:seven

  • Description of FAQ maintenance: 1
  • Genitive: Genitive is not always possessive.: 1
  • Intro A: Intro A: Welcome to AUE and Guidelines for Posting:: 2
  • Intro B: Historical English, and English Literature: 2
  • Intro C: words ending in "-gry": 2
  • Intro D: Where to find the big AUE FAQ: 2
  • Intro E: U.S. -v- REST-OF-WORLD ENGLISH: 2
  • Intro F: Word origins: 2
  • Intro G: Intro G: Where is the FAQ?: 1
  • UCLE07: Some significant numbers from literature and literary criticism: 9
  • UCLE08: The “Fat Lady”: 1
  • UCLE09: Daring: 1
  • UCLE09: Rivers: 1
  • Where FAQ?: Introduction to alt.usage.english: : 1

    :seven-sided

  • UCLE08: Britannia: Her history,: 1

    :sevens

  • RH_wotd sixes and sevens: 1
  • wwwords Sixes and sevens: 2
  • EMorris: S : 1
  • Lawler aluminum: Alumin(i)um: 1
  • UCLE07: Some significant numbers from literature and literary criticism: 2

    :Seventeenth

  • FX: "The exception proves the rule.": 1

    :seventeenth-century

  • FX: "The exception proves the rule.": 1

    :seventh

  • Initialisms that have been used in AUE: 2
  • awwy_C: 'Word With You' list for letter C: 1
  • awwy_H: 'Word With You' list for letter H: 1
  • awwy_S: 'Word With You' list for letter S: 1
  • Audio recording technique - Some suggestions: 1
  • UCLE07: Some significant numbers from literature and literary criticism: 2

    :Seventies

  • Unedited list of search results: 1

    :Seventy

  • FX: "nimrod": 1

    :several

  • I before E:      Early in both discussions I submitted a list of words that were: 1
  • Lawler Index: Frequently Asked Questions about English, Series 1 and 2: 1
  • Southern speaker's description of his speech: 1
  • Resources: Miscellaneous, language related : 1
  • FX: "beg the question": 1
  • FX: "canola": 1
  • FX: Commonest words: 1
  • FX: How do you spell "e-mail"?: 1
  • FX: How to represent pronunciation in ASCII: 1
  • FX: "kangaroo": 1
  • FX: Online dictionaries: 1
  • FX: "rule of thumb": 1
  • FX: "The exception proves the rule.": 1
  • FX: "There's a sucker born every minute": 1
  • FX: What will we call the next decade?: 1
  • FX: When to use "the": 1
  • FX: Where to put apostrophes in possessive forms: 1
  • FX: "whole cloth" (notes by Ellen Rosen): 1
  • Description of FAQ maintenance: 1
  • Fast FAQ: A faster way to access items in the AUE FAQ: 1
  • Genitive: Genitive is not always possessive.: 1
  • Groups: "company is" vs "company are": 1
  • Lawler amnt: "amn't": 1
  • Lawler booklist: Beth Levin is a computational linguist at Northwestern University: 1
  • Lawler complmnt: Object Complements: 1
  • Lawler gonna: gonna: 1
  • Lawler hafta: Hafta and Other Modal Paraphrases: 1
  • Lawler indian: Indian English: 1
  • Lawler infinite: English and Infinity: 1
  • Lawler itsraining: "It" in "It's raining": 1
  • Lawler itsraining: I can't say _____ really means I can't say ___ in a word. When I go: 1
  • Lawler l-sounds: English L sounds: 1
  • Lawler l-sounds: >> For instance: English has only one /l/ phoneme, but it has: 1
  • Lawler lingmarks: One can already, for instance, read the: 1
  • Lawler npi: Negative Polarity Items: 1
  • Lawler only: "only": 1
  • Lawler smith: Henry Lee Smith: 1
  • Lawler tense: >Past tenses:: 2
  • Lawler they: He, she, they?: 1
  • Lawler zilch: zilch: 1
  • Intro A: Responding: 1
  • Intro A: WELCOME TO alt.usage.english!: 1
  • Intro B: On-line dictionaries: 1
  • Intro C: words ending in "-gry": 1
  • Intro D: Gender-neutral pronouns -- "he/she" -v- "they": 1
  • The Totally Official Boink Home Page: 1
  • Emphasis quotes: Use of Quotation Marks for Emphasis: 1
  • Supp: Online dictionaries: 1
  • Subjunctive?: Subjunctive: 1
  • UCLE16: Hooligan: 1
  • UCLE08: Britannia: Her history,: 2

