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Articles from February 2011
Feb 25: A proposition of prepositions
Noting the function of prepositions and exploring some of the ways in which they are used.
Feb 24: Collective nouns and agreement
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED by FADZILAH AMIN.
Feb 18: Ali Baba
GRANDPA, you promised to tell me your favourite story from your forthcoming book, Tales Of The Pun-expected,” said the teenage girl. “Can I hear it now, please?”
Feb 17: When using ‘as if’
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED by FADZILAH AMIN
Feb 16: Spot the errors
EACH funny story below contains an error. Can you spot it?
Feb 11: In mournful number
A look at the word ‘number’ as used and connoted in language and grammar.
Feb 10: Lovely tones
LAST year, around this time, LUCILLE DASS explored “Terms of endearment” (MOE, Feb 17, 2010). This time round she's inspired by quotes and qualities that forge and foster love.
Feb 10: Call or text
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED by FADZILAH AMIN
Feb 9: How words convey love
When I was at school, the end of the year was reserved, among other things, for the filling of autograph books. These were little diary-sized note books that were very popular among girls in the 1970s and 80s.
Feb 9: The Ants and the Grasshopper
Idiomania by OH TEIK THEAM.
Feb 9: Bug expressions
Wordwise by S.H. LOKE
Feb 3: Meaning of ‘ever’
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED by FADZILAH AMIN
Feb 3: Verbs in context
OPEN CHANNEL - By DR LIM CHIN LAM
Feb 2: Culinary terms and the English Language
Everyone loves food. Culinary terms have found their way into the English Language.
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