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Should I only revise subject knowledge directly relevant to the mark scheme?

While it is certainly important to familiarise yourself with the mark scheme and all the relevant materials, I am very much of the opinion that all knowledge is useful knowledge. Make sure your answers ma...

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Answered by Charlie H. English tutor
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How do you know what to do with the past participle when you have multiple pronouns in a sentence?

A direct object changes the past participle, an indirect one does not. A simple sentence which you can remember to help with this is 'I gave it to you'. 'It' is the direct object as it is the thing being ...

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Answered by Catherine R. French tutor
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What is the mechanism for nucleophilic addition reactions at carbonyls?

The carbonyl bond is polar as the oxygen atom is more electronegative than the carbon atom. This results in a partial positive charge on the carbon and a partial negative charge on the oxygen. A nucleophi...

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Answered by Louise O. Chemistry tutor
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What are Taylor series used for?

If you wanted to program a function into a computer, it knows how to calculate polynomials but not any function that you put into it. For example, it won't know what to calculate for sin(x), but it would ...

TS
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How do you structure a typical English Literature essay?

The key to getting top marks for your essay is ensuring that the structure is clear and consistent. For most essays, the structure would consist of a topic sentence/ point e.g. 'Shakespeare presents Iago ...

JP
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