Charlotte Bronte

Lesson #121: The Smallest Element in Writing That is Often Overlooked

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There are numerous factors that must be considered when writing well. Grammar. Vocabulary. Clear thoughts. But one of the most overlooked of all is PUNCTUATION. The right commas, semicolons and periods (along with the appropriate use of brackets, dashes, and hyphens) can ‘make or break’ a sentence.  In many ways, I believe that if you […]

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Lesson #109: Steps for Enriching Your Writing with the Right Vocabulary

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INTERMEDIATE LEVEL Seeing this rose in my garden reminds me of the process of learning and improving our competence in any language. We learn one language word by word, step by step, layer by layer, just like these rose petals overlay each other. Another point of similarity: as these petals are relatively small, the slow

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