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- Byron - again so far...
- by AnnaStylosis
- in copiousnotes.blog.co.uk
- 1 day old
- THEMES YOUTH and AGE CHP III Messalonghi Don Juan XI Fare Thee Well! Idealized youth Youth used to denote past ‘alas they had been friends in youth’. Innocence and ignorance… Byron’s own youth DJ – I wish they know the life of a young noble… they are young, but know not youth!’ … Excuses Blaming parents – ‘untaught in youth, my heart to tame’... more
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- Englishness.
- by adamantixx
- in adamantixx.blog.co.uk
- 1 day old
- Spending a sunday afternoon dining in a good old country pub, eating a roast with all the trimmings, simply enjoying my Englishness and living in England. I feel in apt patriotic mood to consider those things that define Englishness itself, things that make us smile fondly, swell with pride or nod in lifelong appreciation. I'm definately neither... more
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- THIS ENGLAND!
- by kendrive
- in grumpy.blog.co.uk
- 8 days old
- Shakespeare wrote: This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a... more
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- Elegant variation
- by loiswakeman
- in i4info.blog.co.uk
- 14 days old
- At school, I was taught to use elegant variation - not repeating the same phrase exactly in a passage of writing, to make it more interesting. When I was later trained as a technical author, I learnt the opposite: use standard phrases so you don't confuse the reader.Spammers have a vested interest in elegant variation (how many synonyms can they... more
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- You *must* try this product - not
- by loiswakeman
- in i4info.blog.co.uk
- 16 days old
- "English and grammer softwarehttp://whatabunchofspeciouscrap.comSale 25% DiscountOur World Wide patent writing tools enable simple sentences to become more sophisticated and professional.Enhance your writing with: Grammar check Thesaurus Spell check English Dictionary Templates Punctuation corrections Improved clarity" - from today's... more
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- LIFE AND MORE MIXES
- by Kizlode
- in kizlode.blog.co.uk
- 23 days old
- Well, here I sit at nearly 3am having just finished my essay on Animal Farm for my English class. Not bad really as I should have handed it in last week :roll: Not been sleeping too well of late. I spent a while feeling very down and doing a lot of soul searching, as well as talking to my counsellor, and have decided to stop the counselling for... more
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- Discrete and discreet
- by loiswakeman
- in i4info.blog.co.uk
- 24 days old
- "Very discrete shipping and billing" - spam message subjectActually, what the twerp is suggesting is discretion, not discreteness, for his/her dubious pharmaceutical products. However, I guess that the target market is probably not known for its intellectual or grammatical abilities.Discrete means separate, distinct, self-contained -... more
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- St George's Day
- by louisa-outram
- in wednesday.blog.co.uk
- 24 days old
- So today is St George's Day, a day celebrated by people in my village with their buntings and flags :)) I personally think uts nice to see as there's always flags and celebrations for St Patricks Day and the Irish celebrate being Irish, so why shouldn't the English do the same? The trouble is I think, is one, many people don't know that today... more
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- TEACHING ENGLISH IN FRENCH - IN SCOTLAND
- by kendrive
- in kendrive.blog.co.uk
- 28 days old
- BILINGUAL SCHOOL An Aberdeen school which has pioneered bilingual education has been judged a resounding success, a report has said. Under the scheme, subjects such as maths and English are taught in French. Walker Road Primary School has native French speakers working with other staff to teach children a range of subjects from the age of five... more
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- Tomorrow is another day
- by Inthefastlane45
- in inthefastlane45.blog.co.uk
- 32 days old
- I had a decent headache almost all day yesterday. It is odd since I rarely get headaches..maybe once every other month or so. I wish I knew what caused it though because I couldn't think of anything. Anytime I tried to concenrate on something it felt like my brain was just a large brick and wouldn't move. Anyway I went to bed early and got... more
