Know Your English - February 2001

• WHAT IS the meaning of ``have the blues''?
• Which of the following sentences is correct? ``Neither Mohan nor Geetha is going home'', or, ``Neither Mohan nor Geetha are going home''.
• What is the difference between ``biannual'' and ``biennial''?
• How is the word ``creche'' pronounced?
• What is the opposite of "feminist"?
• When I get a telephone call and the person wants to speak to my mother or father, can I say ``Excuse me'' to mean ``Please wait''?
• Did you drop your cousin off at the station?
• HOW IS your favourite teacher?
  I hear that she was operated on recently.