Questions of style and usage in last week’s Independent
Grace under fire: South Africa’s Quinton de Kock unleashes a hackneyed ‘opening salvo’ against EnglandOur “Pictures of the Day” feature before Christmas included a dramatic photo of people in silhouette against red flames. The caption said: “Protesters set fire to dumpsters and tyres as they block a road in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon.” Mick O’Hare wrote to say that he had to check was a dumpster was. In Britain we call it a skip.
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