Yesterday someone calling himself Wulong wrote to me in the hope that I would persuade Europe and the US to act together to save him from vegetarianism. The only real politician I know is currently falling around drunk in a French village, so it’s going to be a while before I can do anything. Meanwhile…
Since the floods last month in China, the writer of the following email has no the house, has no the farmland and has been living in a bamboo hut and eating wild vegetables. Fortunately for us his G5 and high-speed connection survived, although I am not sure I completely understand what he is trying to…
There are thirty UK jobs listed on LanguageJobs.com, which describes itself as “the job search portal designed for language professionals and multilingual talent“: Bricklayers, carpenters, labourers Uk – London Quality building contractors with experience of conservatory installations including base, brickwork, and erecting, URGENTLY required. Good pay rates!!! Please conntact: ds@mnminternational.org Job type: Full-Time Type of…
When I skimmed this column by Ralph Routon on Amarillo.com, I assumed that it consisted completely of single-sentence paragraphs, but unfortunately he’s thrown in a couple of multi-sentencers halfway through. Tabloids do it, American teachers may have encouraged it with their practice of making pupils create a backbone to be fleshed into paragraphs, but I’m…