Guardian Unlimited logo Guardian Unlimited 27 months ago

Undergraduates let down by week spelling and, punctuation

Heard the one about the cow inseminated by seamen? The plants sewn together or the rouge genetic elements? You will soon. Grammatically challenged undergraduates from Imperial College London are about to be publicly shamed. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

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