A Conversation for Writing Right with Dmitri: Fact Checking for Grownups

Funk & Wagnalls' Encyclopedia

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SashaQ - happysad

Ah, the memories smiley - laugh

Ours was called Joy of Knowledge. When I had to do my first 'research project' at the age of 10, I chose a mindbogglingly big subject, looked it up in the Joy of Knowledge, found a page of pictures and text about it, and wrote a paragraph...

It didn't get graded, though, so it was many years later that I discovered the Joy of Research and h2g2 smiley - biggrin


Funk & Wagnalls' Encyclopedia

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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

See? Who says education isn't worthwhile? smiley - rofl


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