    :severe

  • FX: What words are their own antonym?: 2

    :severely

  • FX: Related newsgroups: 1
  • UCLE13: Waterloo: 1

    :Severn

  • Posting frequencies: Tabulation of user names with over 50 postings in the past four years: 1

    :Sewall's

  • FX: "go to hell in a handbasket": 1

    :sewerage

  • UCLE09: Daring: 1

    :sewing

  • awwy_S: 'Word With You' list for letter S: 1
  • FX: Repeated words after abbreviations: 1

    :sexdecillion

  • FX: "billion": a U.K. view: 1

    :sexes

  • awwy_S: 'Word With You' list for letter S: 1

    :Sexist

  • J_Lynch: S: 1

    :sextants

  • UCLE08: Britannia: Her history,: 1

    :sextillion

  • FX: "billion": a U.K. view: 3

    :sextons

  • FX: "mind your p's and q's": 1

    :sexual

  • FX: "canola": 1
  • FX: "fuck": 1
  • FX: Gender-neutral pronouns: 2
  • FX: "suck"="be very unsatisfying" by John Davies: 4
  • FX: "to call a spade a spade": 1

    :sexually

  • FX: What words are their own antonym?: 1
  • UCLE14: Literary characters who became: 1

    :Seychelles

  • Title: 1

    :SF

  • Initialisms that have been used in AUE: 1
  • Lawler eclectic: Fantasy and Science Fiction : 6
  • Lawler lingmarks: One can already, for instance, read the: 1
  • Intro E: Joke about step-by-step spelling reform: 1

    :sf-lovers

  • Lawler eclectic: Fantasy and Science Fiction : 1

    :Sfaik

  • Unedited list of search results: 1

    :SGML

  • Eggs: Ways to cook eggs: 2
  • FX: Online dictionaries: 5

    :sgml

  • Unedited list of search results: 1
  • FX: Online dictionaries: 1
  • groups_and_email_addresses.html: 1

    :sha'n't

  • wwwords Sha'n't versus shan't: 1
  • Lawler l-sounds: English L sounds: 1

    :Sha'n't versus shan't

  • wwwords Sha'n't versus shan't: 1

    :shacking

  • awwy_P: 'Word With You' list for letter P: 1
  • awwy_R: 'Word With You' list for letter R: 1
  • awwy_S: 'Word With You' list for letter S: 1

    :shade

  • wwwords Tint: 2
  • FX: "like" vs "such as": 1
  • Lawler comma: Commas again: 2
  • Lawler itsraining: I can't say _____ really means I can't say ___ in a word. When I go: 1
  • summer: 1

    :shag

  • RH_wotd shag: 2
  • wwwords Shag: 2

    :Shaggy

  • wwwords Shaggy dog story: 1

    :Shaggy dog story

  • wwwords Shaggy dog story: 1

    :shake

  • wwwords Shake a stick at: 1
  • EMorris: S : 1
  • awwy_B: 'Word With You' list for letter B: 2
  • awwy_C: 'Word With You' list for letter C: 1
  • awwy_S: 'Word With You' list for letter S: 1
  • awwy_T: 'Word With You' list for letter T: 1
  • FX: "more than you can shake a stick at": 9
  • FX: Table of Contents: 1
  • Fast FAQ: Table of Contents: 1
  • fast_faq_toc.html: 1
  • Intro F: Intro F: AUE FAQ Contents: 1
  • UCLE04: Our Favourite Cultural and Language Links: 1

