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Leaving Cert 2014 OT v2.0 - Official Bitch & Moan thread
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Pfft, Cork is more like the grotty back yard that your mother warns you to keep the door shut on when visitors are expected!Hotale.com wrote: »Being next to Cork is their greatest achievement.
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randylonghorn wrote: »That's worse!
You have no idea how many Kerry people are even more allergic to the Healy-Rae's than the rest of the country!
The reason they keep getting in is because they at least realise the county exists; as far as most political parties seem to be concerned it's "somewhere in the south-west and they play football!" :rolleyes:
We'd pay a lot more attention to the South if Cork wasn't there :pac:0 -
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/hides laughing fit behind hand
>_>
The important thing is that quotes back up your argument, rather than your text simply vaguely linking a whole lot of quotes.AtomicKoala wrote: »Wait lads, how many quotes do ye use in a paragraph in Macbeth? I'd usually do 3-5, so about a quarter of my essay would be raw quotation.
I'm kinda worried I'm using too much now, is anyone else?
If you have the balance right, you're fine, and your quotes will clock you up the extra marks.0 -
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randylonghorn wrote: »The important thing is that quotes back up your argument, rather than your text simply vaguely linking a whole lot of quotes.
If you have the balance right, you're fine, and your quotes will clock you up the extra marks.
Ah yeah I'd be like:
Duncan is a bad judge of situation and character, believing “This castle hath a pleasant seat, the air nimbly and sweetly recommends itself to the senses", whereas in reality his “fair and noble hostess" is plotting his murder, stating ominously “That croaks the fatal enterance of Duncan under my battlements". Assassination awaits yet this “most sainted king" is completely oblivious.
How is that? Like it's mostly quotes, and I don't explain them at all. I basically use them to replace sentences 0 -
Vito Corleone wrote: »I know this sounds crazy but I actually miss the banter and excitement of the LC and the craic we had last year on this forum. Wouldn't mind being back there at all, seriously. Cherish these days, children.
Head down to Cork on Friday and you can do my geography exam for me?
You can be a leaving cert for a whole three hours again :rolleyes: 0 -
AtomicKoala wrote: »Ah yeah I'd be like:
Duncan is a bad judge, believing “This castle hath a pleasant seat, the air nimbly and sweetly recommends itself to the senses", whereas in reality his “ fair and noble hostess" states “That croaks the fatal enterance of Duncan under my battlements". Assassination awaits yet this “most sainted king" is completely oblivious.
How is that? Like it's mostly quotes, and I don't explain them at all. I basically use them to replace sentences
You really dont need that many. If I were you Id use the sweet air quote and fatal croak thingy and leave the other two out0 -
AtomicKoala wrote: »Ah yeah I'd be like:
Duncan is a bad judge of situation and character, believing “This castle hath a pleasant seat, the air nimbly and sweetly recommends itself to the senses", whereas in reality his “ fair and noble hostess" is plotting is murder, stating ominously “That croaks the fatal enterance of Duncan under my battlements". Assassination awaits yet this “most sainted king" is completely oblivious.
How is that? Like it's mostly quotes, and I don't explain them at all. I basically use them to replace sentences
I think you should use a bit more of your own words, even if you are just rephrasing quotes. But don't take my word for it, see what Macbitch or Randall has to say
Is that 'most sainted king' part Malcolm's Macduff's description of Duncan in Act IV?0 -
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I think you should use a bit more of your own words, even if you are just rephrasing quotes. But don't take my word for it, see what Macbitch or Randall has to say
Is that 'most sainted king' part Malcolm's Macduff's description of Duncan in Act IV?
Macduff indeed! “These evils thou repeat'st upon thyself hath banished me from Scotland"
You're far too good to be only aiming for a C Nimrod!
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I think you should use a bit more of your own words, even if you are just rephrasing quotes. But don't take my word for it, see what Macbitch or Randall has to say
Is that 'most sainted king' part Malcolm's Macduff's description of Duncan in Act IV?
I love that nickname
If I was doing that I'd use less quotes and try to actually use my own words to get my point across. That kind of just looked like someone had learned off a load of quotes and didn't know what to do with them so just threw them in with the hope of gaining a few marks.0 -
AtomicKoala wrote: »You're far too good to be only aiming for a C Nimrod!
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AtomicKoala wrote: »Macduff indeed! “These evils thou repeat'st upon thyself hath banished me from Scotland"
You're far too good to be only aiming for a C Nimrod!
I'm aiming for a B1 in Macbeth and B3 in poetry and Paper I Section I.
C2 and C3s for everything else..hopefully it'll even out at around C2 or C1
And thank youHotale.com wrote: »I love that nickname
You should change your username to it
Not sure if it the filter will let you though.0 -
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Hotale.com wrote: »I can't because I'm not a subscriber, remember?
It's only a fiver. I'm changing mine after the LC, any suggestions?0 -
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A tad OTT perhaps, but you're integrating your quotes well and making clear points.AtomicKoala wrote: »Ah yeah I'd be like:
Duncan is a bad judge of situation and character, believing “This castle hath a pleasant seat, the air nimbly and sweetly recommends itself to the senses", whereas in reality his “fair and noble hostess" is plotting his murder, stating ominously “That croaks the fatal enterance of Duncan under my battlements". Assassination awaits yet this “most sainted king" is completely oblivious.
How is that? Like it's mostly quotes, and I don't explain them at all. I basically use them to replace sentences
You often get people who give you a full paragraph of a point and then pretty much go "oh, btw, before I forget, here's a relevant quote: ......." at the end; I would find your approach much preferable.
I might aim to move the balance a little towards more of your own words (and I know you just threw that out as an imaginary example anyway, so it's probably a bit more extreme than you might normally write), but I don't think you have anything to worry about really.0 -
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Pronounce the u in bough ... do Americans spell it bow?Bring it bítch!
Not real spelling......pfft
Pronounce the u in odour
or the u in colour
American English is based of phonetics
Do they spell "cough" as "coff"?
"Phonetic" American English is a myth, it's applied haphazardly to a minority of cases, so it's not even consistent in that.
And here's the thing ... "American English".
It's in the name.
The language is English, even the name "American English" implies that it's simply a variant, a dialect, of the actual language. 0 -
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randylonghorn wrote: »Pronounce the u in bough ... do Americans spell it bow?
Do they spell "cough" as "coff"?
"Phonetic" American English is a myth, it's applied haphazardly to a minority of cases, so it's not even consistent in that.
And here's the thing ... "American English".
It's in the name.
The language is English, even the name "American English" implies that it's simply a variant, a dialect, of the actual language.
I have genuinely never heard of this word until now :P
Well theres a setting for Irish English on MS Word so ehhhh
Take that!
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