What is the rule on using articles in front of "word?" For example:

> Please remove the word judge from your vocabulary

For example, instead of saying 'you have to hear the person you are talking with', I want to say: 'You have to hear your ___________'

I want to break a sentence into multiple paragraphs. This is a simple example:

As the clock ticks down to the finish, only time will tell if Captain Bob --

the alien explorer --

and the underworld spy, together, can save the Earth.

Is this punctuation incorrect, or confusing? If it is unacceptable, what would be a better way to do this?

Could anyone please let me know possible styles of walkings related words in english? For example: Walking, running, staggering, jagging etc

Assume a get together where a group of friends are having chit chat over tea. Suddenly they plan to pull someone's leg together. No matter what the person in the spotlight says, people are not supporting him and teasing him playfully or in malice. This is the point where the person can use the above statement which means nobody is supporting him. Is there any other way (s)he could say it? I need both the formal and informal ways preferably with a humorous yet firm connotation.

Does

>Help save the planet *with* your mobile phone

have a different meaning or connotation [than][1]

>Help save the planet *using* your mobile phone

?


[1]: http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/516/different-from-versus-different-than

I am writing something in a blog and I want to write this sentence

> Its a very hard thing to follow a path you believe in and are
> passionate about when everything around you starts to _________ and
> every tom dick and harry you know takes the other lucrative path



I want to fill up the blank with something that means Unravel in the worst possible way i.e. things starting to crumble around you, but you are alone and strong willed on that path. Any such words/phrases in english? I dont want to just use the word crumble - too negative

Although the phrase "the above" is not exactly incorrect, should it be avoided?

For example, imagine a letter with a heading "Re: Order for 79 purple cardboard slugs", should a paragraph in the letter say "your order should be ready in three fortnights" or "the above order should be ready in three fortnights"? Personally, I would tend to avoid "the above" but is there any rule on this?

I'm looking for a concise way to describe this situation:

> Person A compliments B's team at a competition. But B does not respond to this compliment gracefully, even though it means a lot to him. B senses that doing this has hurt A, but pride or shyness get in the way of him clearing the air with A about this for a while. When B works up what's needed to talk to A, unforeseen circumstances change B's plans and he loses touch with A. Years pass, but B continues to feel an urge to fix his mistake. B does not actively seek to fix it (aside from learning from it), but if the opportunity to do so presents itself he has told himself to take it.

One idiom I've considered is [*turning over a new leaf*](http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/turn+over+a+new+leaf). But this phrase seems better for a personality overhaul than for repairing one mistake.

Is there a word/idiom/phrase to describe a person who would leap if given the chance to correct a specific mistake he made?

I am currently thinking of engraving text for our wedding rings. Idea is to engrave some nice combination of two words (one word per ring) in order to get phrase close to "forever together".

I do like word **eternity** so combination that I could think of is **Eternally Together**.

Is that word combination "sounds" and correct in terms of usage?

Maybe there is another option close by meaning?