My mother emailed me last week to ask if she was using the word “nor” correctly, which brings us to today’s post: the use of either or and neither nor.
When I used to ask my teacher how to spell something, she often said. I don’t know. Then she would take out the dictionary and look it up. She was not ashamed to say that she didn’t know the answer. I learnt two things. You don’t have to know___; and if you don’t kno...
As a parent who is advocating to get an appropriate education for their child, arguing terms is not where I would waste my time about the term used. Many schools will tell you they can’t evaluate or diagnose dyslexia and precious time is wasted while the parent pursues outside evaluations ...
Evaluate counter arguments—If relevant, present the positive and negative sides of the topic you are arguing. This shows you have conducted a deep analysis and you aim to avoid bias, which improves the authority of your essay. You can also use this section to emphasize why the positives of ...
Some people are averse to open and honest communication because they’re conflict-avoidant and don’t want to risk arguing. Others don’t want to deal with anything ‘too deep’ and simply want to go with the flow, dealing with whatever arises as it unfolds. ...
For context, here is the story referred to in email 6 by Helen Combe. The Day of the Spell Cheque by Helen Combe Paul hated a threesome. Derek and Eve, the most ill matched couple on the planet and him, down the pub. Derek put the tray of drinks down. ...
Don’t spend all your time deciding on the domain. Just make sure it is: Short and memorable. Easy to spell. Imagine if someone asked you for your domain in real-life. Would it be easy for someone to remember and type it in later, or would they struggle to remember?
is an eye-opening read for any PIR (parent in room) who just learned what “Netflix & chill” means. Some research, like this2012 Penn State study, seems to corroborate the alarming message about grammar as well, arguing that teenagers who use “techspeak” perform worse on grammar tests...
ON DECEMBER 8, 2014 I read Joe Studwell’s How Asia Works because it claimed to answer two of the greatest questions in development economics: How did countries like Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, and China achieve sustained, high growth and turn into development success stories? And why have ...
and it's clear to anyone with eyes that race-avenging blacks such as Morrison will quickly destroy the rights and institutions based on those ideals as soon as they are in a position to do so. If blacks believe whether correctly or not that liberty is only a white ideal, then the acquis...