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Feb 2018
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607 - Brainstorming. Call Out Sick? Syne...

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This week, we talk about tricks to help you get started writing a new essay, article, or novel; whether it's wrong to say you "call out sick"; and what's up with a grammatical concept called "synesis" that can let you break some rules.

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