alt.usage.english FAQ concordance for 'can' onwards

Audio recording technique - Some suggestions: 1

Eggs: Ways to cook eggs: 11

FX: "catch-22": 2

FX: "cut the mustard": 1

FX: "done"="finished": 1

FX: E-prime: 1

FX: FOREIGNERS' FAQS: 1

FX: "more than you can shake a stick at": 2

FX: Origin of the dollar sign (notes by Mark Brader): 1

FX: [Prefatory remarks]: 1

FX: Related newsgroups: 1

Genitive: Genitive is not always possessive.: 2

Lawler aluminum: Alumin(i)um: 1

Lawler amnt: "amn't": 3

Lawler besides: Toward(s) and Beside(s): 1

Lawler buoy: Aural and Oral, Boy and Buoy: 1

Lawler canthelp: Can't Help (But) ...: 13

Lawler complmnt: Object Complements: 1

Lawler giveadamn: Give a Damn: 2

Lawler gonna: gonna: 2

Lawler hadve: hadn't've: 5

Lawler hafta: Hafta and Other Modal Paraphrases: 2

Lawler hyphen: Hyphens: 2

Lawler itsraining: "It" in "It's raining": 2

Lawler itsraining: I can't say _____ really means I can't say ___ in : 2

Lawler npi: Negative Polarity Items: 3

Lawler only: "only": 1

Lawler phrasals: Phrasal Verbs: 1

Lawler sig: Maybe the horse will sing: 1

Lawler striddly: striddly: 1

Lawler tense: >Past tenses:: 1

Lawler they: He, she, they?: 4

Lawler they: >> That is, the voicing assimilation that makes these morphemes voiceless: 1

Lawler they: That is, the voicing assimilation that makes these : 1

Lawler truly: Canadian and American Raising: 4

Lawler xmasthat: There are also two kinds of relative clauses: : 1

IPA II: The symbol /A./ has been included only because at least one AUE contributor has: 1

