precis

I wonder whether GCSE English exam papers still have a 'precis' question.

Blog Power Glyn Davies 2007

I wonder whether GCSE English exam papers still have a 'precis' question.

Archive 2007-01-01 Glyn Davies 2007

In the gay season of 1866, Hardin, still bent on the golden quest in the hills, reads with some astonishment, the careful "precis" of his social spy.

The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance Richard Savage 1874

Officers are also still have to submit full court files for preliminary court hearings and many have not learnt the art of "precis" when filling in forms, she said.

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Officers are also still have to submit full court files for preliminary court hearings and many have not learnt the art of "precis" when filling in forms, she said.

Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2009

In precis, it sounds like a great story, and a sufficiency of nominators must have seen its potential.

Bits and Pieces from Westercon 2009

In precis, it sounds like a great story, and a sufficiency of nominators must have seen its potential.

Shakespeare Controversies 2010

Confirm your description of the book with quotation from the book, if only phrase-long, rather than proceeding by fuzzy precis.

Redefining the book review Maxine 2009

There is a free-rider problem: Why spend time composing a precis or a panegyric when a potential buyer persuaded thereby to want the book will simply buy the cheaper copy offered by the next seller, who spent his time preparing as many bare-bones listings as he could.

the diminishing description 2009

In precis, it sounds like a great story, and a sufficiency of nominators must have seen its potential.

Stromata Blog: 2009