Sensual: continually sensuous or continuously sensual?
Article Abstract:
The grammatical history of the distinction between continual and continuous, and Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's incorrect use of 'predacious' in his opinion on Microsoft's antitrust behavior, are provided.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2000
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Foot/hoof in/and mouth: the disease with the changing name
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Variations on the phrase "foot-and-mouth" are discussed, with attention given to its confusion with a similar phrase for malapropisms, "to put one's foot in one's mouth."
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2001
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Me: 'Don't finish my - .' You: 'Sentence.' (includes related articles)(On Language) (Column)
Article Abstract:
Finishing another person's sentence can be an act of intimacy or an offensive act. How it is perceived depends on an individual's personality.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 1992
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