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Know Your English
The posts on this blog are edited compilation of 'Know Your English' Columns from 'The Hindu'. Hats off to 'The Hindu', Mr S.Upendran and the team behind 'The Know Your English' column.


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About "Know Your English" Posts:

First of all I would like to thank The Hindu daily and Mr S. Upendran for this wonderful endeavour.

The blog posts are just a compilation of Know Your English Columns. The blog does not have any relation to ‘The Hindu’ Media Group or the columnist. Each post has a link to the original post in ‘The Hindu’ so that visitors can check the original post. If you have any doubts regarding the columnist’s opinion as expressed in each post, please contact the columnist : upendrankye@gmail.com or the ‘The Hindu’.

Source:

The Hindu - Know Your English / S. UPENDRAN

1 comments:

Dharani Kothandapani said...

This is just to let you know that Universities Press India Pvt Limited have published Know Your English, Volume 1 on Idioms and their stories. The book is priced at Rs 160 and can be bought from the website: http://www.universitiespress.com. It is written by Dr S Upendran and is based on his popular column in the Hindu.


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