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    Interest Rates Write two paragraphs with about how interest rate affects our purchasing decisions. Paragraph One Changes in interest rates can have positive and negatives effects. According with the interest rate that we have is the amount of money that we are going to paid every month for a loan. If we have a high interest rate we have a high monthly payment‚ and we need to make sure that we can afford that. If we have a low interest rate our monthly payment is less. If the

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    1. A “calendar stick” carved centuries ago by the Winnebago tribe may provide the first evidence that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them on systematic astronomical observation. (A) that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them (B) of the North American Indians who have developed advanced full-year calendars and based them (C) of the development of advanced full-year calendars by North American Indians

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    Word and Sentence Structure (1LIN404) The language which I will be using to analyse is Turkish. English translation- “The neighbour’s daughter has saved the black cat that the dogs bit in her garden.” Turkish translation – “Koms’nun kizi bahcesindeki kopeklerin isirdigi siyah kediyi kurtardi.” Komsu – neighbour’s ‚ this is a possession Kizi = daughter Bahce – sindeki = in her garden Kopeklerin = dog’s. Kopek is singular when ler is added to the word it becomes plural the in at the end

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    Writing stories Introduction and tips: ANSWER THE QUESTION PLAN your story. REVISE your story to correct mistakes. Give your story a TITLE. Make sure you have at least 4 paragraphs. Paragraph 1 – background information. Paragraphs 2 and 3 the main part of the story. Paragraph 4 – EITHER the climax OR key moment of the story OR what happened after the climax. Don’t change the words you are given at all. (If there are words given) Read the words you are given carefully. Sometimes

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    Ancient Rome was an Italic civilization that began on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome‚ it expanded to become one of the largest empires in the ancient world[1] with an estimated 50 to 90 million inhabitants (roughly 20% of the world’s population[2][3][4]) and covering 6.5 million square kilometers (2.5 million sq mi) during its height between the first and second centuries AD.[5][6][7] In its approximately

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    Paragraph 1 I was recently asked ‘What inspired you to apply for the Administrative Assistant III position with the Division of Economic Security (DES)?’ this is my response. Over the years I have held several different office type jobs. I started out as a temporary worker for DES‚ in a file room in the Child Support Division. I was required to build files for different units; maintain a log of the files that were being received‚ transferred out‚ and sent to the warehouse. The files sent to

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    Janette Spinks Susan Johnson Nutrition Report 9 May 2002 Vegetarianism and Cancer Being a vegetarian is becoming more and more popular in today’s society with the need to be politically correct. As doctors look further in to this lifestyle they are finding more and more benefits to a person being a vegetarian. In an article entitled "Vegetarian Diets During Cancer Treatment" written by Donna Paglia‚ M.S.‚ R.D. discuss the benefits to being a vegetarian as far as cancer goes. Within

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    George Carlin expresses his views about euphemisms in 1990 when he wrote “Doin it’ again.” He states that Americans use euphemism because they can’t accept the truth. He expands on this idea by giving examples of how Americans use soft words so they don’t offend other people when in reality there is nothing offensive about the word. Carlin observed this multiple times and started to realize that this was happening to often and how it was pointless for people to make things seem better

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    speaker in a certain place at a certain moment. The problem of pragmatics is not new. A significant contribution to the study was made by such scientists as Austin‚ Morris‚ Wezhbicka‚ Grice‚ Goffmann and others. The pragmatic aspect of the sentence In 1938 Charles Morris published Foundation of the Theory of Signs. He distinguished there three areas of logical investigation: syntax‚ semantics and pragmatics. This book is commonly recognized as the starting point of investigation into

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    Menu Print NAME CLASS Language Handbook DATE 8 Sentence Structure WORKSHEET 1 Identifying Sentences and Sentence Fragments (Rule 8 a) Exercise A Decide whether each of the following word groups is a sentence or a sentence fragment. Remember: A sentence contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought. If the word group is a sentence‚ write S on the line provided. If it is a sentence fragment‚ write F. F 1. Because canoeing can be dangerous. S

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