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Figures of speech in English grammar and correct use of tenses

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On a light note, if you are conversant with the word ‘shokolokobangoshe’, we probably went to primary school at around the same time.

It is one of the few things I remember about that wonderful time when primary school was fun, less the cane, of course. Shokolokobangoshe was a wise character in West African folklore who had answers to everything.

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