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It's Friday, and the final day of contronym week where we look at words in English with contradictory meanings.... http://t.co/CGfuDaHooo

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Some words in English have contradictory meanings - we call them contronyms. One example of a contronym is left.... http://t.co/BGEJ7fjP2h

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Are you enjoying contronym week? Today our contradictory word is give out.

To give out is to share something - My... http://t.co/U1cN7T6bYb

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Welcome to contronym week! We are looking at words with contradictory meanings. Today, help!

Of course help... http://t.co/bMx9iQGpFs

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Yes it is. No it isn't! Do you like to be contradictory - disagreeing with whatever anyone says, just because you... http://t.co/dktYCTi2Ve

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Don't know if anyone is following (or cares about!) the US government shutdown, but it happened in Australia once... http://t.co/T2uJU3tqVj

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Read our Poetry Day article Friday! RT @nprnews: Book News: Forward Prize For Poetry Goes To Michael Symmons Roberts http://t.co/C5iXfyUGW6

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It's Friday, the last day of 'There's a word for that?!?' week.

Let's look at the confusing worlds of homonyms... http://t.co/3UqDLFFzfS

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This can be a confusing one for English language learners. A contranym is a word that can mean the opposite of... http://t.co/5hqXiLXv4p

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It's 'There's a word for that?!?' week at The Word. Today's word is one for the teenagers amongst us: Tmesis is... http://t.co/44kcLuFWiG

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We like to talk about new words at The Word, and did you know there's a word for a newly named word? It would be... http://t.co/KLCmPFDINi

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There's a word for that?!? Yep, that's the game we will be playing this week!

First up: Bet you didn't even know... http://t.co/OMmLEP5E4G

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Final tricky English tip of the week: Like vs. as

'Like' is a preposition and 'as' is a conjunction. 'Like'... http://t.co/rp2iWqqCFP

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Tricky English week continues! We've talked about this one before, but it's still a toughie.

Affect vs. effect:... http://t.co/4JjmCzLicH

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Could you care less about tricky English? Well, it depends.

Many people say 'I could care less' with the meaning... http://t.co/oJZY201bR4

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We are talking about common English errors this week. Today: Irregardless.

Simple solution: This word doesn’t... http://t.co/5OnVwmfeOo

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Tricky English Week! Yep, let's look at common errors in English.

Fewer vs. less: In general, 'less' refers to... http://t.co/WAIeruRWnZ

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Interesting 'did you know' to remember: Got vs gotten: Got is the past participle used in British English. Gotten... http://t.co/pyCH5vSSdY