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I would love to say,"ah yes, I can see it now", but I can not!
I shall sleep on it and maybe the new day will bring enlightenment!

Sleep well Rusty and don't go to bed with such problems. Wait until dawn breaks at least !

PS AB have now shown me as female on their updated site, which is a relief . I sincerely hope you are shown as male.

Jazzgirl, there is a very faint light at he back of my addled brain which is sort of grasping what you say about "how much" and "the".
But it aint easy!
I have not looked at my profile on AnswerBank.
I preferred the old site, but it is still being tweaked by Mr Ed, so I'll give it a bit longer!

"the sooner Mr Ed fixes it, how much better (the better) it will be. night

Yes, I agree!
Goodnight.

Hi, Rusty!
Ah yes, I see what you were asking me now!
I am sorry not to have "twigged" earlier.
I thought the entry in Bradford's was very confusing!
I think Malone explains it best with his examples in his post of 12079.
Read that again and I think you will understand what he is saying?
He has given good examples.
I am following him!
I have just had an unexpected phone call from a friend who is supposed to be in Majorca!
She is back in the UK and coming to visit me tomorrow!
A nice surprise!

Hello, Elle!
It is not easy to grasp for me, though.
I think I am just thick!
Bradford's just baffled me and Chambers did not help.
I think (not sure) that "the" is French for tea, too.
Wonder why your friend is not in Majorca?
No "ladies who lunch" tomorrow?
Have you explored the Eurosport player yet?
Why not Google it and see what the reviews say about it?
I am back on my Hudl.
Samsung tablet is not up to much.
May do a factory reset on it tomorrow.

Hi, Rusty!
No, of course you are not being thick!
It is /it was a difficult concept to grasp from the angle you started looking at it!
The synonym as given in Bradfords is too stark.
I couldn't understand it either.
I can follow it now though from the examples given.
Yes, "the" - with an acute accent over the e - is French for "tea"!
(I cannot do accents on here!)
My friend has come home from Majorca, because one of the ceilings in her property out there fell down!
I don't know the full story - I shall no doubt learn that tomorrow!
I think EuroSport Player seems good?
I will tell my daughter all that you have said and advised about it, and she can offer her opinion also.
Between the two of you , I may yet be watching more Athletics!
That would be wonderful!
My Hudl is currently charging... the battery doesn't seem to last long ?

Hello, Elle!
The Eurosport player sounds fine and talking to your daughter is a great idea.
Can you look up the schedules to see if there will be enough athletics on to please you?
All the Diamond League events are covered, and I think on Saturday there is a special pole vaulting competition, in France, I think.
You may find out the year's athletic events on an athletic forum and are Eurosport showing them?
Laura Muir has just Tweeted "training over, time to start racing!".
She has been in South Africa training.
The World Skiing Championships are on next week at St Moritz.
And Eurosport are doing a documentary on Lindsey Vonn at the weekend.
She is closing in on the record for most Alpine wins held by Ingmar Stenmark.
I hope she gets there!