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Which of these is wrong?
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Which of these is wrong?
Less stress
Less time
Less peas
Less waste
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Language is a...
Damp Spoon
Soup Spoon
Bent Spoon
Tea Spoon
3
Functional Skills: 'Language changes according to the x of its users'. What's the missing word?
Needs
Habits
Number
Wants
4
Which prescriptivist wrote about the importance of the rules of grammar and punctuation in 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves'?
Lynne Truss
Susie Dent
Jean Aitchison
Deborah Tannen
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Which BBC controller who insisted everyone broadcasting on the station use an RP (Recevied Pronunciation) accent?
Lord Snow
Lord Vader
Lord McAlpine
Lord Reith
6
What was marked on the side of the barrels in the warehouse where Edwin Sapir used to work?
Heavy
Caution
Empty
Toxic
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Which of these is frequently used by Bristol's Grammar Vigilante?
A Semi-coloniator
A pair of Parenthescissors
An QuestionMarker
An Apostropiser
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Which of these is an example of 'glottaling' in Estuary English?
'Haich' not 'Aitch'
'Fings'
'We was...'
'Wa'er'
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In Cockney dialect, what is 'mince pies' rhyming slang for?
Guys
Eyes
Skies
Flies
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Who talked about code-switching in relation to the use of Jamaican patois?
Paul Kerswill
Mark Sebba
David Rosewarne
Roger Hewitt
