QUIZ
WILL YOU SAIL OR STUMBLE ON THESE GRAMMAR QUESTIONS?
Smoothly step over to these common grammar mistakes that trip many people up. Good luck!
Question 1 of 7
Fill in the blank: I can’t figure out _____ gave me this gift.
Words nearby RP
Royce,
Roy Rogers,
royster,
rozener,
rozzer,
RP,
RPC,
RPG,
RPI,
rpm,
R.P.O. Other definitions for RP (2 of 3)
abbreviation
(in Indonesia) rupiah; rupiahs.
Other definitions for RP (3 of 3)
abbreviation
Reformed Presbyterian.
Regius Professor.
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How to use RP in a sentence
In an update of Nancy Mitford's 'Noblesse Oblige', The Telegraph has this handy guide, entitled, “What type of RP do you speak?”
They are quite clearly still RP, but not particularly posh RP.
I meet RP at the venerable Grill Room, where I had countless business lunches as a high-flying magazine editor.
My friend, RP, emailed me earlier in the day, "Last minute idea: Do you want a FREE dinner that will help save the earth?"
Well, my friend RP had emailed me, "do you want a FREE dinner that will help save the earth?"
Marius Gaetls et Bocchum aggressus fdit; castellum12 in excels rp positum, ubi rgi thsaur erant, nn sine mult labre expgnvit.
Place the keel on the centre of the runner plank, and mark with a pencil; then turn it over, and nail the RP to the keel.
Fragments of this early story of Massah (testing) were incorporated by RP in his story of the manna and the quails, viz.
Wounded birds, on being pursued and captured, have a harsh scream of fear, chee-rp.
Erskine notes that the tla is about equal in weight to the silver rp.
British Dictionary definitions for RP
abbreviation for
Received Pronunciation
Reformed Presbyterian
Regius Professor
the Philippines (international car registration)
Word Origin for RP
(sense 4) From R(epublic of the) Philippines
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