Some people are fond of jovially saying, ‘Stop franking your face.’ They do so to show how awkward the statement sounds. The fact, however, is that some actually believe ‘franking face’ is a correct expression and thus use it – whereas it is pregnant with at least two major blunders.
In the first place, although ‘franking’ is a legitimate English word, its meaning is different from that of ‘frowning’, which is what is expected in the context of…
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