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World Service,01 Oct 1999,13 mins

Grammar versus Usage

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Questions of grammar versus questions of usage: A discussion of the terminology used in coverage of the Timor crisis with defence correspondent Jonathan Marcus: Is the World Service news sacrificing accuracy for "attention grabbing" adjectives? Presenter Dilly Barlow.

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