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The two oldest senses are found less in newspapers than in books
Context is the means by which native speakers learn the meaning of words
My husband wins a small chocolate sprout each time he spots a word
Kingsley Amis, in a letter to The Spectator in 1995, attributed to ‘fastidiousness’ the rise of tidbit in preference to titbit
Some of the scripts Tim Brookes presents carry a spiritual significance quite lacking in our resolutely mundane ABC
Defining who or what is German has never been easy, leaving language as the key marker of identity
The National Galleries of Scotland has been looking for a director of collection and research
I find the concept of a majority undefined by any common feature rather hard to grapple with
Why would a people usually so meticulous about every aspect of life be so seemingly careless about the correct use of a foreign language?
I am quite retro. I like looking at the past. My husband is almost entirely so. He lives in it
