Monthly Archives: January 2009

Find the Correct Expression!

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: January 24, 2009

Finally the weekend is here… no more driving for a couple of days. Actually I consider myself lucky since I can avoid being in traffic at peak hours… Last week I decided that I would not make any appointments early mornings and late afternoons. Consequently my days start around 1:00 pm and end at 9:00 [...]

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Winter Blues and Updates… January 22, 2009

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: January 22, 2009

This past Monday was Winter Blues Monday… I guess such national day does not exist anywhere else in the world! Of course anyone living under the sun, surrounded by palms, does not go through what we Canadians go through every year. One would think that the second Monday of January is kind of too early [...]

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Spelling Reviewed and Corrected… Do you Agree?

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: January 20, 2009

In 1990, the Conseil supérieur de la langue française proposed some change in the spelling of more than 2,000 words in French… Apparently these modifications were supposed to make our lives easier (for who?) by rectifying anomalies. Of course, this change happened too late for me: I learned spelling the old way… and “il est [...]

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