    :Shake a stick at

  • wwwords Shake a stick at: 1

    :Shaker

  • FX: "shall" vs "will", "should" vs "would": 1

    :shakes

  • RH_wotd lamb's tail (--- shakes of): 1

    :Shakespeare

  • wwwords Coined by Shakespeare (book review): 1
  • FX: "all ... not": 2
  • FX: "between you and I": 2
  • FX: "bloody": 1
  • FX: Gender-neutral pronouns: 1
  • FX: "God rest you merry, gentlemen": 1
  • FX: "hoist with his own petard": 1
  • FX: "hopefully", "thankfully": 1
  • FX: "like" vs "such as": 4
  • FX: "more honoured in the breach than the observance": 1
  • FX: "quality": 1
  • FX: split infinitive: 1
  • FX: "try and", "be sure and", "go" + verb: 1
  • FX: "whom": 1
  • Lawler enghist: English Language History, with excursus on Technology: 1
  • Intro B: Historical English, and English Literature: 1
  • Intro B: Word lists: 1
  • Supp: Books about words: 1
  • summer: 1
  • UCLE13: The Curse of Macbeth: 1
  • UCLE15: Gossip: 1
  • UCLE05: What’s: 1

    :Shakespeare's

  • FX: "hoist with his own petard": 2
  • FX: "I won't mention...": 1
  • FX: Postfix "not": 1
  • UCLE14: Literary characters who became: 1
  • UCLE15: Gossip: 1
  • UCLE15: The Tooth Fairy: 1
  • UCLE07: Some significant numbers from literature and literary criticism: 3
  • UCLE08: “This: 1

    :Shakespearean

  • awwy_M: 'Word With You' list for letter M: 1
  • awwy_R: 'Word With You' list for letter R: 1
  • UCLE04: Our Favourite Cultural and Language Links: 1

    :Shakib

  • Posting frequencies: Tabulation of user names with over 50 postings in the past four years: 1

    :shaking

  • FX: "more than you can shake a stick at": 1

    :shaky

  • FX: "wonk" (notes by Fred Shapiro): 1

    :shall

  • Garbl: S: 1
  • J_Lynch: S: 1
  • Unedited list of search results: 1
  • FX: "shall" vs "will", "should" vs "would": 5
  • FX: Table of Contents: 1
  • Fast FAQ: Table of Contents: 1
  • fast_faq_toc.html: 1
  • Lawler booklist: Books on English, Language, and Linguistics: 1
  • Lawler l-sounds: English L sounds: 1
  • Lawler modals: There is also another opposition among the formal auxiliaries, between: 1
  • Lawler tense: Tense and related topics: 1
  • Lawler tense: >Just one question: Where does the past perfect ("have gone", "have sung"): 1
  • Intro F: Intro F: AUE FAQ Contents: 1
  • summer: 1
  • UCLE07: Some significant numbers from literature and literary criticism: 1

    :shalln't

  • Lawler l-sounds: English L sounds: 2

    :shallow

  • Stephen Toogood's explanation of the paddle: 1
  • FX: What words are their own antonym?: 1

    :shallow-fried

  • Eggs: Ways to cook eggs: 1

    :shallower

  • FX: What words are their own antonym?: 1

    :shalt

  • FX: "bug"="defect": 1
  • Lawler itsraining: "It" in "It's raining": 1
  • Lawler they: >> That is, the voicing assimilation that makes these morphemes voiceless: 2
  • UCLE07: Some significant numbers from literature and literary criticism: 1

    :shameless

  • FX: "beg the question": 1

    :shamelessly

  • Lawler reams: Reams: 1

    :Shampoo

  • EMorris: S : 1

    :shamrock

  • awwy_D: 'Word With You' list for letter D: 2
  • awwy_S: 'Word With You' list for letter S: 2

    :shan't

  • wwwords Sha'n't versus shan't: 1
  • FX: "shall" vs "will", "should" vs "would": 1
  • Lawler l-sounds: English L sounds: 2

