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    If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes in his heart ( Nelson Mandela). It is no doubt that language is one of the factor that communication exist and still remain crucial between all humans today. Linguists in no exception played a major role in structuring these languages techniques, specifically English language There are a lot of field of linguistics have been developed throughout the years as a result of the…

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    Jabberwocky

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    information to the reader. In other words, the poem’s structure stays intact while the reader can enjoy more detail. But the made up words are not only limited to adjectives. Carroll becomes quit the imaginative author when he starts employing his own verbs and nouns. Both Bandersnatch and chortle are inventions of Lewis Carroll. While the Bandersnatch does sound like a proper noun, chortle can make most native English speakers doubt themselves on its authenticity. And these are the words that…

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    arms toward the toy, I would never have it because I refused to use my words and locked up all my thoughts into my head; clawing against my skull, hoping to ooze out of me. Fortunately, I am not alone in this endless battle of mismatched words, cruel verbs, and negative connotations that crawl out of our mouths and seep into the minds of others. Teenagers, even adults, would struggle almost everyday of their life trying to win the endless battle of miscommunication. But why? Why do we have to…

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    Wolff wrote this scene not as a specific event, but as a scene that would occur every time he, Dwight, his mother and Pearl went to shooting competitions in other towns. His mother would do quite well, and Dwight would lose, blaming his losses on uncontrollable factors like the gun he was using. He felt intimidated by Toby’s mother and pulled into a tavern parking lot and went inside to drink, Toby’s mother followed later, and Toby and Pearl were left in the car. This isolation left Pearl and…

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    Over 400 years ago, a highly prolific poet, playwright, and actor created works that would last for centuries to come. This highly influential individual was William Shakespeare, a man who greatly influenced the English language we are so familiar with today. Shakespeare was a creative and groundbreaking writer who produced brilliant work during the Elizabethan and Jacobean ages. He influenced and enriched the English language through introduction of new vocabulary terms , a plethora of phrases…

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    grammatical and punctuation errors in my writing and also made the essay easier to understand and more meaningful. Throughout my essay there were several instances where I used the incorrect verb tense, or shifted back and forth between present and past tense. To fix this error I went back and made all my verbs in the past tense. This helped avoid any confusion about the timeline of the story and fixed that grammar mistake. I also had several comma splices throughout my essay. These sentences…

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    correctly in a sentence. Recently we learn the word 错(cuo). We have to write three sentences using that word but we have to use a verb before cuo. Before writing sentences using the new word we learned she will give us a sentences and we have to guess what the word means in English first. 我知道你在说什么但是我觉得你说错他了. In this sentence it means cuo is used as to misspeak. The verb used is 说(shuo) which means to speak, so using 说and错 together means to misspeak. Then we would reflect and read through…

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    On the contrary, his reminiscence of Celia also seems melancholy and filled with a guilty conscience over her death: “- I could have saved her with an injection of penicillin.” (P. 4, l. 123). The modal verb “can” can be translated into “to be able to”. So, in this context, the use of the modal verb tells the reader that he accuses himself of being passive. He distinctly regrets his inaction and the fact that it still has an influence on him tells the reader that the doctor and Celia must have…

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    Community College. I picked a preschool teacher for the career. I then brainstormed a list of all the duties a preschool teacher does throughout their day. After I finished brainstorming, I looked up action verbs that went along with tasks of being a preschool teacher. After I got done looking for action verbs, I came up with a topic sentence about what my essay topic going to be about. Then, I started a brainstorming list and put down four topic sentences that a preschool teacher does on the…

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    Africa In Blood Diamond

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    Blood Diamond, directed by Edward Zwick reaped success at many film awards shows, including the 2006 Academy Awards, its reach was worldwide. The film takes place during the civil war in Sierra Leone in the year 1991. The film follows Danny Archer, an ex-mercenary from Zimbabwe and Solomon Vandy, a Mende fisherman. Though both men are African, their pasts and presents are in stark contrast to one another. Through Solomon’s discovery of a rare pink diamond, the prospect of change in both these…

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