European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Columns mister language person has All the answers once again it k tinn fur Aih Amer language i nun the popular in a Nihil feature wherein we discuss the kind of Inmann grammatical concerns which common pen be tend to encounter problems wild. Well begin with Nur lint question q. Can you explain the difference Between criteria and criterion a. Yes. Thai s Why i m Here criteria is used in formal business or government communications As in an insufficient criteria was utilized in the Delerm Nolion i store warheads or close to the nursing criterion is used As .1 name for watches Phil lend id Cost More than a new Subaru Hal Ion Wagon As in the role criterion fur the individual who knows his q. My brother in last always say everything is i Mool Point like i la say Earl your dog is Licking the Laco dip again and Earl will say Well i guest in f a moot then hell go Back to watching Oprah Winfrey. How Lanc a woman it she anyway a. There it no Way to Tell. Q. I am confused about when to use its and when Louic its in sentence such � my dog displays a tremendous intern in ill food is there an Cay Way to remember the Rule a. Yes. Simply memorize this Little poem which Many of us Learned As children an i with a t allowed by in if pm Fifie in raft in s Rig it behind something form thing k Fine except in leap Lyviu. Res Plain to see something something re capt after t repeal cd wuss q. What is the Correct usage of the word appraise i m confused. A appraise is a word that is properly used when not is appraised of something As in so then 1 appraised this individual Filkil if he did t Lake his foot off my wife he would need .1 boy scout troop id locate his q. In he Long Home on the k Nof where it Tayi the Fulci Are not Cloudy All Day does that mean that the Ime Are Cloudy but not All Day or it mean the skies Are totally Cloud free All Dayl Alto do the Deer and the Antelope play together or is there one play area marked for Deer and one marked for Antelope How could they Tell a. To answer your question we called up popular syndicated language guru William satins hut his Secretary told us he was out of he country. A do you think she was lying a. Yes. Q. How is the phrase by and Large it cd a. To is used in conjunction with the phrase Louise and myself As in by and Large Louise and myself prefer the won Lon q. When should i us imply and when should i me infer a. Although both imply and infer belong to what word scientists or entomologists Call the family of words Starling with i and having five letters they Are actually quite different in meaning is is illustrated t y these two sentences 1. Jennifer implied then was too Miliny gnats in her Lavori. 2. Jennifer inferred Ilia there was Loo Many in her i Avoris. Tip for writers a Good Way to add sparkle to a Seel Ion of writing is to put some literary devices in it the major literary devices Are facsimiles As Busy As a Beaver figurines of speech those beavers Are very Busy sophomores kind of like a Beaver of something Arvd traumatic expressions Marge has been bitten by a Beaver. Trained professional writer frequently use these devices to turn an Ordinary piece of writing into a piece of writing thai make some mention of Benavi r Calvin Klein perfume for the individual with the cranial capacity of a Beaver. Cot .1 question about the Correct Jar Nijm Irico Wiy of using .1 pro Rel properly write ,1 letter to mister language person being sure to a Oje if with the phrase warm it i boycotting father s wedding would be wrong by miss manners uni Ltd feature Syndicate dear miss manners nine months ago my Mother was killed in an automobile Accident. She and dad had been happily married for Over so years. In two months. Dad plans to marry a Nice 70-year-old widow from their Church. Dad is 7d. Thi woman wants to have a Church wedding with about 60 Rindt and relative followed by a full catered reception including dinner. My Sisters and i Are glad dad is remarrying but out of respect for our Mother we do not want to attend this kind of wedding. Is such a wedding appropriate under the circumstances would it he improper for us to slay away gentle Reader i manners will Rte ii Wilh this Silva lion in Ler Muf Elir Helle rather than emotion though Var mild idol Lowil difficult emotions arc Nili n Sill if by recognising and submitting to convention one Boycotts a Thich should not by confused Wilh i rely Ilet Linin i in order to slum in Creme , Iii ally til la marriage Mythi r than of the Weilin . This is one of a i Helle s stut Reil i Turt Send should be Dune Only Filer in run provocation. You your Takht is wedding because tic style of the wedding should reflect thai Heb Nick Krum is a mourning. Technically thai is an Elk Tuelle impossibility. Tho minimalist i cling during a mourning Xmas fes Kinrd for Thust Burl fwd by the lost of a part in or i Liling. Nut j spouse. Obviously one Doe not marry while mourning ii spoui1. But in will be nearly a year site your Mother s death which would cover a Titre not ind be Wilh dignity is a sign of Neil i a mental income Clente nor unfashionable Ness. Ordinarily she lakes to request people to separate the worthiness of an organization from the manners of ils representatives. But the offensive practice of specifying minimum donations Musl be .1 policy indicating that the organi alien is not intended in the sni Lifite of modest income people. Therefore miss manners considers it proper of you in decline to Par lit Pale. If enough people do so you May be sure Ihrl it will affect the policy. Dear miss manners i grew up in Buffalo and went to school in Cleveland. I have recently moved to Washington d.c., and my new Job is such that i am always meeting new people. These people often ask where 1 am from. When i Tell them quite often they assume a Superior air and respond Well i la bet you re glad to gel out of there or Buffalo Why i hear it mows there in my a Hearty laugh usually follows. Apparently the people who make these remarks find it preposterous that one can live and be Happy beyond the Borders of their Little Garden of Eden. They Are implicitly laying How can you be to stupid As to live in such a dumpy town i suppose t could cite As just one advantage the fact that my Hometown folks Are Well Nunn ered. Rut of course this irony would be lost on the big City sophisticate. I have therefore Devi cd a Rule of etiquette if miss manners would allow me to be to presumptuous do nol denigrate a person s Hometown. If a Friend hails from Devil i Island Praise it for its Solitude. Gentle Reader the Rule you propose is excellent and miss manners endorses it heartily. In. The meantime you should it ply As one always does loan insult delivered to one s face Why thank you. How kind of you to dear mass manners my Boyfriend received a wedding invitation from a Friend Lor Bob and guest we have been dating for two Yean and living together for the past year. I am upset because she did not put my name on the invitation. Bob Tayi the to probably too Busy getting ready for the wedding etc., to worry about that. Bob Jay she is a very Good Friend he hat known since High school. Bob s been la dinner parties the past couple of months 1 could t attend because of work and she Haf been there when i be picked him up. Bab went to introduce me to her and she nude Fotune flip remark and kept on walking. How Rudel should i be upset because of the invitation or is the Way she addressed it proper gentle Reader miss manners does t blame you for being miffed. Being addressed As and guest is insulting. Sometimes the rudeness of designating someone As and guest rather than taking the trouble to find out her name is done in the name of busyness but that does nol make it less callous. Tripti i Flunt 3
