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The Center for Global Best Practices will be conducting a seminar entitled “Mastering English: For Law Students and Bar Examinees” on May 24 and 25 at the Pearl Manila Hotel.

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Let me acknowledge, first of all, the messages I received from people who, as it turns out, do the same thing I do: edit documents and manuscripts for a living.

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Language lovers of my generation might recall a popular mini-column that was a regular feature in the old days — by which I mean the ’50s and ’60s — in The Manila Times, if memory serves me right.

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