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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

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How not to go over your word limit

Recently, I wrote about beating writer’s block and taking control of your Internal Editor. But some of us don’t have that problem.  At times, writing takes place effortlessly.  Before you know it, you’re hundreds – if not thousands - of words over … Continue reading

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10 Commonly Misspelled Words & My Mad Memory Techniques

Rather than just publish a ‘best of’ post today, I thought I’d share some of the ways in which I remember the spellings of words. But be warned.  Before I say anything else, I just want to explain that this post … Continue reading

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