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What is "proper" English?

What is "proper" English?

We've talked about different accents and different cultures this year, no matter what class you were in. Here is an interesting interview of a Jamaican author Marlon James about "proper English" ... "When I sent the book [my second] out, the first publisher...

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On a much lighter note ...

On a much lighter note ...

Yesterday was also a very happy (but rainy) day for many Londoners who gathered to celebrate a very important birthday ... Queen Elizabeth II was 90! Read more about her birthday celebrations and about the Royal family in general here: We are here to...

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How British are you?

How British are you?

A bit like the citizenship quiz some of you wrote earlier this year, here is a fun and fact-filled survey about how Britain compares to the rest of the world... Ask people from overseas how they'd describe Britain, and they might tell you it's rainy,...

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