IPA I: Slashes or square brackets?: 1

boink: 1

UCLE11: The: 3

UCLE09: “It went pear-shaped”: 1

:Canada

Title: 1

Comments on a proposal for reformed English spelling: 4

Initialisms that have been used in AUE: 1

Audio: Menu of Sound Files: 2

Resources: Collections of Web links : 1

Resources: Miscellaneous, language related : 1

Eggs: Ways to cook eggs: 1

FX: "alumin(i)um" (notes by Keith Ivey): 1

FX: "canola": 7

FX: "Eskimo": 2

FX: How do Americans pronounce "dog"?: 1

FX: "kangaroo": 1

FX: Online usage guides: 1

FX: Online dictionaries: 1

FX: provenance of English vocabulary (notes by Lucia Engkent): 1

FX: "titsling"/"brassiere": 1

FX: What do you call the grass strip between the road and the sidewalk?: 1

Lawler a-an: A or An Historical Novel?: 1

Intro B: The a.u.e Audio Archive: 1

:Canada's

FX: Books on Britishisms, Canadianisms, etc.: 2

:Canadian

Audio: � Canada: 2

Audio: � Canada: 1

Audio: Other Sound Files: 1

Resources: Audio references : 2

Eggs: Ways to cook eggs: 2

FX: Books on Britishisms, Canadianisms, etc.: 4

FX: "canola": 4

FX: "like" vs "such as": 1

FX: "titsling"/"brassiere": 1

Lawler truly: Canadian and American Raising: 5

What's new?: History of Changes at the AUE Web Site: 2

:Canadianisms

FX: Books on Britishisms, Canadianisms, etc.: 3

FX: Table of Contents: 1

Fast FAQ: Table of Contents: 1

Frequently Asked Questions about English, Series 1 and 2: 1

Intro F: Intro F: AUE FAQ Contents: 1

:Canadians

Lawler truly: Canadian and American Raising: 5

:canard

RH_wotd canard: 2

:canary

awwy_A: 'Word With You' list for letter A: 2

awwy_B: 'Word With You' list for letter B: 2

awwy_C: 'Word With You' list for letter C: 3

awwy_E: 'Word With You' list for letter E: 1

awwy_S: 'Word With You' list for letter S: 3

awwy_T: 'Word With You' list for letter T: 2

UCLE13: Calamity Jane: 1

:Canberra

:cancel

Garbl: C: 1

:canceled

Garbl: C: 1

:canceling

Garbl: C: 1

:cancellation

Garbl: C: 1

:cancels

Lawler ross: Ross Constraints: 1

:cancer

Wilton: Wilton's Etymology Page: 1

Lawler thehell: Usage of "the hell": 1

:cancer,

RH_wotd canker, cancer, chancre: 1

:candelabra

FX: Foreign plurals => English singulars: 1

:candidate

Lawler headline: Headline grammar: 1

Lawler striddly: striddly: 1

Intro E: Humorous poems about spelling: 1

:candidates

FX: "in like Flynn": 1

UCLE08: The “Fat Lady”: 1

:candle

RH_wotd not worth the candle: 1

RH_wotd burn the candle at both ends: 1

wwwords Worth the candle: 1

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

FX: What words are their own antonym?: 1

:Candles

:candor

:candy

RH_wotd candy: 2

FX: trademarks: 1

:canem

FX: "It's me" vs "It is I": 6

:Canis

:canker,

RH_wotd canker, cancer, chancre: 1

:canker, cancer, chancre

RH_wotd canker, cancer, chancre: 1

:Cannae

UCLE13: Waterloo: 3

:Cannary

UCLE13: Calamity Jane: 2

:cannelloni

FX: Foreign plurals => English singulars: 1

:cannibal

UCLE10: British: 1

:cannibals

UCLE07: Some significant numbers from literature and literary criticism: 1

:cannonball

Intro C: "Cold enough to freeze the balls off of a brass monkey": 1

:cannonballs

Intro C: "Cold enough to freeze the balls off of a brass monkey": 1

:CANNOT

UCLE12: News: 1

:cannot

Garbl: C: 1

FX: "all ... not": 1

FX: "beg the question": 1

FX: Books on "bias-free"/"politically correct" language: 1

FX: "Caesarean section": 1

FX: "could care less": 1

FX: "could of": 1

FX: "ebonics": 1

FX: "Eskimo": 1

FX: How reliable are dictionaries?: 1

FX: Online dictionaries: 1

FX: [Prefatory remarks]: 1

FX: Preposition at end: 1

FX: Repeated words after abbreviations: 1

FX: "that" vs "which": 1

FX: What words are their own antonym?: 3

FX: "whom": 1

Lawler canthelp: Can't Help (But) ...: 10

Lawler gotten: Gotten vs. Got: 1

Lawler modals: As to this discussion, the usual oppositions are those between: 2

Lawler ross: Ross Constraints: 1

Lawler they: >> That is, the voicing assimilation that makes these morphemes voiceless: 1

Intro C: "beg the question": 1

summer: 1

UCLE11: The: 1

UCLE13: The Ides of March: 1

:canola

FX: "canola": 13

FX: Table of Contents: 1

Fast FAQ: Table of Contents: 1

Intro F: Intro F: AUE FAQ Contents: 1

:canon

UCLE13: The Curse of Macbeth: 1

UCLE09: Literary: 1

:canonical

FX: "Take the prisoner downstairs", said Tom condescendingly.: 1

FX: "the whole nine yards": 1

Lawler hafta: Hafta and Other Modal Paraphrases: 1

Lawler modals: The canonical paraphrase for will is be going to, idiosyncratically: 1

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

Lawler tense: >Past tenses:: 1

:canonically

Lawler hafta: Hafta and Other Modal Paraphrases: 1

Lawler tense: Tense and related topics: 1

:cans

FX: "functionality": 1

:cant

FX: "Bob's your uncle": 1

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

:Canterbury

Resources: Miscellaneous, language related : 1

FX: "all ... not": 1

:cantus

FX: Plurals of Latin/Greek words: 1

:Canuck

RH_wotd Canuck: 2

:Canute's

Lawler modals: The canonical paraphrase for will is be going to, idiosyncratically: 1