    :Shanghai

  • UCLE14: Eponymous London Shopkeepers: 1

    :shank

  • FX: What words are their own antonym?: 1

    :Shanks

  • EMorris: S : 1

    :Shannon

  • Posting frequencies: Tabulation of user names with over 50 postings in the past four years: 1

    :Shanty

  • wwwords Shanty: 2

    :shape

  • J_Lynch: A: 1
  • The Rainbow Passage: 1
  • Resources: Collections of Web links : 1
  • Eggs: Ways to cook eggs: 2
  • FX: "eighty-six"="nix": 1
  • UCLE09: “It went pear-shaped”: 1

    :shaped

  • FX: "pie-shaped": 2
  • Intro D: Names for &, @, and #: 1
  • UCLE11: The: 1
  • UCLE12: News: 1

    :shapes

  • aue people (album1): 1
  • FX: "flammable": 1
  • boink: 1
  • aue people (album1): 1

    :Shapiro

  • FX: "functionality": 1
  • FX: "Go figure": 1
  • FX: "pie-shaped": 1
  • FX: "wonk" (notes by Fred Shapiro): 2

    :share

  • Audio: Other Sound Files: 1
  • Lawler they: -- more followup:: 1
  • UCLE16: Kibosh: 1

    :shared

  • FX: "mouses" vs "mice": 1

    :shares

  • FX: "ebonics": 1
  • FX: "flammable": 1
  • FX: "impact"="to affect": 1

    :shareware

  • Resources: Miscellaneous, not language related : 2
  • Audio recording technique - Some suggestions: 1

    :sharing

  • Garbl: P: 1
  • Garbl: S: 1
  • awwy_P: 'Word With You' list for letter P: 1

    :shark

  • Wilton: Wilton's Etymology Page: 1
  • UCLE12: News: 1

    :Sharon

  • Symposium II: Groups: 2

    :sharp

  • FX: Books on usage: 1
  • FX: names of "&", "@", and "#": 1
  • Intro B: Sites on words and language:: 1
  • Intro D: Names for &, @, and #: 1
  • boink: 1

    :sharply

  • FX: "functionality": 1
  • FX: "impact"="to affect": 1

    :Sharron

  • UCLE12: News: 1

    :Shattuck

  • FX: How did "Truly" become a personal name?: 2

    :Shatzer

  • Posting frequencies: Tabulation of user names with over 50 postings in the past four years: 1

    :shave

  • awwy_C: 'Word With You' list for letter C: 1
  • awwy_S: 'Word With You' list for letter S: 1

    :shaven

  • summer: 1

    :shaving

  • UCLE15: The Tooth Fairy: 1

    :shavings

  • FX: trademarks: 1

    :Shaw

  • FX: "done"="finished": 1
  • FX: What is "ghoti"? (notes by Jim Scobbie): 5
  • Lawler spelling: So Much For Spelling Reform: 1
  • Intro E: What is "ghoti"? (notes by Jim Scobbie): 1
  • UCLE09: “Bloody”: 1

    :Shaw's

  • FX: "bloody": 1
  • Intro E: Joke about step-by-step spelling reform: 1

    :Shchigry

  • FX: words ending in "-gry": 1

    :SHE

  • Lawler thehell: Usage of "the hell": 1

    :she'd

  • Lawler tense: Tense and related topics: 1

    :she's

  • Lawler besides: Toward(s) and Beside(s): 1
  • UCLE12: News: 1

    :she've

  • Subjunctive?: Subjunctive: 1

    :sheared

  • FX: "whole cloth" (notes by Ellen Rosen): 1

    :Shearer

  • UCLE08: “This: 1

    :shebang

  • RH_wotd shebang: 2
  • Wilton: Wilton's Etymology Page: 1
  • awwy_S: 'Word With You' list for letter S: 1

    :shedding

  • Lawler modals: There is also another opposition among the formal auxiliaries, between: 1

