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University students can’t spell

Profs say high schools aren't teaching grammar

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Students can’t write

Profs from St. John's to Victoria have had it with the wreckage of bad grammar

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It’s true, students can’t write

Students need to be taught writing skills before they get to university

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Swearing as a second language

Slang just might make a new Canadian feel more like everyone else

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Why you’ll never be an alumni

Prof. Pettigrew makes the case for proper usage

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David Frost hits the ‘net—and misses

Is there a form of sociopathy that renders a man oblivious to popular loathing? Why else would David Frost set himself up online as a hockey expert? Frost, as you’re probably aware, is the former...

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Express yourself

Photography by Andrew Tolson First year students arrive on campuses with their laptops, an iPod, an iPad, a Twitter account, a personal blog and a Facebook page. “They are so expressive and they have...

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Swearing as a second language

Teaching adults English grammar as well as its naughty parts, says an ELL coordinator, is a lesson in survival skills | Joe Raedle/Howard Lipin/Getty Images English as a Second Language (ESL) now goes...

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Famous Selfies to celebrate the Oxford Dictionaries word of the year

You’ve certainly taken one—that lean back, reach out, often awkward self portrait. Maybe you’ve shared it on social media, or texted it to a friend. It’s the selfie, which is the Oxford Dictionaries...

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‘Grammar is coming between One Direction and I’

[View the story "'Grammar is coming between One Direction and I'" on Storify] The post ‘Grammar is coming between One Direction and I’ appeared first on Macleans.ca.

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