What's that all about then? Still waters (by definition) can't run anywhere, the water being still and all that. Shouldn't it be "Still waters don't run anywhere" or "Moving water may run deep"?
Here's a quote I found on the internet. My question is whether or not the first comma is correctly placed. It looks quite clumsy to me to put it within the quotation marks: A Healing Dream can never...
Does anyone have a URL for a simple linguistic problem - which is a list of the 200 commonest used English words and for that matter the commonest 1000 words ? Thanks PP
My 12 year old son has been charged with racial abuse for calling an asian boy a "Mars Bar" during a football match, which he denies, but is this racist?
This phrase, so beloved of inferior management always manages to niggle me. Today, I came back with "No, but there are 3 in inspiration and imagination, 4 in initiative and 6 in indivisibility" As you...
.......................or a Kentish Man? Why the difference? I know it refers to which side of the Medway you were born, but why does it matter? Is it a status thing? Local rivalry? Does anyone know...
Does anyone know where this quote comes from, I think it's Friends but not sure. Also not sure if I've quoted it right! "My wallets too big for my fifties and my diamond shoes are too tight!"