The what station ?!

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21 November

How I loathe, detest, and don't even like this relatively recent import from US English : 'an old warehouse opposite the train station'.

Listen carefully to Woody Allen films from the 1970s, and characters talk about 'the train station'. However, then it was not British English (and I'll fight for it never to be), but the station was just 'the station' :

Any other station, such as the bus station, police station, or fire station, needed qualifying, but we had (anyway) the word 'railway', if there were any doubt...

Or does anyone think that we should go further, and start using 'railroad', and other such terms from the States ?


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What do we need 'for free' for?

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18 February

Why would I prefer something free, rather than for free?


Some examples:

(a) Free fudge here - call in for a sample!

(b) Law For Free

(c) Free Nelson Mandela!

(d) Did you get a ticket for free at the train station?

(e) Click here to try our quiz free

(f) In a quiz-free world, you could talk to your mate over a quiet pint

(g) Claim your free prize from The Agent Apsley

(h) Click here to try our free quiz

(i) Fudge for free here - call in for a sample!

(j) Book your holiday with us - children travel free!

(k) Claim your prize for free from The Agent Apsley

(l) Did you get a free ticket at the station?

(m) The best things in life are for free


I shall freely leave those examples simmering, and return when they're cooked...


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