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Students who have been put to shame over their spelling

British undergraduates have a poorer grasp of English than some foreign students Dr Bernard Lamb, a reader in genetics at Imperial College London, says those from Singapore and Brunei make fewer mistakes in their work, despite English being their... Full Article at Daily Mail - UK

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