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Minister of Police Senzo Mchunu faces scrutiny over his abrupt decision to dissolve the Political Killings Task Team, as he testifies at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry.

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We can use adverbs with 'will'. In positive sentences, they usually go between 'will' and the verb.

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This is about phrases that almost immediately trigger or irritate you every time you hear them, including outdated and rude ...

The Strand, which today has its western limit at Trafalgar Square, was first recorded in the Roman period, as the ...

Have you ever felt a knot of anxiety tighten in your stomach when someone asks you a question in English? Perhaps you can ...

The Italian adverb “malvolentieri” expresses reluctance or inner resistance. Here’s how it’s used and how to translate it ...

The mark of fluent English-language writers or speakers is the way they effortlessly do away with words mandated by formal grammar, but which only impede the quick delivery of their ideas.