Lecture Two The nature of the rules - the underlying patterns (rules) of language are not obvious - we have unconscious knowledge of patterns and rules of our own language If a linguist identifies a sentence as "grammatical" this means that the sentence conforms to the hypothesized rules of the mental grammar When a linguist uses the word "Grammar" they mean: mental grammar: is in our (individual) heads - shared by speakers if a language‚ with some variation‚= linguistic competence - a
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A man is spoilt for choices when it comes to food and fruit. A casual look-in at the fruit section in the mall will give you the impression that you have a wide variety of fruit choices. But in reality‚ the abundance of mother nature’s bounty far exceeds the sampling you see in the mall or in the fruit market. The world is full of fruits that will stagger you in its size‚ shape and colors. Here are 16 exotic fruits that will challenge your imagination and make you salivate. Ackee or Ackee apple
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Writing 2 paragraphs about an object that symbolizes me An object that would describe me would be a rubber band. A rubber band is a short length of rubber‚ elastic in nature and formed in the shape of a circle which is commonly used to hold things together. Traditionally‚ rubber bands were brown in colour‚ making them difficult to spot‚ however in 2004‚ due to several complaints from the general public about postal carriers creating litter by discarding the rubber bands which they used
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Leonardo da Vinci programme European Commission Writing in English A Practical Handbook for Scientific and Technical Writers A Pilot Project Project Partners Zuzana Svobodova‚ Technical University Brno‚ Czech Republic Heidrun Katzorke and Ursula Jaekel‚ Technische Universität‚ Chemnitz‚ Germany Stefania Dugovicova and Mike Scoggin‚ Comenius University‚ Bratislava‚ Slovakia Peter Treacher‚ ELT Centre‚ University of Essex‚ England Writing in English A Practical Handbook for Scientific
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Service Management Service Event Observation Evaluation HB-105 Student Name Chen Yaohua Name of Business/Organization: Starbucks Time/Date of Visit: 9/5/2014 Location: Eppley Center Type of Business/Organization: Retail Food Service Service Non-Profit Big Box Contract/Dormitory Lodging Government Grocery Quick Service Finance Public Svc Department Store Family Dining Communications Other
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and face the consequences‚ instead of letting other parties take control of our lives. By examining Ioannides’ use of 1st person writing‚ readers are able to go through the emotion and stress experienced by the protagonist that Ioannides uses to convey the theme. This is evident in how Ioannides ends the story. The story ends on page () with the single sentence paragraph‚ “They didn’t care to know what happened to that Gregory‚ alive or dead‚” Ending on this dark note gets readers to feel a deep sympathy
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OF ITS REGIONAL LITERATURE. 5. WRITING IN ENGLISH WAS VIEWED WITH MIXED FEELINGS IN POST-INDEPENDENCE INDIA BUT WAS WELL ESTABLISHED NEVERTHELESS. WHAT IS BEING DISCUSSED IN EACH PARAGRAPH? PARAGRAPH 1 IT IS ALL ABOUT THE SEQUENCE OF INDIA’S LITERARY WORKS FROM THE RIG VEDA TO THE PURANAS AND ABOUT THE SANSKRIT LITERATURE PARAGRAPH 2 IT IS ALL ABOUT FEATURING THE TWO MOST FAMOUS PURANIC EPICS KNOWN AS MAHABHARATA AND RAMAYANA. PARAGRAPH 3 INDIAN CONSTITUTION RECOGNIZED
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org/10.M65/amr.2012.0165 EDITOR’S COMMENTS: REFLECTIONS ON THE CRAFT OF CLEAR WRITING Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time‚ or even the third time. Remember this in moments of despair. If you find that writing is hard‚ it’s because it is hard (Zinsser‚ 2006: 9). Most of us struggle with our writing. We thrash and hack our way through paragraphs‚ writing and editing and rewriting until we think we’ve made some progress on that God-forsaken
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Samples of descriptive paragraphs: Sample 1.The sample below is an opening paragraph from a student essay on the development of entertainment media. In it‚ she describes TV-watching in her family to make a point about how central TV was as a form of entertainment in the 60’s. (1) As I was growing up in the 60’s‚ television was the only entertainment my family knew of the electronic sort. (2) The 7 o’clock nightly news was such an important part of our family that my dad knocked a wall down and
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Classification Paragraph - Classification paragraph is one of the seven types of paragraphs. It allows of defining ideas‚ their use and/or function through comparisons conducted on multiple levels. Consequently‚ classification paragraphs explore the meaning of things as compared to one another‚ and as positioned in related contexts. Classification paragraphs will use strong descriptive vocabulary which ought to visualize physical and conceptual differences between the subjects of writing. - Writing a classification
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