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    9 Subjects

    Do one of the subjects next year. Just check things like prerequisites and admission requirements in order to find one which doesn't need to be done right away. E-mail staff if necessary.
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    Units 2010

    Is LING109 Language, Culture, and Communication? If so, avoid like the plague. Dreadful unit on many levels. Though perhaps I'm biased as I did so poorly at it. Only do it if you have a deep love of high-level linguistic and textual analysis, or as I prefer to call it, horse crap.
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    "German shepherds most dangerous dog" - Poor Journalism

    Thank you for your short but pugnacious reply. I never said anything about the "degeneration of grammar in today(')s culture", but rather pointed out that the media often sacrifices clearness of meaning and correct usage for the sake of confined space, and that this can possibly be indicative...
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    "German shepherds most dangerous dog" - Poor Journalism

    When I read the title of this post, I honestly thought that you were going to point out the poor language use of the journalist, which reflects the lack of understanding of basic grammar which is evident in so much of the media. But...no. Anyway, the sentence lacks a punctuation mark. It...
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    is smoking weed bad?

    I find it illuminating that not one poster on either side of the argument has yet spelled "schizophrenia" correctly.
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    to cliche?

    Girl leaving home, being abused and returning home is cliched. Girl leaving home, being abused by a giant talking banana and returning home...isn't.
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    English Extension 2, 2007 - Mediums

    "Mediums"? Shouldn't that be "media"?
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