:Canyon

FX: "Santa Ana": 1

:cap,

RH_wotd cap, set one's: 1

:cap, set one's

RH_wotd cap, set one's: 1

:capabilities

FX: "functionality": 1

:capable

J_Lynch: C: 1

Lawler Commas: Commas: 1

:capacity

FX: "functionality": 1

FX: "the whole nine yards": 1

Lawler vehicle: "vehicle": 1

Intro C: "whole nine yards": 1

:cape

FX: "Elementary, my dear Watson!": 1

UCLE08: Britannia: Her history,: 2

:caper

FX: "cop": 1

:capere

FX: "cop": 1

:capio

FX: I before E except after C (notes by Mark Wainwright): 1

:capire

FX: "Go figure": 1

:capital

Garbl: C: 1

Wilton: Wilton's Etymology Page: 1

awwy_I: 'Word With You' list for letter I: 1

awwy_L: 'Word With You' list for letter L: 1

The Totally Official Boink Home Page: 1

FX: How to represent pronunciation in ASCII: 1

FX: Why is "I" capitalized?: 1

IPA I: Reading ASCII IPA: 1

IPA I: I.: 1

:capitalism

:capitalization

Garbl: C: 1

J_Lynch: C: 1

:capitalized

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: Table of Contents: 1

FX: Why is "I" capitalized?: 3

FX: words ending in "-gry": 1

Fast FAQ: Table of Contents: 1

Lawler only: "only": 1

Intro F: Intro F: AUE FAQ Contents: 1

:capitals

Lawler npi: Negative Polarity Items: 1

Lawler thehell: Usage of "the hell": 1

UCLE03: Lindsay: 1

:capitol

Garbl: C: 2

Wilton: Wilton's Etymology Page: 1

:Capitoline

UCLE07: Some significant numbers from literature and literary criticism: 1

:Caplet

FX: trademarks: 1

:cappelletti

FX: Foreign plurals => English singulars: 1

:cappuchino

:capricious

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

:Caps

Unedited list of search results: 2

awwy_A: 'Word With You' list for letter A: 2

awwy_B: 'Word With You' list for letter B: 2

awwy_C: 'Word With You' list for letter C: 3

awwy_D: 'Word With You' list for letter D: 1

awwy_E: 'Word With You' list for letter E: 1

awwy_F: 'Word With You' list for letter F: 1

awwy_S: 'Word With You' list for letter S: 3

awwy_T: 'Word With You' list for letter T: 2

:capsize

FX: "-ize" vs "-ise": 1

:Capt

FX: "." after abbreviations: 1

:captain

FX: "." after abbreviations: 1

FX: "kangaroo": 1

FX: "There's a sucker born every minute": 1

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

Supp: words whose spelling has influenced their pronunciation: 1

:captain's

FX: "by hook or by crook": 1

:captions

FX: Style manuals: 1

:captive

:captives

UCLE14: Eponymous London Shopkeepers: 1

:Captology

wwwords Captology: 2

:capture

UCLE07: Some significant numbers from literature and literary criticism: 6

:captured

UCLE13: Calamity Jane: 1

UCLE15: The Tooth Fairy: 1

UCLE08: Britannia: Her history,: 1

:CAR

UCLE12: News: 1

:carbide

FX: "Illegitimis non carborundum": 1

:carbine

UCLE10: "Bite the bullet": 1

:carbon

FX: "Illegitimis non carborundum": 1

:Carbon-12

:carborundum

FX: "Illegitimis non carborundum": 4

FX: Table of Contents: 1

FX: trademarks: 1

Fast FAQ: Table of Contents: 1

Intro F: Intro F: AUE FAQ Contents: 1

:carcinoma

FX: Plurals of Latin/Greek words: 1

:card

wwwords White card: 1

FX: "to call a spade a spade": 1

:cardano

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

:Cardboard

FX: "Elementary, my dear Watson!": 1

:Carden

FX: "all ... not": 1

Lawler q-neg: Quantifier-Negative Semantics: 1

:Carden's

Lawler q-neg: Quantifier-Negative Semantics: 3

:cardiac

:cardigan

awwy_B: 'Word With You' list for letter B: 1

awwy_E: 'Word With You' list for letter E: 1

:Cardigans

awwy_B: 'Word With You' list for letter B: 2

awwy_K: 'Word With You' list for letter K: 1

awwy_L: 'Word With You' list for letter L: 1

:cardinal

Richard Fontana audio files: 4

awwy_N: 'Word With You' list for letter N: 1

awwy_V: 'Word With You' list for letter V: 1

:cardinality

Lawler infinite: English and Infinity: 1

UCLE11: The: 1

:Cardinall

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

:cards

Richard Fontana audio files: 6

awwy_T: 'Word With You' list for letter T: 1

FX: "done"="finished": 1

IPA II: The reference to 'Chicago pop' first appeared in Mark Israel's: 1

IPA II: The [O] sound requires rounded lips, but lips making a: 1

IPA I: The remarks concerning the pronunciation of [O] were taken verbatim from Mark Israel's: 1

IPA I: The reference to 'Chicago pop' first appeared in Mark Israel's: 1

UCLE13: "Rearranging deck chairs: 1

:CARE

UCLE12: News: 1

:care

RH_wotd could care less: 1

Common errors: Calvary/cavalry * : 1

Garbl: C: 1

Garbl: D: 1

FX: Books on "bias-free"/"politically correct" language: 1

FX: "could care less": 11

FX: FOREIGNERS' FAQS: 1

FX: "Jingle Bells": 1

FX: Subjunctive: 1

FX: Table of Contents: 1

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

FX: What words are their own antonym?: 1

Fast FAQ: Table of Contents: 1

Lawler amnt: "amn't": 1

Lawler giveadamn: Give a Damn: 10

Lawler infinite: English and Infinity: 1

Lawler npi: Since you ask, here's a moderately complete list of polarity items,: 1

