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Concordia University, Montreal recommends the banana test

Academic Writing, Recomendations
| May 20, 2014

By Katherine Firth

http://graduatestudies.concordia.ca/gradproskills/gradproblog.php — GradProBlog, Concordia University, Montreal. Picture by http://www.nataliedee.com

The GradPro blog at Concordia University recommends the Research Degree Voodoo post on “The Banana Test“.

The test was suggested by my colleague Karen, and is a great way to check if your sentence is too vague.

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