This week seems to be developing a theme… From Dr Faustus comes another misused word:
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| Link: Swansea University/Prifysgol Abertawe, DACE/AABO, S.O.S. Student Online Support, ‘Awkward Spellings’ |
I’ve included the subsequent sentence as it seems to have something wrong with it. Perhaps compiled of should be compiled from or, better, This list is a compilation of…
Of course, since the words are correctly spelt to aid the challenged students, who clearly (but oddly) are assumed to lack access to a spell-checker, the sentence’s basic proposition is problematic… but not as problematic as the source: the acronym DACE/AABO expands to the Department of Adult Continuing Education/Adran Addysg Barhaus Oedolion, for which this page is not a good advertisement.
Of course, since the words are correctly spelt to aid the challenged students, who clearly (but oddly) are assumed to lack access to a spell-checker, the sentence’s basic proposition is problematic… but not as problematic as the source: the acronym DACE/AABO expands to the Department of Adult Continuing Education/Adran Addysg Barhaus Oedolion, for which this page is not a good advertisement.
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