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    Sticky: "...about 8 percent of our military forces are...

    "...about 8 percent of our military forces are comprised of women."

    Isn't, by any chance, "be comprised of" anybody's pet peeve? There are people who vehemently disagree with such (common) usage...
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    Sticky: Re: English Pet Peeves & Common Mistakes

    In other words, you both do/did not agree with the interpretation of "can not" given in that article, do/did you?
    I can not ask President Lincoln, but what, if anything, does this sentence from the...
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    Sticky: Re: English Pet Peeves & Common Mistakes

    I wish I new what the game is but thank you anyway. :)


    I thought that "I can dig" can be used if I want to say that I have necessary skills or strength for digging, and "I cannot dig" - if I...
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    Sticky: Re: English Pet Peeves & Common Mistakes

    Is there a difference between "I cannot dig" and "I can not dig"?

    It would be very convenient if there was the same difference there as between "I am not able to dig" and "I am able not to dig"...
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    Sticky: Re: English Pet Peeves & Common Mistakes

    If this is a redundancy then I would expect "recent history" to be an oxymoron. Is it, in English? It certainly is not in Russian. :dunno:
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    Sticky: Re: English Pet Peeves & Common Mistakes

    Yes. That was why I omitted this one from dictionary examples:
    "His hands moved further down her back." :roll:
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    Sticky: Re: English Pet Peeves & Common Mistakes

    Personally, I like that. To read bland, plain English is no fun. And for many it's no fun to write either.

    That's what I rather like.

    I love these words and I have to resist an urge to put them...
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    Sticky: Re: English Pet Peeves & Common Mistakes

    I took these from a dictionary:

    They walked a little further.
    His farm is located further away from Riobamba than his brother’s.
    They’ve never been further south than San Diego.

    They are...
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