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04.12.2013
9 Minuten
Do you know why Dec 4, 1945 is an important date in history? It's important because that is the date that the US Senate approved US participation in the United Nations. This makes the discussion by PYD host, Dave, about AcaDemon paper #145528 "UN Peacekeeping Limitations", particularly relevant. It's a defintely a fascinating paper so don't miss the discussion or the paper! You also don't want to miss Dave's discussion this week about resume writing. It's full of good advice, strategies, tips and pointers for how to write a resume that will get your foot in the door. And last but not least, listen in to Segment Three of this week's podcast as Dave clarifies what compound adjectives are how to write them correctly. And thanks for joining us again this week!
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06.11.2013
11 Minuten
Hi there and thanks for joining us for our 47th Power Your Document Episode. In this episode, Dave discusses a great Paper of the Week about the politics and ethics of President Abraham Lincoln, he explains nominalizations, what they are and how to avoid them (because you really do need to avoid them if you want to write well), and he tells us what capitonyms are. Do you know what capitonyms are? If you don’t know what they are, if you do want to learn about the 16th US President, and if you do want to learn about nominalizations, then make sure you listen to PYD Episode 47. You’ll be happy you did!
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02.10.2013
9 Minuten
As usual, the PYD Podcast is packed full of helpful writing tips and strategies. This week, in Episode 46, our host Dave discusses AcaDemon's Paper of the Week, which is about the first Black US Supreme Court Justice, Justice Thurgood Marshall, explains what relative clauses and relative pronouns are and how to use them, and tackles that interesting literary device, the onomatopoeia. So tune in, listen up, and learn better writing skills!
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04.09.2013
8 Minuten
In keeping with our promise to help our listeners improve their writing skills, PYD Episode 45 brings us some more interesting and useful writing tips. First up, Dave introduces us to a paper about Richard Wright’s novel “The Outsider”. The paper discussed is this week’s Paper of the Week on AcaDemon and is paper #144790, “Richard Wright’s “The Outsider”: An Existential Examination”. The paper was chosen as this week’s Paper of the Week not only because it is well-written and very interesting, but also because it highlights Wright’s birthdate, which was September 4, 1908. Moving on, Dave discusses mixed metaphors, what they are, and how and why to avoid them when we write. And lastly, but never least, Dave leaves us with a writing tip. This week’s tip is on the use of ‘enquire’ and ‘inquire’. So listen up! Listen in! And learn!
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07.08.2013
9 Minuten
As always, this month's PYD podcast, Episode 44, is packed with eduational, informative, and interesting information. In this month's episode, Dave first talks about the Paper of the Week, which focusees on the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The bombing effectively ended WWII, but do you know all the reasons for dropping the bomb? Read paper #Paper #103786, “Hiroshima” to find out about the reasons and to learn more about that fateful day, August 6, 1945. After discussing the Paper of the Week, Dave then moves into a very important discussion on noun-verb agreement. You may think you always follow this basic rule of grammar, but do you? Listen to Dave's advice in Segment Two to make sure that you are. And finally, in Segment Three, learn about the proper punctuation for titles. Is it 'Mr' with a period or without? 'Dr.' with a period or without? Learn the correct way with Dave! And then, for the difference between the British way and the English way, head on over to the AcaDemon blog at www.academon.com/blog. So what are you waiting for? Listen up!
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The ‘Power Your Document’ podcast will provide tips, tools and
insights into writing academic papers. And, we’re pleased to
announce that well-known podcaster, Dave Jackson, of the School of
Podcasting fame, will be the host. All of the podcasts will be
available via iTunes too.
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