English In Use – ‘We Can’t Curry On’
A selection of headlines from stories in the news. They use English in a way that you might think is intended to confuse but it’s perfectly clear to the native speaker.
News Round Up 161
News Round Up
by Patrick O’Connor
THE game of pooh sticks – which involves participants dropping sticks over one side of a bridge and walking over to the other side to see which one appears first – appeared in the classic children’s story The House at Pooh Corner by A A Milne in 1928.
And now, says the Daily Mail, a scientist claims the found the formula for the perfect stick.
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