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When something bad happens, don't assume anyone did it on purpose. Instead, use Hanlon's razor to look for other reasons for people's behavior.

Use Occam's razor to keep things simple when designing a business plan.

Students at the English Farm write some amazing G.B.C. test answers, and we like to share the best of the best.

Simple, safe English is often not the best choice. Take, for example, the word "happy". If you can read this blog post, you can use that word, but should you? 

You have probably said the word “work” many times: to do a job (I work a lot of overtime), to make an effort (That’s hard work!) or to function (does this thing work?).

Students at the English Farm write some amazing G.B.C. answers, and we like to share the best of the best.

This piece has had minor corrections by a teacher, but the logic, structure, and word choice are the student's.

Today, let’s look at a couple of ways to show sophistication in a G.B.C. answer. The question is about your work life, a common topic in the G.B.C. test.

Here's the question: What do you most like about your job and why?

Verbing—changing nouns into verbs—is happening so fast these days that non-native speakers can struggle to keep up. The rapid rate of change in technology, and the globablization of English, add to the speed of verbing.

The answer to “Do you mind if…” can be confusing for anyone, even native English speakers. This confusion is from the fact that there are two opposing answers that come from two opposite ways of thinking about this question. Find out how to eliminate confusion.