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Month: June 2015

Posted on June 30, 2015September 28, 2020

‘To have another think coming’ or ‘another thing coming’? Commonly confused words (43-44)

The other day, the chirruping bird alerted me to an issue that I hadn’t previously given much thought to. Is it to have (got) another…

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Posted on June 1, 2015September 29, 2020

Greengages and other words named after people

What's in a name? We probably all know that the wellies we might wear to go on walks through muddy fields are named after the…

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