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73Writing ..... Back To Basics
improving our writing skills How long is it since you attended school? If like me it is longer ago than you dare admit, let's take a look together at grammar... To be a good writer we need to be...
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65Do you know where John Kettley comes from?
John Kettley, the weatherman, immortalised in 1988 by a group called A Tribe of Toffs, when they released their song called "John Kettley is a weatherman" was born in Halifax but brought up in a small town...
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57Irritatingly Misused Words
I read a lot of words. I am in online school and I find that there is a lot of reading and writing in such a forum. With that knowledge I have found myself cringing in my office chair every time I see a word...
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64Fingernails, Hankies and Breakfast or Portrait of a Politically Incorrect Third Grade Teacher
Recently I had the opportunity to return to the area of my youth in the company of a longtime good friend. As we drove into the area, we passed the house of our deceased Third Grade teacher, Mrs. Crawford. ...
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62Getting Even with English Grammar
Words are the basic units of any language. They are made up of letters called alphabets and in English, there are twenty-six of them. Some words are constructed by the English culture, others are imported...
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58Educating rita..and george...and sam...and chardonnay
My blood boils when I think about this topic, hence the speed with which I have progressed from my last post. I should point out from the outset that I am not a socialist, or a liberal for that matter, and I...
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59Writing Tips
One of the things that I've learned as I start up my editing and proofreading business is that there is a lot of editing that goes on by Web Masters. They have to pay close attention to every "character."...
76Aubrey Beardsley, TB took this gifted aesthetic artist at only 25
He died at 25, of TB. It was a brief life, yet, despite being dogged by ill-health, he had worked with some of the most famous literary figures of his day. Although his name may not be familiar to you, you...
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65Those Lessons They Never Taught Us in School
This story relates how a big brother who didn't make it to high school or college -- through his own innate common sense -- taught his little brother, who graduated from high school and college, more than any teacher or professor he ever had.
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62FIGHTING FOR OUR LIVES. Chapter 3
All the priests, nuns and brothers of Sacred Heart, a Catholic Church in Hell's Kitchen knew they served a violent neighborhood. They were there to tend to our physical and psychological wounds and our...
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