Mary Anning

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‘She sells seashells by the seashore’ is about a real person. Mary Anning was an 1800s English woman from a poor family who dug up fossils on the beach and sold them to make money. She made many important scientific discoveries and her inspirational life inspired a song that eventually became a famous tongue twister.

1,700 Words

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William Shakespeare is credited with the invention or introduction of over 1,700 words that are still used in English today.

Good Writing Is Musical

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Good writing is musical in the sense that it has rhythm. and good comedy above all else has rhythm. quite often a funny line has a specific rhythm that you dare not deviate from. Otherwise, it doesn’t have that impact. ~ Patricia Routledge