Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Starmaker Newsgroups: alt.usage.english,sci.physics.relativity,rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: The proof is in the pudding, or where to get physical dictionaries of idioms? Date: Sun, 04 Oct 2026 11:18:02 -0700 Organization: The Starmaker Organization Lines: 31 Message-ID: <6AC2985A.5560@ix.netcom.com> References: <119t0n4$3n070$2@dont-email.me> <119t7sq$3pisr$1@dont-email.me> <119tcua$3rfop$1@dont-email.me> Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 04 Oct 2026 18:18:00 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="174799"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18NA074SP4UyTcIMX+vnK4Cbibb10UWVNc="; posting-host="5fbf0bb8224ee729fba270fdec923b5a" Cancel-Lock: sha1:FNNJ3QRbDFDZwfRr0BMoL9S8vr0= sha256:egTvD6Y9KLSFuD/VoKWGfpGuxNykr8zq/rXmDvJ24Cc= sha1:vb9GFPd0YKdv3os1TwQI4bzL4v4= sha256:mwySNw0w2gdwUPlTAUkVcTR4Im6p3rUZvkJs6M6ZKc8= X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 261004-6, 10/04/2026), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) Xref: csiph.com alt.usage.english:1151801 sci.physics.relativity:674179 rec.arts.tv:1858781 Bertel Lund Hansen wrote: > > Den 04.10.2026 kl. 12.56 skrev Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson: > > >>>> So, what do posters of alt.usage.english suggest? > >>> > >>> Read books by English writers. > >> > >> And be suspicious of what you read on the web. > >> > > > > And books. Though I don't have a read made example of an error in a > > book with an English author. > > If you just want to pick up idiomatic expressions, you don't have to > worry about spelling errors. This is actually coming from a alt.usage.english newsgroup!!! Fack It! > > -- > Bertel, Kolt, Danmark -- The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable, to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, and challenge the unchallengeable.