Linguist : A person who studies linguistics How does linguistics differ from traditional grammar ? 1. Linguistics is descriptive not prescriptive that means ( linguists are interested in what is said not what they think ought to be said ) 2. they describe all aspects of language but don’t prescribe rules of correctness . 3. Linguists regard the spoken language as primary not the written . 4. Linguistics doesn’t force languages into a Latin-based framework ‚ and they are trying
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A late December night Like many other nights; it is late and I am tired‚ leaving the bar after my shift and driving home. It must be close to 4o’clock in the morning now; the roads are covered in snow like a cozy white blanket on a cold black night. I seem to be alone on this two lane highway; my headlights are the only ones shining‚ like two beckons in a lighthouse searching for others in the dark. The roads have just been plowed‚ very little is on the pavement but the snow is falling fast‚ within
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didn’t know what to think. I’m not going to make it‚ am I. It was already midway through junior year of high school‚ and having just calculated my GPA requirements for many of the colleges I had wanted to go to‚ I realized that my grades were not even close to what I expected them to be. I guess I had been in denial for so long that I let them slip this far. How could I have let this happen? Where was my mind when I needed to study and do homework? Why did so many stupid things like watching T.V. or going
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English 1301 Week 4 The Narrative Essay My First Flight The seasons are approaching in which families gather to celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas. This time of year does not carry the same feelings for me as they did when I was young. I am a military spouse and my husband has been away for most of our holidays. One peculiar Christmas I received the opportunity to spend the holiday with him this was my first flight experience. The morning of my flight‚ I got up at 2 o’clock‚ said a prayer
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English Description Essay In this essay I will describe something in my home; I have chosen to describe a Cheez-It box. Many people own Cheez-It snacks in their homes. The color of the Cheez-It box is red‚ white‚ orange‚ yellow‚ and black. The front of the box has a big label reading Cheez-It. Above the label it shows the company’s name which is Sunshine. It has a picture of a little fat chef on the left of the company sunshine’s name. Directly underneath the Cheez-It label it declares
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takes to help you enjoy your grocery shopping experience. Unfortunately‚ where I live‚ we do not have a Publix grocery store. But when I get the chance to go to Publix‚ I’m like a kid in a candy store. Usually my first stop in Publix is the bakery. Publix sets up their stores so that the bakery is the first area you would start shopping in as you enter the store. They want to make sure you smell the fresh baked bread‚ donuts‚ cookies and pies enticing your appetite so you will buy more
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these things are small and some are also very large. Now let me start explaining to you what I seen in these woods when I was walking through them. I a lot of trees‚ animals‚ plants‚ and many other things but let me start off by talking about the trees. They are very large I can tell you that much and the braches on them are so thick and heavy‚ like when I was walking one broke off and just missed us it fell and all you heard was thump and we felt the ground shake it was neat but scary we jumped like
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climbed up into a very large‚ exposed Land Rover. Blankets were handed out as the air became cooler with the sun slowly reaching the horizon. We came upon a female Cheetah that had a fresh kill. The smell of blood hung thick in the air. Her mate‚ close by‚ kept watch‚ allowing her to feed‚ and all I could think of at that moment was‚ “WOW!” Never in my wildest imagination did I think I would see such a sight. What else could I possibly encounter these next four days? Day two started with such
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Noughts and crosses assessment In this essay I intend to show how the relationship between the two Main characters in Malorie Blackman’s first book‚ “Noughts and Crosses”‚ matures and reflect on the difficulties they face in a Society where people from different races are treated differently. The first indication that the friends‚ Sephy and Callum‚ have feelings for each other comes straight away when Callum says‚ “ Can I kiss you?” Sephy does not really like this idea at first and thinks
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Destination Homebound Waking up‚ I feel the burning sensation of what feels like fine needles pricking at my eyeballs. I blink them a couple more times before hitting the snooze button on my loud horn shrieking alarm clock. As I lay my head back down to get just ten more minutes‚ a fuzzy feeling tickles my stomach. The excitement of me going home today to see my family races through my head‚ along with that‚ the slight twinge of a headache from the lack of sleep counteracts that feeling. I’m tired
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