Further thoughts on Anthony Bruton's critique of the correction debate

System

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 626-633

  Truscott, John ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Correction debate; Error correction; Grammar correction; Writing instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649630657     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.system.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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