Checking Out!

Now we all what synonyms are, don't we? But let's introduce a new concept (after muck!), which is that of double synonyms. Something we were not taught during those grammar classes.

It's called Bi-synonyms. Bi-synonym is a combination of two words (used together in the same order) which have different meanings. This concept is best explained with an example.

Checking out could mean - Checking out a girl.
Checking out could also mean - Checking out from a hotel.

Now these two are clearly different things. You can check out a girl, get into a conversation, get lucky, and then check out in the morning; but these are clearly two different things.

Checking out is sometimes confused with sleeping around. People discuss ''who is checking out whom'' in the same breath as ''who is sleeping with whom'', but the fact of matter remains that everyone is checking out everyone, all the time - so the question is plain stupid.

So, this concept of Bi-synonyms is new for you. You missed it in Wren&Martin's bible of English Grammar. But your kids will read it in (M)artin-W(R)en&(P)anju, lovingly referred to as MRP in the English Literature and Grammar circles. Ofcourse MRP will come at a higher MRP.

Enjoy your copy of MRP over a Martini (in a tribute to Martin, who will be long dead).