REDUCED RELATIVE CLAUSES Reduced relative clauses are participle clauses which follow a noun. They are like relative clauses‚ but with the relative pronoun and auxiliary verb (if there is one) left out. Because they modify nouns‚ (reduced) relative clauses are occasionally referred to as adjective clauses. Reduced relative clauses are used most often instead of defining relative clauses‚ which are what we’ll be mainly looking at. Reduced Relative Clauses You may remove the relative pronoun
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aftermath of the powerful earthquake. However‚ considering the sheer magnitude of the earthquake‚ Alaska suffered minimal damage to its residents and economy for a number of reasons. On the contrary‚ the Alaskan economy temporarily prospered from the ’64 earthquake by receiving additional federal support and funding in a time when military presence was declining‚ unemployment was growing‚ and before the drilling of oil in Prudhoe Bay. "I recall during one tremor‚ the ground under the driveway opened
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Summary The thin-ideal in advertisements has been a topic of wide debate for decades‚ specifically concerning its ethicality. As seen in various types of media‚ the “thin-ideal” occurs when a very thin model is featured as its lead‚ thus promoting the concept that thin is desirable to be. The thin-ideal has been a controversial topic in advertising and other forms of media due to the potentially harmful effects that it can cause to women who have been exposed to it. Issues such as body dysmorphia
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Sarah Gonzalez write a summary of the beauty ideal‚ from an intersectional approach‚ explaining its impact on women ’s lives Beauty Ideals Women today have more pressure than ever to conform to societal norms and ideals of beauty. Everyday we see hundreds of advertisements telling us we have to look and act a certain way to be accepted‚ to be beautiful. Some women just go on their innocent diets and pay a little extra at the spa to look their best‚ but sometimes some women take it too far and
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It is said a friend in need is a friend indeed. An ideal friend possesses all the qualities of head and heart. It is easy to befriend many but difficult to choose good friends. God gives us relatives by virtue of being born in a family‚ but friends we can choose. Rahul is my best friend. He is from U P.‚ a young lad of 18 with a thin body. But he has scholarly looks. He has a personality and manners that never fail to make an impression on others. His presence in a company always makes it lively
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REACTION PAPER ON THE IDEAL BUREAUCRACY BY MAX WEBER SUMMARY: Max Weber was a German sociologist who studied a variety of human interaction and developed a number of social theories. One of the highlights of his career work was his "ideal bureaucracy" theory‚ to which he defined bureaucracy as having certain characteristics that make up the bureaucratic entity. According to Max Weber‚ the authority in ideal bureaucracy revolves around legal competence and functions according
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An Ideal American “Freedom is what America means to the world.” - Audie Murphy. America is an extremely outstanding country‚ and the people that live in it have many responsibilities and privileges that make them an American. An ideal American should have great and noble qualities with loyalty and patriotism only being two. One’s loyalty to his country is not something that can be taught. Loyalty for one’s country is best explained in this quote by Thomas Wolfe: “The fabulous country-the place
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Lose Weight Losing weight is not easy. Nowadays‚ lots of people are not satisfied with their weight. They always want to get much slimmer than before. We can find various ways to lose weight on TV programs or from books and websites. However‚ more than half of people do not know how to lose weight in an efficient and healthy way. A common way of losing weight is to go on a diet. People eat a little food or do not eat anything for a meal. When they successfully achieve an ideal weight‚ they
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HOMEWORK 2 FROM CHAPTER 6 and 7‚ NORMAL DISTRIBUTION AND SAMPLING Instructor: Asiye Aydilek PART 1- Multiple Choice Questions ____ 1. For the standard normal probability distribution‚ the area to the left of the mean is a. –0.5 c. any value between 0 to 1 b. 0.5 d. 1 Answer: B The total area under the curve is 1. The area on the left is the half of 1 which is 0.5. ____ 2. Which of the following is not a characteristic of the normal probability distribution? a. The mean and median are
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IDEALS OF DEMOCRACY Democracy in simple word means the freedom of speech. A democratic country is where the people are given equal rights and their voice is heard. Unlike here in Pakistan where the people are oppressed or killed‚ if they speak against a certain party or the government. In a democratic country the will of the people should be the basis for the authority of government. According to America’s ex President George W. Bush‚ the ideals of democracy are
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