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What is the meaning of ``bimonthly"
The word ``bimonthly" can mean different things. A magazine or journal that is published once in two months can be called a ``bimonthly". The word can also be used to refer to a magazine that comes out twice a month. So when someone refers to a magazine as being a bimonthly, find out from him whether it is twice a month or once in two months. A magazine that comes out once in three months is called a ``quarterly". A ``fortnightly" is one that is published once in two weeks.``Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer." - Dave Barry
Source:
The Hindu daily, Tuesday, July 31, 2001
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