Lawler they: That is, the voicing assimilation that makes these : 1

Lawler writing: Literacy: 1

Intro F: Intro F: AUE FAQ Contents: 1

UCLE11: The: 1

UCLE15: Gossip: 1

:cared

FX: "could care less": 1

:careen

RH_wotd careen: 2

:career

wwwords Portfolio career: 1

:Careers

:carefree

:careful

FX: "done"="finished": 1

FX: "mind your p's and q's": 1

FX: Spelling reform: 1

FX: Where to put apostrophes in possessive forms: 1

Lawler buoy: Aural and Oral, Boy and Buoy: 3

Lawler itsraining: I can't say _____ really means I can't say ___ in : 1

Lawler only: "only": 1

Lawler they: >> That is, the voicing assimilation that makes these morphemes voiceless: 1

Subjunctive?: Subjunctive: 1

UCLE11: The: 1

:carefully

The AUE Photo Gallery: 1

FX: What words are their own antonym?: 1

FX: words ending in "-gry": 1

Lawler itsraining: I can't say _____ really means I can't say ___ in : 2

Lawler they: He, she, they?: 1

Lawler they: That is, the voicing assimilation that makes these : 1

Lawler truly: Canadian and American Raising: 1

summer: 2

UCLE08: Britannia: Her history,: 1

:carelessness

FX: "due to": 2

:cares

FX: "could care less": 1

Groups: "company is" vs "company are": 1

:Cargal

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

:cargoes

FX: "O.K.": 1

:caricatural

Lawler phrasal: Phrasal Verbs: 1

:caricature

Lawler itsraining: I can't say _____ really means I can't say ___ in : 1

:Carl

FX: "billions and billions": 1

FX: Grammars: 1

Supp: Grammars: 1

Supp: words whose spelling has influenced their pronunciation: 1

:Carlo

FX: "The die is cast.": 1

:Carlson

:Carmen

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

:Carnage

wwwords Carnage: 2

:carnal

wwwords Carnal: 2

FX: "fuck": 1

:carnival

Lawler smith: Henry Lee Smith: 1

:carnivores

UCLE11: The: 1

:carol

Eggs: Ways to cook eggs: 1

FX: "God rest you merry, gentlemen": 3

Lawler Commas: The intonation curve is (roughly) up-down-back.up, graphically something: 1

UCLE09: Literary: 1

:Carolina

FX: "O.K.": 1

Lawler npi: Negative Polarity Items: 1

UCLE10: American belts: 2

UCLE07: Some significant numbers from literature and literary criticism: 3

:Carols

FX: "God rest you merry, gentlemen": 2

:Carperpetuation

:carpet

wwwords Carpet: 2

UCLE14: Slang Names for British Currency: 1

:carpets

awwy_B: 'Word With You' list for letter B: 1

awwy_F: 'Word With You' list for letter F: 1

Showing variation of formants of [i:] with context: 1

awwy_S: 'Word With You' list for letter S: 2

:Carphology

wwwords Carphology: 2

:carpool

Garbl: C: 1

:Carrasquer

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

:carried

FX: "blue moon" (notes by Philip Hiscock): 1

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

Lawler academy: The Academy: 1

Lawler only: "only": 1

Showing variation of formants of [i:] with context: 1

:carries

awwy_G: 'Word With You' list for letter G: 1

FX: Related newsgroups: 1

Lawler gonna: gonna: 1

Lawler only: "only": 1

Our images: 1

UCLE07: Some significant numbers from literature and literary criticism: 1

UCLE08: Britannia: Her history,: 2

:Carroll

Resources: Fun with words : 1

FX: Commonest words: 1

FX: "portmanteau word": 4

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

Lawler l-sounds: English L sounds: 1

:Carroll's

FX: "portmanteau word": 2

:carrot

Common errors: Supplementary Pages: 2

:carry

wwwords Carry the can: 1

FX: "ebonics": 3

FX: "portmanteau word": 1

FX: Related newsgroups: 4

UCLE11: The: 1

UCLE12: News: 1

:Carry the can

wwwords Carry the can: 1

:carrying

Isles: IRELAND. As used by geographers, the second largest island: 1

Lawler bring: Bring vs Take: 1

Lawler that: Two kinds of "that-clauses": 3

UCLE08: Britannia: Her history,: 2

:cars