too smart a bird; diff between "will" and "is going to"

too smart a bird
(AUE: by John L. )

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diff between "will" and "is going to"
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.usage.english/browse_thread/thread/25d0175e8fcb0e93#
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.usage.english/browse_thread/thread/a5cf094689ce57da#

Where's the beef?

今天的新聞: Lawsuit to Taco Bell: Where's the beef?

也是引用AP的同一則新聞，但是確copy&paste同一個錯字: "... and found it contained less that 35 percent beef."
我用Google查了一下發現很多家網路新聞都是"照抄"

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雖是如此，新聞其它部份還是值得一讀，比如:

"... serving high quality Mexican inspired food ..."

為什麼不直接寫"Mexican food"，卻是加了個"inspired"? (台灣很多的餐廳其實也可以學這招)

Anal retentive

「龜毛」的英文怎麼說？在說它的英文之前我們先來看「龜毛」的中文意思是什麼：

1. 表示做事不乾脆、拖拖拉拉（這也是我熟知的意思）

2. 形容一個人過份注意瑣碎細節（這用法我也有聽過）。這和 1. 的意思/用法還是有差別。

3. 用於表示正面意思，算是 2. 的意思/用法延伸。這個算是我最近碰到的（我用網路查了之後才知道的）（配合整個內容來看倒也是很順）:

4. 其它(?)


而這也正是我很不喜歡碰翻譯的地方，因為要考慮的"contexts"往往會很多，然後我得花很多時間去想去分析。
<<待續>>

Preposition at end ....; downtown

preposition at end - differed preposition in infinitive clause
and the next one by E. W.: ... regarding *attributive adjective clauses*

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Preposition at end

So, I quote, "Fowler and nearly every other respected prescriptivist see NOTHING wrong with ending a clause with a preposition; Fowler calls it a 'superstition'."

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go/have been downtown.

talk vs talking; that vs which

Talk/talking 特別是這篇(by J. Lawler)

Use of "which" and "that"
(note to self: some interesting reads)


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http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/that-or-which
[1:04] In American English, it is not considered correct to use which to introduce a restrictive relative clause.

John has his son helping him; have Ving

A COMPREHENSIVE GRAMMAR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
by Quirk et al