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Simon Horobin, The Conversation
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Five words that don’t mean what you think they do
Their earliest meanings reveal things that are quite different from the way we know them.
Simon Horobin, The Conversation
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Philip Pullman’s ‘His Dark Materials’: How to decode the story’s linguistic secrets
Pullman achieves an eerie blend of familiarity and strangeness through his use of language.
Simon Horobin, The Conversation
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Five common English words we may all be using incorrectly (because mistakes are perpetuated)
‘Gravy’ is not the right word, and nor, it seems, is ‘curry’.
Simon Horobin, The Conversation
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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In Amit Shah’s Gandhinagar, three Lok Sabha candidates allege they faced pressure to withdraw
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‘Knowing we’re mortal gives us purpose’: Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan on his new book
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Unnatural sex between husband and wife not rape, woman’s consent immaterial: Madhya Pradesh HC
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Why is the 2024 Congress manifesto silent on pushing back against majoritarianism? History has clues
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Beware the bad big wolf: Why you need to put your adjectives in the right order
The use of adjectives in English has caused an internet storm – here are the 'rules' explained.
Simon Horobin, The Conversation
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The book of 'The BFG' movie reminds us that wordplay is part of learning and mastering language
Roald Dahl shows how his confusion is often due to the ambiguity of a language where one word may have multiple meanings.
Simon Horobin, The Conversation
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What will the English language be like in 100 years?
As features of English are increasingly mingled with those of other native tongues and their pronunciations, the future of English is one of many Englishes.
Simon Horobin, The Conversation
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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Watch: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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