Example sentences for: xxi

How can you use “xxi” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • At the end of his article, “Some English Loanwords in Thai” [XXI, 1], Paul Blackford notes he has been unable to find out why the name for the Beatles in Thai is Sii Tao Tong `The Four Golden Turtles.

  • In your review of The New York Public Library Writers Guide to Style and Usage [XXI, 2], you mention looking in vain for wisdom regarding the use of the serial (or series, as I've always called it) comma.

  • In Charles Stough's delightful article, Insulting Nicknames Give Journalists Something to Be Proud of [XXI,4], he gives The Grope and Flail for Canada's national newspaper of record, The (Toronto) Globe and Mail .

  • In a review of The Endangered English Dictionary [XXI, 1,22], we misattributed authorship of Poplollies and Bellibones . As many readers probably know because the book is in their libraries, Poplollies and Bellibones is the work of Susan Kelz Sperling.

  • E.A. Livingston's communication [XXI, 3] certainly struck a responsive chord in me.


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