Put your shoulder to the wheel

2007-07-06 11:05

Another idiom pertaining to “the wheel” is the phrase “put one’s shoulder to the wheel”.

Keep your hands on the wheel

2007-07-03 14:05

There is a Willie Nelson song titled Hands on the Wheel. What does it mean, "hands on the wheel"?

Propaganda and... Iraq (2)

2007-06-29 15:06

Continuing from our discussion from Tuesday, here's Greenwald who began his article (Everyone we fight in Iraq is now 'al-Qaida') with a quote of...

Propaganda and... Iraq

2007-06-26 15:06

I was reading Glenn Greenwald at Salon.com Sunday when it occurred to me that I should write about the term "propaganda".

Unsuspecting masses and... Iraq

2007-06-19 13:50

The editor's intro note to an article on molecule biology in The Economist reads...

Tend, intend, attend

2007-06-15 13:44

Reader question: What's the difference between "tend", "intend" and "attend"?

Still others?

2007-06-12 13:59

When I answer a reader question over English, I try not to say much. Instead I choose to trust the reader to find out the answers by themselves.

Hard hat

2007-06-08 11:28

In the run-up to the ongoing NBA Finals between San Antonio Spurs and Cleveland Cavaliers, Spurs top defender Bruce...

Pun intended

2007-06-05 13:45

A pun, if you look up a dictionary, is a play on words, and usually for humorous effects.

Too much of a good thing

2007-06-01 14:00

Could you help me with the meaning of "there is too much of it" as in the following passage marked in capital letters?

Good or well?

2007-05-29 17:26

I like your explanation in your column titled "Safe or Safety". I think your idea is clear and easy to understand.

Safe or safety?

2007-05-25 14:27

What is the difference between adjective and noun when they two can both modify a noun?

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