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The Writing Tips Blog: Writing Tip 6: Affect or Effect?
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The Writing Tips Blog. Practical tips on writing and language for the Effective Written Communication course. Writing Tip 6: Affect or Effect? What is the difference between 'affect' and 'effect'? Answer: although both words can be used as verbs and nouns, usually affect is used as a verb and effect as a noun. The film affected everybody. The film had a powerful effect on everybody. Affect' indicates feelings or change; 'effect' indicates results or consequences. I was profoundly affected by what I saw.
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The Writing Tips Blog: TipSheet 4: Hyphens
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The Writing Tips Blog. Practical tips on writing and language for the Effective Written Communication course. A hyphen is a small mark (-) used to join words together. Hyphens are used widely in English to attach two (or more) words, or parts of words, in order to make a compound word. Here are some examples:. However, there are many two-word combinations where no hyphens are used:. Birth rate, child care, vice versa, Land Rover, air force, ballot box, car maker. How do you know if you need a hyphen?
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The Writing Tips Blog: Writing Tip 4: Hit the ITs
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The Writing Tips Blog. Practical tips on writing and language for the Effective Written Communication course. Writing Tip 4: Hit the ITs. Cut out the impersonal 'it' if you know the subject of the sentence. One way to get greater clarity in your writing is to identify the subject of each sentence, the person or thing doing the action. The pronoun 'it' is a little word to watch out for and, in many cases, remove in favour of a known subject. Or when used in a general statement:. And some more examples:.
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Carol Waites English teacher at the United Nations in Geneva: My favourite websites
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Carol Waites English teacher at the United Nations in Geneva. A blog about teaching writing skills and advanced English to international civil servants in Geneva. Http:/ etasblog.wordpress.com/. Http:/ larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/. Http:/ www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/personal-learning-networks. Http:/ www.classroom20.com/profile/ShellTerrell. Http:/ kalinago.blogspot.com/. Http:/ civitaquana.blogspot.com/. Http:/ scottthornbury.wordpress.com/. Http:/ vickyloras.wordpress.com/.
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The Language and Writing Resources Site: Resources on Grammar
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The Language and Writing Resources Site. Resources on writing and language for the UN ICTY Effective Written Communication course. This post is copied and revised from my ICTY English course blog at. Http:/ ictyenglish.blogspot.com/. At this site you will find links to online resources on grammar including interactive erercises). As English becomes more of a diverse and international language it is less and less possible to point to an authority and say 'that is the correct way! Or 'that is a mistake!
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The Language and Writing Resources Site: Resources: Dictionaries
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The Language and Writing Resources Site. Resources on writing and language for the UN ICTY Effective Written Communication course. If you need to look up a word, why not use an online dictionary? There are now several free online dictionaries on the web. Most of them offer additional resources on language such as 'a word a day' or bilingual dictionaries. Some online dictionaries can also help you to expand your vocabulary, not just check the meanings or spellings of words. 1 Cambridge Dictionaries Online.
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The Language and Writing Resources Site: Resources on Punctuation and Paragraphs
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The Language and Writing Resources Site. Resources on writing and language for the UN ICTY Effective Written Communication course. Resources on Punctuation and Paragraphs. Punctuation marks do a lot of work in writing. They give important messages to the reader about how a sentence should be read. They are one of the resources we use to regulate the energy of written language. This is the web site for Jane Straus' The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation. To find out the names of punctuation marks in Eng...
