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The Hindu
A column which discusses English phrases and grammar
“Don’t forget about the party tonight. Please be there by 8 o’clock.”
“Don’t worry, I’ll be there! Is there a dress code?”
“A dress code for an office party? You’re joking, right?”
“Just making sure. So, is your new best friend, Shravasti, coming?”
“I don’t know if I’d call her my best friend. She is coming. Her brother, however, isn’t. Said he had a few things to do.”
“I’m not at all surprised. The guy seldom steps out of the house. He’s someone who is terminally online.”
“Terminally online? Does it mean someone who works on the computer a lot?”
While residents are worried over deaths due to diarrhoea in Vijayawada, officials still grapple to find the root cause. Contaminated drinking water supplied by VMC officials is the reason, insist people in the affected areas, but officials insist that efforts are on to identify the disease and that those with symptoms other than diarrhoea too are visiting the health camps.