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Andy Gillett

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Using English for Academic Purposes: For Students in Higher Education.

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Yesterday my friend Dorothy in America posted this. "I try to be a good person. I also try to be a good citizen. I vote. I pay taxes (cheerfully, even! I was just speaking with my accountant on the 14th, and I asked if I had EVER heard me complain about paying taxes…

ColminIndonesia's tweet image. Yesterday my friend Dorothy in America posted this. 

"I try to be a good person.

I also try to be a good citizen. I vote. I pay taxes (cheerfully, even! I was just speaking with my accountant on the 14th, and I asked if I had EVER heard me complain about paying taxes…

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Seeing loads of misunderstandings of the govt's new rules on English language for visa applicants, probably because they've been presented/reported in such a confusing way, as "in future migrants will need to have A level standard English" /1


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Jenrick says 'it's not about the colour of people's skin'. It's just that he didn't see a single white face. That's not even logically coherent.


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It helps to understand the difference and relationship between research results and claims. patthomson.net/2025/10/04/res…


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We’re at a dangerous moment in our country - where refugees are being blamed for all society's problems. While the super-rich, who really caused these problems, are busy taking more and more wealth from working class people. For 40 years, the ideas launched by Thatcher - cuts,…


BBC: The amount of students getting top A-level results is expected to be broadly similar to 2024, after years of flux as a result of the Covid pandemic. Surely they mean the “number” of students.


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A Czech billionaire has bought Royal Mail, Italy owns a UK rail franchise, India runs the steel industry and now a Chinese infrastructure group is set to pick up Thames Water for next to nothing. Is this what Brexiteers meant by Take Back Control?


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Build your writing repertoire. 50 strategies. patthomson.net/2025/07/10/50-…


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The richest 1% of people in the UK are worth £2.8 trillion. Tell me again why a Labour government needs to cut benefits for the disabled.


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You have to larf when news outlets say that Gaza has had little attention on account of the War against Iran. No, guys, it had little attention because you gave it...er...little attention.


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A source work that cannot be recovered by readers (e.g., an email, text, or direct message) should be cited as a personal communication. Use a personal communication citation only when a recoverable source is not available. Learn more: apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-… #CiteYourSources

APA_Style's tweet image. A source work that cannot be recovered by readers (e.g., an email, text, or direct message) should be cited as a personal communication.

Use a personal communication citation only when a recoverable source is not available.

Learn more: apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-…

#CiteYourSources

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Dear Mr Starmer Are there many examples of the children of migrants to this country who go to school but don't or can't learn English? My mother spoke one language at home and only learnt English at school. She went on to be a primary school teacher.


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Year 6 teachers, I hope you'll remember that some of us know that the Grammar test coming up was devised purely in order to assess you on the false premise that 'Grammar' has 'right/wrong answers'. Plus: much of the 'grammar' in the test is wrong, misguided or not even 'grammar'.


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Have you ever been told to add links and attend to flow? Here’s a strategy. It’s a set up. patthomson.net/2025/05/12/flo…


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