Has anybody even identified the language??? I suppose we should vote her up really... mystery = romance.

Je t'aime The easy one, but you would be understood :-)

16 ounces = 1 pint 2 pints - 1 quart 4 quarts = 1 gallon And I did NOT use google or any other device.

I apologise to Ann if my comment was abrupt. Unforunately I can't tell her so directly as the comment box has jammed. The background to my attitude is a letter I wrote to my local member of parliament. We live in a village 12 miles from the nearest town and, until recently the only connection to the internet was dial-up, which was slow and very unreliable. At the time i wasn't working from home so it wasn't a personal issue. i was concerned for the 200 school children, over half of them travelling long distances daily and studying for exams, who had no library, never mind internet in the evenings or at weekends, unless they undertook a long bus journey, at the full fare. Her reply was that it was no fault of hers. No offer to bring pressure on British telecom, which a group of us did successfully, and yet SHE was an Oxford graduate. What chance did the youngsters in our village stand of an rducation like that, however bright they were?

I think I would be wise not to answer this question truthfully.

OK I will correct your comment for you. Thanks. I try to watch as much as possible in English... movies etc. I listen to songs in English. But yes, I must go back to other programmes. Adrienne, children's programmes use simple language so you will learn faster. Do not worry about spelling PROGRAMME as PROGRAM. Both are correct but programme is UK English and program is US Englsh.

Any word used to qualify a verb is an adverb. I never eat cheese. Never adds to the verb Eat Adverbs are ususully easier to identify because the majority end in ly... Usually added meaning to Are in that sentence. Using too many adverbs is evidence of poor writing, but some are necessery.

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This is one infringement of my human rights that makes me very angry. I too need a powerful light to see clearly when I'm reading and my stock of 150 watt bulbs is almost finished. I use low energy elsewhere, but this I NEED. What is really infuriating is I am told they are still freely available in Africa. If anyone knows where to buy them and have them shipped to the UK I would be very grateful.