Monthly Archives: November 2008

A Bit of Everything!

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: November 25, 2008

Time for another quiz of mine… I chose a text speaking of election just before Christmas and I thought it was quite appropriate since there will be an election in Québec in December… useless to say that people over there are not happy with the idea of an electoral campaign just before the Holidays! Well… [...]

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Should I Laugh or Should I Cry?…

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: November 23, 2008

I was supposed to write something on what is more important during an oral examination… perfect grammar and syntax or communication skills? And… eventually I will!… But, right now, I want to talk about the two solitudes that confine Canadians in two different worlds… Francophones on one side and Anglophones on the other. Lately, I [...]

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Ô ces satanés anglicismes!

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: November 21, 2008

The weekend is almost here and I thought you would like to take a vocabulary test… Of course, in North America, common vocabulary mistakes originate from English contamination! Often people are not even conscious of using French words in some English contexts…  I think what we see most are what we call “faux-amis”… words very [...]

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