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Entry: Sciences, Letters and Arts at Grasset - A38555319
Author: 4me-2me (Please don't 8me) - U7702075

Entry: 'Sciences, Letters and Arts at Grasset'
Author: 4me-2me, U7702075

There might be some errors left. I hope not too much. Thanks if you point them out,
4me

Hi 4me-2me.

This looks to be a very interesting and worthwhile Entry. As you have guessed. there are a few errors of English and punctuation which you will need to address. I may come back to you on these if omeone else doesn't beat me to it.

In the meantime, I think 'cegep' needs more explanation, perhaps in a footnote. Is it an abbreviation? Should it be capitalised?

A

Oh well,

Here's para 1

A good way to become doctor, psychologist or secretary would be to graduate from your primary and secondary school and then TO STUDY in the field that you REALLY would want to be. In Quebec, a province of Canada, it DOES not really happen like this. AS USUASL they do have primary and secondary school (6 yearS of primary, 5 of secondary), then they happen to have 2 or PERHAPS three 'cegep's' <INSERT FOOTNOTE HERE TO EXPLAIN CEGEP</>7? years. In those yearS, they learn the general field of their future divided in multiple categorIES. Then THEY go to university.

Here we go!
Thanks, I find also one or two other mistakes...
But there is still some, we should really get an h2g2 guide in french.
4me

This has the makings of a wonderful Entry but you seem to miss out words here and there. I suggest you re-read what you have written. This is an interesting piece don't give up.

4me-2me isn't a native English speaker, Opti. We need to help him with the grammar etc, as I did in an earlier post.

A

Next section:




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The general fields are: 'Science', 'Human Science' and, both together, 'Arts and Letters'. However those can be SUB-divideD into other general fields (Example: Nature, Science or Pure Science). Other programs can combine two of them, we useD to call them 'Double DEC', DEC meaning Diplôme d'Étude Collégial (Diploma of College Study). We study the general field in two years, Double DEC could take up to three years depending on which cegep you go to and what amount of work you want during your cegep's years.

The three year's in CEGEP might indicate that you choose to specialize into a category and by that, not going to the university after (ex: tourism management, perfumer, documentation technique,...). It is called a technique. (Regret I don't understand this para sufficiently to comment )

Amongst all those categories, a non-technique field distinguishES itself from the otherS, by itS CONTENT and where it allows you to STUDY afterWARDS:



A

PS Should 'CEGEP' be capitalised or not> You need to standardise on one way or the other. Currently you use both!

oh I'll be more thorough next time

Thanks! I update the information, change all the cegeps into CEGEPs (which stand as an acronym so I put capital letters).
I rewrite the part about the technique, it should be more clear now.

I forgive you Opti: I should be sorry to propose such a mitakesfull entry (yes, I know that mistakesfull doesn't quite exist).
I'll try next time to find someone to correct some mistakes so you won't have a too much big job to do. Actually, the only person who could do that have taken vacation, so I'm again...

No, don't apologise; it's pretty good 4me-2me. It's not much work at all. I'll have another go at it tomorrow

I agree with Big Al

I'm going for a while (until the 19 as my journal that Opti apparently read today says). However, anyone can correct mistakes on this page, it will be one of the first thing I'll do when I come back (correcting mistakes).
Last post,
I swear!

I'm back, if anyone would gently continue the correction I would be glad to erase all those nasty errors out of my text.
You can see my last journal entry for some highlight on my travel in London.

Any comments on this one?

"In Grasset, SLA have some properties nonexistent in other CEGEPs: to have obligatory outside SLA activity (anything: working on the student newspaper, theatre, playing football) covering a certain amount of time ; rarely obligated, but recommended and optional various activities after school (like opera, theatre, curling, dance, cooking, conference) making the word Art of the title name a little bit more just (except for the new course: Creativity, and art history, there is little to justify the title), a two days and a half conference during which every study and work stop in order to fully enjoyed the different lecturer and the afternoon Wednesday free, generally to go to activities. "

I really struggle with this sentence - I think it needs breaking up, and clarifying a bit. I'd give it a go but I'm not sure I completely understand what it's getting at all the way through.

Author not posted since 16 Sept

Scout nomination: Flea Market

GB

Seconded

Thanks lil

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