Comments on: Break – Broke – Broken http://blog.oup.com/2007/07/break/ Introducing brilliant authors to the blogosphere. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:43:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Rahul http://blog.oup.com/2007/07/break/comment-page-1/#comment-150447 Rahul Wed, 06 May 2009 09:33:53 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/07/break/#comment-150447 Singular nouns use this and that. Plural nouns use these and those. Singular nouns use this and that.

Plural nouns use these and those.

]]> By: zhanghj http://blog.oup.com/2007/07/break/comment-page-1/#comment-23406 zhanghj Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:39:48 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/07/break/#comment-23406 I mean the words ,brittle/brut/brute,may have the same etymology,and it is ease for student to memorizing these words which was put together. I mean the words ,brittle/brut/brute,may have the same etymology,and it is ease for student to memorizing these words which was put together.

]]> By: George Corley http://blog.oup.com/2007/07/break/comment-page-1/#comment-19258 George Corley Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:18:27 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/07/break/#comment-19258 "'Brash', if still remembered outside Scotland, is now used only in 'water brash'." Here in the United States, I still hear "brash" on occasion to as an adjective to describe someone who is forceful or reckless. I see it mostly in older writing, but I wouldn't be surprised to hear someone say it aloud here in West Virginia. “‘Brash’, if still remembered outside Scotland, is now used only in ‘water brash’.”

Here in the United States, I still hear “brash” on occasion to as an adjective to describe someone who is forceful or reckless. I see it mostly in older writing, but I wouldn’t be surprised to hear someone say it aloud here in West Virginia.

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