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Beware of… a Falling Image!…

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: December 17, 2008

It is early Wednesday morning and… it is still snowing on the National Capital! Should I remind you that it is not officially winter yet?… Top that with the OC Transpo strike and you have the perfect icing on the cake!… What I love about my job is that I can modify my schedule… therefore, [...]

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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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