Know Your English - December 2007

December 2007

• Is there a difference between ‘Only Sujatha passed in English’ and ‘Sujatha only passed in English.’ (20071225)
• What is the meaning of ‘not to put too fine a point on it’? (20071225)
• What’s the difference between ‘take care of’ and ‘take care’? (20071225)
• How is the word ‘malfeasance’ pronounced? (20071225)
• What is the difference between ‘among’ and ‘amid’? (20071225)
• What is the difference between ‘climate’ and ‘weather’? (20071218)
• How is the name ‘Beowulf’ pronounced? (20071218)
• What is the meaning of ‘honorificabilitudinitatibus’? (20071218)
• What is the meaning of ‘mind-blowing’? (20071218)
• Is it ok to say, ‘Woman conductors, irrespective of their gender, are treated badly by officials’? (20071218)
• What is the difference between ‘masochist’ and ‘sadist’? (20071210)
• What is the meaning of ‘one trick pony’? (20071210)
• What is the meaning of ‘atonement’? (20071210)
• What is the meaning of ‘batathon’? (20071210)
• What is the meaning of ‘pretty penny’? (20071204)
• Is it okay to say, ‘I hope you would come to the party’? (20071204)
• What is the meaning of ‘white knuckler’? (20071204)
• How is the word ‘dour’ pronounced? (20071204)
• What is the meaning of ‘in camera’? (20071204)
• What is the meaning and origin of ‘hats off to someone’? (20071204)