Know Your English - January 2002

• HOW DO you refer to the years between 1901 and 1910? Is there a single word for it?
• What is a female "postmaster" called?
• What is the meaning of "stand someone up"?
• How is the word "roulette" pronounced?
• What is the difference between "autograph" and "signature"?
• What is the difference between "It rains" and "It is raining"?
• WHAT IS the meaning of the expression "to go bananas"?
• What is the correct pronunciation of the word ``harass"?
• What is the meaning and origin of the expression "trail blazer"?
• What is the difference between a "television serial" and a "television series"?
• What is the study of flags called?
• Which of the following sentences is correct? I'll submit the report in a week time'' or ``I'll submit the report in a weeks time''.
• WHAT IS the difference in meaning between "We have lived here for five years" and "We have been living here for five years"?
• What is the meaning of the expression "on the receiving end"?
• What is the correct pronunciation of the word "photograph"?
• Is it OK to say "Ganesh is going to abroad"?
• What is the meaning of "cock-a-hoop"?
• Isn't a female cat also called a "tabby"?
• Which of the following sentences is correct? "I bathe every morning" or "I bath every morning".
• What is the meaning of the idiom "to rob Peter to pay Paul"?
• WHAT IS the meaning of "feel good factor"?
• Do you congratulate someone "on" getting a job, or do you congratulate him "for" getting a job?
• What is the word for a child who is born after his father's death?
• What is the difference between "ornamental'' and "ornate''?
• Is it OK to say "Me neither"?
• What is the meaning and origin of the expression "off the cuff"?