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Thursday 04 October 2018 10:20 pm|Updated:Tuesday 21 May 2019 4:24 pmA 8200;lesson in language: 8200;Apps will not make you a good writerBy: Elena ShalnevaShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleIn thepast year, I have witnessed an unfortunate
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brumate tumbler e that correct your spelling, grammar and style, and claim to make you a better writer.Irsquo;ve tested a
stanley uk few, and here is my considered advice: avoid.Apart from their obvious redundancy ndash; Microsoft has been doing this for 20 years ndash; the apps that correct your spelling and grammar perpetuate illiteracy.The effort of looking the word up in a dictionary makes you remember it, while studying grammar properly means that you have lifelong tools to analyse it. However, if a machine swaps one word or syntactic construction for another in your text automatically, chances are you wonrsquo;t even notice, and will continue using the language blindly. But my real problem is with the apps that promise writing enhancement ndash; or, in proper English, improving your style.One app says it can suggest a ldquo tronger synonym, so when I enter good service on the Northern Line, the app returns: ldquo ublime service on the Northern Line.Another posits: use simple utterances instead of complex utterances.So when I enter this rather compl Zdib Challenging market conditions cause HSBC profits dip, but it could have been worse
Monday 07 January 2013 1:55 am|Updated:Thursday 30 May 2019 6:22 amActor Depardieu meets Putin and picks up Russian passportBy: KCS-contentShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleFRENCH film star Gerard Depardieu received a hug f
stanley de rom President Vladimir Putin and a new Russian passport yesterday after abandoning his homeland to avoid a new tax rate for millionaires.Putin signed a decree on Thursday granting Russian citizenship to Depardieu, who has fumed over French President Francois Hollandersquo plan to impose a 75 per cent tax rate.The two men were shown on state television shaking hands and hugging in the Black Sea resort of Sochi yesterday during what the Kremlin said was a private visit by the actor to Russia.A brief meeting between the president and Depardieu took place, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. On the occasion of his visit to Russia, he was handed a Russian passport.Peskov
stanley ca did not say if Putin personally gave him the passport. Depardieu also told Putin about his career plans, he said. Depardieursquo best known international film is Green Card,
stanley de about a poor French immigrant who enters a sham marriage so he can stay in the United States.Putin said last month that Depardieu would be welcome in Russia, which has a flat income tax rate of 13 per cent, compared to the 75 per cent on income over euro;1m pound;813,000
