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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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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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Ramachandra Guha: Why 2024 is India’s most important election since 1977
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Australian journalist leaves country amid visa troubles, says ‘too difficult to do my job in India’
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Dubai: How a high-altitude jet stream, not cloud seeding, created a storm ‘the size of France’
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The Jammu and Kashmir voter who is fighting corruption in job recruitments
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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
Video
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Eco India: How can India deal with its mounting tyre waste?