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Default New Statesman -- malapropisms -- April 19

Frank Osen was a winner in the toys competition.

No 4223

Set by Leonora Casement

Mrs Malaprop is alive and well. Recently heard on TV: “staggering the line” for “straddling the line”. and “in retrospect of” instead of “in respect of”. We want prose that makes some kind of sense, but not what the speaker intended. Max 150 words by 19 April comp@newstatesman.co.uk
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