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The tutor shares about a late read. Two days prior, I’d never heard of E.F. Benson. However, the horror anthology I mention in my post of November 10 includes his “The Room in the Tower.” The title attracted me. Benson …
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The tutor fondly returns to a topic he explored a lifetime ago. I graduated from UVic in ’95; my first son was born in July ’02. During the intervening years I had lots of time. Pursuing computer programming and reading …
The tutor continues his probe of the popular Hardy Boys mystery series. Back on Jan 19, I began about the Hardy Boys. I’ve not stopped reading them to my kids, now 11 and 13. In fact, we just finished Mystery …
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The tutor discusses a short story from a grade nine literature textbook. Searching for reading material for my students, I recently chose “The Landlady” by Roald Dahl, from the textbook In Context: Anthology Three. For a tutor, choosing literature that’s …
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The tutor discusses a purchase from August. Back on August 8 I talked about a book of optical illusions we purchased. Another book from that same table caught my eye: the Merriam-Webster’s Crossword Puzzle Dictionary. I glanced inside the dictionary, …
The tutor shares another surprise from Boggle. I’ve seen the word anon in various places, but can’t remember where. Of course, it’s an abbreviation for anonymous. Playing Boggle with the family the other night, I had the opportunity to make …
The tutor returns to a favourite topic. Do you know what mote means? According to Oxford Canadian Dictionary, it’s “a speck of dust.” In a game of Boggle the other day, mote emerged; moat was probably the word the writer …
The tutor shares another word discovery from Boggle. My regular readers likely know we play Boggle with our kids. The other night, I claimed the word brent, thinking of North Sea brent, which is the output from those oil fields. …
The tutor offers another couple of fun homonyms, or homophones, depending on which dictionary you use. Homonyms are a favoured topic here. Just key homophone or homonym in the search box to bring up a few earlier articles about them. …
The tutor confronts a couple of his own habits. The expressions a lot and a lot of are tempting to use, since in everyday English they are meaningful. Yet, I ask myself sometimes if I can do better. I know …
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