Category Archives: words
Don’t Plagiarise it. Remix it!
Academics have been remixing since forever. You cannot move forward without taking from what is already behind you. Yet remixing is different from plagiarising. Academics reference the work they’re using and explain how they reached the detail they’re presenting. There … Continue reading
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Why fiction is necessary
Fiction is as necessary and important as non-fiction. Just the facts m’am? Nope. Step beyond reality and reap the rewards. Facts without fiction won’t work. In most instances, fiction has elements of truth in it and non-fiction can still be … Continue reading
Print Versus Screen: Information Pros and Cons
The way we read has changed dramatically in recent years. Reading text off a screen – whether for cost, convenience, online content, collaborative reasons, or otherwise – is normal. We read from computer monitors, handheld devices, TV screens, you name … Continue reading
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20/20 – Day 7: 20 ways to get the word count right
Word counts. Ah, yes. We’ve all been through it before. You either get stuck after writing about 800 words of a 1,500 word essay, or you fly past the required number of words in the hope that triple the length … Continue reading
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Do you ‘Hansardize’ or ‘Gove’? Unheard Words & applying them to uni life
The BBC has reported on Ammon Shea, the man who spent a year reading the entire Oxford English Dictionary from cover to cover. That’s all 20 volumes of the OED and he really went from A to Z. The article … Continue reading
