org/10.M65/amr.2012.0165 EDITOR’S COMMENTS: REFLECTIONS ON THE CRAFT OF CLEAR WRITING Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time‚ or even the third time. Remember this in moments of despair. If you find that writing is hard‚ it’s because it is hard (Zinsser‚ 2006: 9). Most of us struggle with our writing. We thrash and hack our way through paragraphs‚ writing and editing and rewriting until we think we’ve made some progress on that God-forsaken
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What is academic English? You may be confident in using English in everyday situations‚ but the kind of English you need for study is rather different. It is what is known as ’academic English’ and is the type of English you need for * reading and understanding your study materials * writing about your subject. Academic English is different from everyday spoken English. It may be used to * describe an object or situation * describe a process or how something works * explain
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EN4405 Don Paterson Tony Harrison and the Language of Authority ‘And so it seemed to me then that the greatest gift I could acquire for myself was the gift of articulation‚ the treasure of eloquence‚ the power over words‚ the power of words.’ So wrote Tony Harrison in his essay ‘Facing up to the muses’ in the Bloodaxe Critical Anthology of his work‚ explaining the origins of his strong belief in the power of language‚ and particularly poetry. Tony Harrison‚ though he has written for both television
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The Benefits of Academic Globalization April‚ 10‚ 2014 1. Abstract: This article discusses how academic globalization is increasing at a very high rate and in what way it can be beneficial. Moreover‚ it states two opposing views where some people support academic globalization‚ while others are against it. The data was conducted based on four articles where each one discusses a different perspective concerning the benefits of academic globalization. After analyzing each article
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| Facebook practices in academic institutions | A briefing paper on the ways universities use Facebook and other social platforms for interaction with students | | | | Department of Information ScienceLoughborough University24 May 2012 | Table of contents 1. Summary ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 2. Terms of reference --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 3. Procedure ---
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Essays are the most creative writing that a person can have. Essays are written on enormous topics and can be written by everyone who has a nag for writing. Essay writing is the most important part in the grammar section of the schooling period. This is to make the student good at the skill of essay writing and increase the creativity of the student in writing. There are a number of methods that can be adopted for improving the method of writing an essay with good clarity and quality. Read a lot
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Persuasion: People and Society “Of all the forms of inequality‚ injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane” (Martin Luther King‚ Jr.). Do you agree with this statement? Write an essay persuading readers of your point of view. Support your arguments with evidence from appropriate sources. There are many inequalities in modern society‚ and unequal health care is one of the worst kinds of injustice. The health care inequity in the world is associated with each country imbalanced
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Evaluating Media for Credibility CRT/205 July 21‚ 2013 Media Credibility I had chose to watch two of the local news channels to see if one was better than the other. WNEP‚ Good Morning America 8am vs. WBRE‚ Eyewitness News 9am One of the news stories that I was paying attention to on both channels was about three bodies found in Cleveland‚ OH. I found this story depressing because I cannot figure out why anybody would want to kill someone else or themselves. WNEP spent 3 minutes covering
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Do you know what your human condition is? If this is a question that you have ever asked yourself then you might have heard of humanities. “Humanities are academic disciplines that study the human conditions‚ using methods that are primarily analytical‚ critical‚ or speculative‚ as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural science.” Wikipedia. (n.d.). Looking further into humanities we are able to better understand ancient and modern
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of the key resources available to local authorities for use in providing their services and for meeting their statutory obligations to their residents. Other resources include staff‚ systems‚ property/buildings and information. Finance is the resource that allows all the other resources to be secured and as such managing it becomes a very important activity to ensure an efficient use of all resources. Finance also becomes important to local authorities because it represents public money entrusted
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