Know Your English - June 2008

June 2008

• What is the meaning of ‘final nail in the coffin’? (20080624)
• What is the plural of ‘aircraft’? (20080624)
• What’s the difference between ‘nonetheless’ and ‘nevertheless’? (20080624)
• What is the meaning of ‘back answer’? (20080624)
• How is the word ‘severed’ pronounced? (20080624)
• Some people are scared of the number 13. Is there a word for it? (20080624)
• Know your English (20080617)
• What is the difference between ‘damage’ and ‘damages’? (20080610)
• How is the word ‘tawdry’ pronounced? (20080610)
• What is the meaning and origin of ‘lock horns with’? (20080610)
• Is it OK to say, ‘Hardly had we entered the room, than the .....’? (20080610)
• How is the word ‘vignette’ pronounced? (20080603)
• What is the meaning and origin of ‘sledging’? (20080603)
• What is the meaning of ‘touché’? (20080603)
• Is it okay to say, ‘He should avail of this opportunity to learn English’? (20080603)