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Improve Your Writing with Coach Philip Charter

Stolaroid Stories

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The Disadvantages of Exams

I think also the fact that with all these exams, we're always saying something bad about exams. We understand that we need them. I took exams when I was a learner. They were helpful,. not saying I'm not going to say no, don't take an exam. But maybe, you know, because exams, they have all these assessment criteria. So therefore, on the other hand, all these linkers. Those words give me nightmares further more, more over. That's a perfect example of words which are like shoehorned into educational writing. Yes, to shoehorn something is to force it to force something in.

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