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    The Importance of Writing In Stephen King’s essay, “On Writing”, he talks compellingly about why we need to read and write at every opportunity. In the twenty-first century, humanity has entered a highly developed information era and modern media constantly pumps out material; but advanced technology can never replace writing. Regardless of the tricks that the newest technology can create, the basis of communication is still writing. It appears that people’s effectiveness to express themselves…

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    college level thinking”. However, students often fail to realize this truth and eventually, criticize their teachers for low grades. In my case, I always viewed myself as an average writer until I joined college.During high school years, when I hear English teachers lecture students on revising their writing, I usually produce an average essay eligible for a fair grade; most of the time, I did receive acceptable grades in those writing .Even so, I did not feel confident in writing.Presently, I…

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    Don’t Get Caught Making These 10 Common Writing Mistakes, Or Else I know, right? Rules sometimes hinder creativity. This is the reason why some writers don’t like to follow rules on grammar and sentence construction. It’s so hard to play with words if you have to think about the restrictions. But if you 're writing a book or a formal paper, then you need to stick to the rules. There’s no other way to do it since you 're writing for a larger audience and much more formal audience. Now, if you…

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    Barriers to communication impede successful communication in the business world. The main language constraints mentioned in the Unit are as follows; Clichés are figurative phrases that have an implied meaning different than just a literal one. Especially for a person who is newly learning a language, the clichés as much as may be used in communication would not make much sense. Clichés do not necessarily have to fit in the situation they are applied and are mostly idiomatic. It is a good…

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    pragmatics can then be defined in a manner that delimits it from grammar, and at the same time shows the fact that both fields combine together in a consistent framework for studying language. So in the process of understanding the meaning of a sentence, one should take care of pragmatics, not just grammar. This conclusion does not delete the importance of grammar in the development of language. That leads us to the overall conclusion: grammar and pragmatics contribute in the language use. One…

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    Linguistic complexity is commonly defined as the variedness and elaborateness of language production (Ellis, 2003). The definition resembles the philosophical definition of complexity as a function of the number of a system’s constituent elements, the variety of these constituents, and the elaborateness of their inter- relations (Rescher, 1998). Accordingly, the measurement of linguistic complex- ity involves quantitatively measuring the number and nature of linguistic sub- components and the…

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    Dinner Dandruff Diction

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    “Dinner Dandruff” by Robert Fulghum is a humorous essay. It is about the gross responsibilities people take on when they grow up. The style of this text is funny and light hearted. To determine the style of a text identify the author's use of diction, syntax, and imagery. Throughout this essay, there are many examples of these elements of writing. Diction is the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing. The author has a formal tone in his writing. For example…

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    Since both are high fiction, some of the verbs and even phrases used are not common in modern English. In chapter of 6 of Brandon’s King, the Kalak says, “ I … expected you … to come,” (Sanderson, 2011, p, 26). In this phrase, the verb ‘expected’ has been constructed in a present past particple, and describes the intention of the subject. The verb…

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    In the writing “I Won’t Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar”, Wiens compares the nuances of writing code to that of using Grammar, “good writing…programming, the devil is in the details.” (Wiens 104), in that the details make up a larger esthetical component of the writing than it would otherwise make up. This means that a grammar mistake (i.e. to instead of two) accounts for a significant portion of how the writing will be seen. If it is grammatically okay, then the meaning and purpose of the…

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    English Vocab Analysis

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    Vocab term used: Sentence used in Incite I incite you to sit next to Menna. Cathartic (Catharsis) Hey guys, I was wondering If I could read it's kind of cathartic for me. Aloof You Savannah have been very aloof. Belligerent You Menna have been very belligerent. Scapegoat Menna you are using Savannah as your scapegoat. Amicable You need to start being more amicable. Conundrum What is the conundrum in here? Comrades (Camaraderie) Menna and I have become comrades over the course of this week…

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