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Writing & Grammar: Hyphenating Adjectives (And Answers to Last Week's Challenge)

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by Jennie Ruby    Answers to last week's  comma challenge , as presented by Jing Ping Fan  (Correct answers were also sent in by  Susan Benson ): The tall and hollow trunk (or The tall, hollow trunk). " When you read that out loud, it sounds a little odd. The upper right corner. black coffee cup.

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Writing & Grammar: More Confusing Words

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  Jing Ping Fan  pointed out, however, that if you did mean that the hurricane filled you with  horror  over its monstrous  size, then maybe there is enough emotional/moral valence to tip your description over into  enormity. .  Can you ensure/assure that the dog does not run away again?

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Thoughts on a “Controversial” Approach to Rapid eLearning Development

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Through a fortunate happenstance, I came across Jing : a very simple screencast tool that would incorporate voiceovers. I had already created the standards and exercises for the various certification tasks, so my next step was to create a very simple script to use as my voiceover. And so, a screencast star was born.