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Essay writing: answer the question!
If you find yourself struggling with essay writing, it’s often because you haven’t understood the question, or haven’t defined it clearly enough in your own mind. Essay writing problems are really thinking problems.
Ten ways to improve your vocabulary
If you want to improve your command of English words, you need to take a positive and active approach to developing your vocabulary. Here’s a simple ten-point plan to help you get a grip on words.
Lexis is here!
It’s been a long time in the making, but my latest title, Lexis – an introduction to English words is finally available. You can see full details here. Lexis takes a relaxed and – I hope – entertaining look at our vocabulary.
Introduction to verbs
Rather confusingly, the word ‘verb’ is used in two different ways: to describe a type of word and to describe part of a clause. In this article I will treat these two separately.
A treasure house of words
After a good dictionary, a thesaurus is the most useful word reference book in a writer’s library … provided you know how to use it.