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I would say that online video games taught me how to read and write thoroughly. Thus, it has led me to write paragraphs with ease and has even allowed me to be able to talk to strangers with no hassle. You can learn from anything if you put your 100% into it. Now how did an online video game teach me how to write extensively? It all started when I went to the beach with my family. My mom, 2nd sister, brother, and I go in the winter, because of winter break and vacation time from work. We would…

has used some variant of the AR-15 ever since the Vietnam War. The AK-47 has become known as a “bad guy gun,” due to the fact many terrorists and gangs use these rifles commonly. Many people believe that AR is the abbreviation of Assault Rifle. However, AR is actually the abbreviation of Armalite Rifle and the 15 in AR-15 stands for model 15. The AR-15 was designed by Eugene Stoner in 1957. AK-47 is short for Avtomat Kalashnikov. The English translation of Avtomat Kalashnikov is Automatic…

does have any effect on writing it is negligible. Texting has grown rapidly in prevalence due to its conveniences, and expeditious efficacy in communicating a message in a concise manner. Texting has evolved into a language of its own utilizing abbreviations,…

Many things can happen in the span of 50 years. In this case, Geoffrey K. Pullum argues for 50 years a certain book has influenced university graduate’s understanding of grammar. Pullum is the author of the article “50 Years of Stupid Grammar Advice”, which is primarily discussing the book “The Elements of Style” by William Strunk and E. B. White. , Pullum argues that this highly regarded book misguides student’s understanding of English grammar. Pullum goes into detail about how the book…

In the current environment it is quite difficult to spend time without our smartphone. Beside the drawbacks it is obvious for all of us the benefits of smartphone. However, smartphone mainly used by the young generation for communication purpose, which is messaging and sharing information through different social media. Communication now days becomes global and takes a form of electronic transformation. It is apparent that people communicate and share information with smartphone much more before…

Our parents all wonder if we can have a conversation without abbreviations. Can we spell “I love you” out to our parents in a text instead of “Love u or ily2”. This lack of communication can cause a world of confusion and an argument that the use of these shortcuts may actually hinder a person’s ability to switch between…

At the beginning of the semester, we discussed what constituted good writing, as well as what constituted bad writing. Over the course of the last three weeks, we have been assigned to read portions of Laska's Hidden America. After reading Underworld, Hecho en América, G-L-O-R-Y, and Traffic, I have concluded that Hidden America is stuck somewhere between being good and bad writing. Hidden America includes aspects of good writing as well as aspects of bad writing, constituting Laska's Hidden…

the B. A. D. genes) which are all digestive enzymes that allow bacteria to break down arabinose. When Ara A, Ara B, and Ara D cluster together they form the arabinose operon. The gene that replaces the arabinose operon is the pGLO gene. GFP is an abbreviation for Green Fluorescent Protein and the protein is found in the jellyfish, Aequorea victoria. GFP is a protein composed of 238 amino acid residues that exhibits bright green fluorescence when exposed to blue ultraviolet…

affected their communication skills. However, texting has not only affected just communication skills. In some way it has also affected grammar and spelling for younger generations. SMS texting has a different styles of lingo such as acronyms, abbreviations and number codes…

L.B. Agar Lysogeny broth (LB), a nutritionally rich medium, is primarily used for the growth of bacteria. The abbreviation is commonly taken to mean Luria broth, Lennox broth, or Luria-Bertani medium. According to its creator Giuseppe Bertani, the abbreviation LB was actually intended to stand for lysogeny broth (1). The formula of the LB medium was published in 1951 and continues to be the most common media used today (2). There are several common formulas of LB. Although they are different,…