Well, I see nothing wrong with it. It is a rhetorical device known as ellipsis, which involves the removing of expected words for effect. Why is it not only correct but actually good? Ward Farnsworth ascribes these traits to ellipsis: a. An ellipsis involves the audience in an utterance; the r...

What are some other ways to say, "I can't get the message across?" This is explaining a situation where someone doesn't communicate what they're thinking, or they try to communicate what they're thinking, but the recipient doesn't understand what what the speaker wants them to understand. I'm lo...

The Mayan calendar completes its 5,125 year cycle, in November 2012. Is there any evidence they foresaw the end-of-the-world?

I am not aware of any statistical studies, probably because from a statistician's standpoint, the claim is laughably trivial. In most simple terms: As a discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving anything approaches 1 — be it nazis, kittens, love, diving, my mom, adenosine...

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My 3 yo holds his breath throughout the day. He'll breathe in (short), hold it for 3-7 seconds, then breathe out (short) and repeat that frequently. He does this when he's awake, but probably not conscious of what he's doing, like when he's watching TV. At night, when he's asleep, he doesn't hold...

In what instances do you feel that striking your child is the most appropriate course of action?

How do you cope with the sleeplessness, the stress, the fear in the first few months? Our baby just came home yesterday. He was five weeks premature, so he was in the NICU for two weeks. The stress of doing things "right" is overwhelming. I've taken time off work to help my wife, but after two w...

A Yahoo is a legendary being in the novel Gulliver's Travels (1726) by Jonathan Swift.