Monthly Archives: December 2012

Guns vs drugs, a ‘compare and contrast’ exercise.

The phrase ‘compare and contrast’, generally used in school English exams, always irritated me, because the word ‘contrast’ is redundant. As I understand it, ‘compare’ means ‘point out the similarities and differences between…’. Nevertheless, I have used this phrase in … Continue reading

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