone, can you recommend some good films to watch, we have recently signed up for renting dvd's on line and have gone through the things we want to watch, what are some classics that we may have...

foreverlove

Arts & Literature

What should a woman wear to a play in New York City? For a matinee and for an evening performance.

lkn2cln

same difference?

Where did the phrase"same difference" come from?

apex204

Imaginative Things To Do With Gnocchi

I love this stuff but only ever prepare it by smothering it in parmesan cheese and throwing some butter-fried mushrooms in. Yummy! But I wanna try something different. I like most things and I'm...

spunkypumpkn

Spelling!!!

Doesn't it drive you BONKERS when people use 'text' english in questions? Is 'English' not taught in our schools anymore? Whats going on?? Its bizarre. Its all about the grammar, people!! The grammar!

Quicksilver

Horlicks

Why is something that is a mess often referred to as a horlicks, as in: "he made a right horlicks of that"? What's a bedtime drink got to do with it?

Gotland_se

Ryanair

I am planning on flying from Venice to Stockholm by Ryanair. I noticed there is a fare from Venice to Paris, then an hour later a flight from Paris to Stockholm. I've heard that Ryanair has a habit of...

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