    :Sheene

  • UCLE12: News: 1

    :Sheeny

  • EMorris: S : 1

    :sheep

  • wwwords As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb: 1
  • aue people (album1): 1
  • Unedited list of search results: 1
  • awwy_B: 'Word With You' list for letter B: 1
  • awwy_G: 'Word With You' list for letter G: 1
  • awwy_S: 'Word With You' list for letter S: 1
  • FX: "whole cloth" (notes by Ellen Rosen): 1
  • UCLE08: “This: 1
  • UCLE09: Daring: 1

    :sheep's

  • FX: Where to put apostrophes in possessive forms: 1
  • Intro D: Where to put apostrophes in possessive forms: 1

    :sheep-shearing

  • FX: "try and", "be sure and", "go" + verb: 1

    :sheepish

  • awwy_S: 'Word With You' list for letter S: 1

    :Sheepskin

  • awwy_B: 'Word With You' list for letter B: 1
  • awwy_G: 'Word With You' list for letter G: 1
  • awwy_H: 'Word With You' list for letter H: 1
  • awwy_S: 'Word With You' list for letter S: 3

    :Sheer

  • awwy_M: 'Word With You' list for letter M: 1
  • awwy_S: 'Word With You' list for letter S: 1

    :sheet

  • Wilton: Wilton's Etymology Page: 1
  • FX: "spoonerism": 1

    :Sheetrock

  • Garbl: S: 1
  • FX: trademarks: 1

    :Sheets

  • EMorris: T : 1
  • Wilton: Wilton's Etymology Page: 1

    :Sheidlower

  • FX: "cut to the chase": 1
  • FX: "nimrod": 1
  • FX: "ollie ollie oxen free": 1
  • FX: Online language columns: 2
  • FX: "paparazzo": 1
  • FX: "politically correct": 1
  • FX: Postfix "not": 1
  • FX: "rule of thumb": 1
  • FX: trademarks: 1
  • Supp: Books about words: 1
  • Posting frequencies: Tabulation of user names with over 50 postings in the past four years: 1

    :Sheidlower's

  • FX: "ollie ollie oxen free": 1

    :sheik

  • I before E:      For those people who insist the rule apply only to words where: 1
  • I before E:      Sticking for the moment to the basic rule, : 1
  • FX: I before E except after C (notes by Mark Wainwright): 2

    :sheila

  • I before E:      For those people who insist the rule apply only to words where: 1
  • FX: I before E except after C (notes by Mark Wainwright): 1
  • Intro E: I before E except after C (based on notes by Mark Wainwright): 1

    :Shelf

  • wwwords Oxford Pop-up English Language Reference Shelf (CD-ROM review): 1
  • Lawler lingmarks: Net links  Valuable resources.: 1

    :shell

  • Eggs: Ways to cook eggs: 4

    :Shelley

  • FX: "God rest you merry, gentlemen": 1

    :shelter

  • FX: "loo": 1

    :sheltered

  • FX: "loo": 1

    :Shelton

  • Posting frequencies: Tabulation of user names with over 50 postings in the past four years: 1

    :Shenanigan

  • wwwords Shenanigan: 2

    :shenem

  • FX: "Go figure": 1

    :Shepherd

  • UCLE08: “This: 1

    :shepherd's

  • FX: "by hook or by crook": 1
  • FX: "loo": 1

    :sherbert

  • Common errors: S: 1

    :Sherbet

  • EMorris: S : 1

    :sheriff

  • Garbl: S: 1
  • FX: "scot-free": 1
  • UCLE08: A Litany of notable: 1

    :Sherlock

  • FX: "Elementary, my dear Watson!": 2
  • The Totally Official Boink Home Page: 1
  • UCLE04: Our Favourite Cultural and Language Links: 1

    :Sherlockian

  • FX: "Elementary, my dear Watson!": 2
  • UCLE04: Our Favourite Cultural and Language Links: 1

    :Sherman

  • UCLE08: “This: 1

    :Sherwood

  • Posting frequencies: Tabulation of user names with over 50 postings in the past four years: 1

    :Shetlands

  • Isles: BRITISH ISLES.  A geographical term referring to the islands: 2

    :shhh

  • FX: words without vowels: 3
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