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    appear in a standard dictionary.” The question that must naturally follow suit is‚ who writes dictionaries? Throughout history there was a list of editorial teams and lexicographers who are responsible for the creation of various dictionaries. However‚ it is ultimately people who are responsible for the changes in language that are eventually added to a dictionary. Words are borrowed‚ lost‚ and redefined time and time again by everyday people. As Curzan mentions‚ dictionary editors struggle to keep

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    References: Crime - definition of crime by the Free Online Dictionary‚ Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.. (n.d.). Dictionary‚ Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary. Retrieved November 11‚ 2012‚ from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/crime Dictionary‚ Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary. (n.d.). Dictionary‚ Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary. Retrieved November 2‚ 2012‚ from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ Jenkins‚ J. (2012). Robinson

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    References: Dictionary.com. (2013). Dictionary.com’s 21 century lexicon. Dictionary reference‚ Retrieved from HHHHHlhttp://dictionary.reference.com/browse/screenager?s=t Gove‚ P. D. (2012). Webster’s third new international dictionary. Google play store‚ Available from kkkkkkkhttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.merriamwebster&hl=en Oxford. (2013). Oxford english dictionary 2013 edition. Oxford dictionaries‚ Retrieved from kkkkkkkhttp://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/screenager

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    Words: The William James Lectures delivered at Harvard University in 1955. Ed. J. O. Urmson‚ Oxford: Clarendon‚ 1962. Print. "banana oil." Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged. 1991‚ 1994‚ 1998‚ 2000‚ 2003. HarperCollins Publishers 21 Dec. 2012 http://www.thefreedictionary.com/banana+oil Bolinger‚ Dwight "cover-up." Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions. 21 Dec. 2012. . Davies‚ Mark. (2004-) BYU-BNC. (Based on the British National Corpus from Oxford University Press)

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    Part two‚ Statement of the Problem‚ provides specific questions that the researcher sought to answer. It also indicates the purpose of the experiment and specifically‚ it states both descriptive and inferential questions and hypothesis. Part three‚ Significance of the Study‚ gives the people an idea on how relevant the study is to other researchers. It also states the importance of the study‚ the beneficiaries and the benefits to be derived from the results of the study. Part four‚ Scope and Delimitation

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    This month is devoted to data structures. This isn ’t a computer science course‚ so let ’s define a data structure as a data holder--something that holds whatever data we need while our program executes. Visual BASIC and VBA use two basic data structures: the array and the collection. This month when I say VB‚ I also mean VBA. ARRAYS Most VB programmers are familiar with the array (figure 1). An array can be single or multidimensional‚ which means it can have rows and columns. While the array

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    According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary‚ the definition of evil is “morally bad.” However‚ after reading the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel‚ one begins to question the depths of the superficial dictionary definition. In Elie’s memoir‚ he is able to show the capability of evil within mankind by describing his experiences through one of the most horrific events in history. The three strongest cases which show what evil is capable of‚ occurs in the early and final chapters. In the earlier chapters

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    Beginning the essay is a short definition and a short word picture of discipline‚ management‚ behavior and misbehavior. Next is a comparison of how each are different‚ similar‚ related. Discipline is described in the Merriam-Webster online dictionary as first being “punishment” or then further down states it is “training that corrects‚ molds‚ or perfects the mental faculties or moral character.” In our text book‚ Building Classroom Discipline‚ C.M. Charles states that discipline in the classroom

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    been the computer. Through its historical significance and evolution‚ the computer has impacted politics‚ economies‚ social life‚ and the environment. According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary‚ “computer” is an electronic machine that can store and work with large amounts of information (Merriam Webster Dictionary‚ 2014). Fire used to be a necessity hundreds and thousands of years ago. Now‚ the computer is a necessity for us as we use it in our daily lives. We use the computer to communicate with

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    money. Which brings us to the question‚ what exactly is greed? If they would have earned more before‚ they are expecting the amount that is coming. It is not greed if every year before that the money had been guaranteed‚ is it? The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines greed as‚ “a selfish and excessive desire for more of something than is needed.” ________________________________________________________________________ The word greed dates back to the 1200-1300’s‚ where in France it came from the

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