We cannot say that 256 is the epogdoon of 243, for in the number 256 is not contained the whole of 243 and an eighth thereof, since an eighth of 243 is approximately 30½...

Semifinally, when a pronoun is involved, the possessive case is invariable: “Dick is a friend of hers,” not “Dick is a friend of her.” Finally, despite the not infrequent questions that are raised, the double genitive is of long standing, idiomatic, useful and here to stay.

Significant rail projects have been mothballed before in the face of changed circumstances - in particular, the LNER Woodhead project which was postponed due to wartime conditions and not revived until 1948, as money became available after nationalisation.

The jet fired a salvo of rockets at the truck convoy.