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Oops, missed a word there - competency TESTS, of course. And what a terrible thing to fail, no? >I'm always sympathetic to any attempt to clean up our diction by >getting rid of words ending in "cy." > > >Anthony also said, > >> Here at McGill, for example, we have two >> documents that have helped us stave off competency - one an extensive >> study by Pat Dias of writing done by students in a number of different >> disciplines. Would a collection of such texts be helpful? Do other >> people have texts they could donate? I would be willing to receive >> and archive the texts and to post a list of what we have. > >It shouldn't be difficult to make them available on a Web site -- for >example, the CASLL site at York. > > -- Russ > __|~_ >Russell A. Hunt __|~_)_ __)_|~_ Department of English >St. Thomas University )_ __)_|_)__ __) PHONE: (506) 363-3891 >Fredericton, New Brunswick | )____) | FAX: (506) 450-9615 >E3B 5G3 CANADA ___|____|____|____/ [log in to unmask] > \ / > ~~~~~~~~ http://www.StThomasU.ca/hunt/hunt.htm ~~~~~~~~