English upper class avoid conversation with the inferior class in public space in the 19th centuary I read an account of it, but I cannot find evidences or similar accounts in other books or papers, could you please help me? or give me some key words that might help in searching for information online?

Can I put "majority" in front of a noun? I looked up the word "majority " in a dictionary, and it says it is a noun and usually used like "the majority of" or "a majority". But I also found example somewhere else like "majority family" or "majority people". Is it normal for native speakers to use the word in the latter circumstance?

What does "if we don't all help" mean? The sentence comes from a song called Save Yourself by Greg Holden. Here are the excerts of the song: You've got to save yourself So you can find a way to save someone else It won't make any difference if we don't all help We all need help Does it mean "all of us don't help"? Thank you!

Why use "the" here? John Locke, THE noted English philosopher of the latter part of the 17th century, was quoted to have said that rhetoric was the science of oratory , the art of speaking with propriety, elegance and force. It is the first time John Locke appears in the passage. If it is for the reason that "noted" is used to modify "philosopher", it is not the case in the following example. Patrik Wong, an assistant professor at Northwestern University, who... "At North wester University" also modifies "professor". Thank you.^_^

what do you call the person or the mechanism? In a discussion group, there must be at least one man playing the opponent. Could you please tell me what do you call the person or the mechanism? I can't remember where did I see it, maybe in a TV series, maybe in an article. Thank you.

Why use "when" here? It is odd that a person's worth is measured by his wealth, when instead people's character should be measured by their value to society. why use "when" here? why can't I use "while"?

In the IT Crowd season 2, Jen said if you google "google", you will ruin the Intenet. Why?

Different Meanings of the Same Phrase "意思" in Chines Language I read a story in one of my friend's QQ space which is a place to post your life and thoughts like blog. A teacher said:" Oh, I have given an explanation to you, why don't you 意思（yisi）?" The students applauded. Then the teacher continued:"Next time, when I call for 意思， please wave notes of RMB." He said when he woke his daughter up, he would wave notes of RMB before her, and it really worked as the girl got up. I didn't get the point at the in the first place. Then I realized that it was a play of several meanings of "意思". When the teacher called for "意思", he was expecting reflactions or feedbacks. Under that context, He was asking for applauds. When he demanded the stutents to wave notes, he was making fun of another meaning of “意思”, it means bribe. We can usually see this scene in a movie. A gang member goes in to a samll restarant, rubbing his thumb againt index finger, says:"Hey, bro, it is time to yisi yisi." Here, he is asking for bribe, maybe proctection fee is more pricise. Of course, the basic meaning of yisi is eaqual to the English word "meaning". But there is an exception. If someone say "你到底什么意思!", you previous words must have annoyed him/her. Here, the sentence means "what at hell are you talking about! I disagree with you, and I am angry now." Please help me to revise the composition. If there are unnatural expressions, could you tell me how to put them?

Different Meanings of the Same Phrase "意思" in Chines Language I read a story in one of my friend's QQ space which is a place to post your life and thoughts like blog. A teacher said:" Oh, I have given an explanation to you, why don't you 意思（yisi）?" The students applauded. Then the teacher continued:"Next time, when I call for 意思， please wave notes of RMB." He said when he woke his daughter up, he would wave notes of RMB before her, and it really worked as the girl got up. I didn't get the point at the in the first place. Then I realized that it was a play of several meanings of "意思". When the teacher called for "意思", he was expecting reflactions or feedbacks. Under that context, He was asking for applauds. When he demanded the stutents to wave notes, he was making fun of another meaning of “意思”, it means bribe. We can usually see this scene in a movie. A gang member goes in to a samll restarant, rubbing his thumb againt index finger, says:"Hey, bro, it is time to yisi yisi." Here, he is asking for bribe, maybe proctection fee is more pricise. Of course, the basic meaning of yisi is eaqual to the English word "meaning". But there is an exception. If someone say "你到底什么意思!", you previous words must have annoyed him/her. Here, the sentence means "what at hell are you talking about! I disagree with you, and I am angry now." Please help me to revise the composition. If there are unnatural expressions, could you tell me how to put them?