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This blog addresses problems in grammar, research, and style that I have frequently encountered in my students' and my own writing. I aim to explain these problems and provide resources for others who may encounter similar difficulties.

Thursday, 14 July 2011

Word Processing


A student recently asked me how to save time and finish assignments on time.  One simple answer is to learn how to type.  A lot of time is lost word processing documents.  Do the math for a 1000 word essay:


    1000 words      = 25 minutes of typing alone
40 words/minute 


    1000 words      = 100 minutes of typing alone
10 words/minute 


Learn how to type: it's a life skill in today’s society.   

There are quite a few websites that offer free typing tutorials.  I like Sense-lang.  It has typing tutorials that help you to learn touch typing and a number of games to help improve typing.  You can also try FreeTypingGame.

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