Entry #2: Advice on Academic Writing

Here is my second entry for this blog. This time, it is a slide share presentation about the Toronto University's website "Advice on Academic Writing"


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  1. Vanesa18 de mayo de 2017 a las 18:42

    Well done! Good study notes. In one of the slides on Paragraphs you have used an indirect question in the title with a question mark. Be careful!

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    1. Zeniel Danaku19 de mayo de 2017 a las 5:30

      I am afraid that I'm not understanding your correction. Could you at least point to the slide in question?

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    2. Vanesa22 de agosto de 2017 a las 4:56

      Slide 20.

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