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English / Communication and Ethics made simple

                                                                    Dr. Astra Babb


Hello Students: Welcome to English and Communication for semester 1, 2017 - 2018. I am your tutor for this semester.

This is week # 3 and we have already examined Language and Culture. I hope you have acquired a better understanding of the subject. This week we are about to explore types of sentence structures. These include:

a) Simple Sentences

b) Compound Sentences

c) Complex Sentences

Please research how these are different and come to class ready to share. Also, feel free to post your comments and questions to Learningwithbabb.blogspot.com

I wish you the best for the semester.

Dr. Babb

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