the benefits of English as a world language outweigh the dangers? Predictions are that English could become a future language for the world. It is widely spoken and taught around the world. By the late eighteen century; John Adams predicted that it would become the most respectable language in the world and most universally read and spoken in the coming centuries. (Burn & Coffin: 9). The evidence of this is emphasized by David Crystal in his second edition of his book - English as a global language
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Michelle Alvarado Mr. Vanderlind English 1320.014 The Locavore’s Dilemma Christophe Pelletier‚ a blogger from British Columbia‚ wrote “The Locavore’s Dilemma” that first appeared on his blog in 2009. His essay aims to convince his readers that the Locavore movement‚ where communities only eat and consume products produced within a hundred mile radius‚ is not realistic and could even cause famine
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Thus far‚ English 1101 has been very beneficial to me. I always have a chance to be better‚ and I always have the chance to learn from my mistakes. I have grown tremendously as a writer and expect to keep making good progress as the semester proceeds. This course has helped me gain the edge to make my papers much better than they were before I had taken this class. The hardest thing about writing in my opinion is the transitions between points in my essays. This is the main thing that takes points
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In high school‚ during my senior year‚ I took the Advanced Placement class‚ English Language and Composition. During the course of this class‚ and when we would write essays‚ we took time to go over the appropriate punctuation needed for these essays and how to accurately place the certain punctuation marks. In my General Studies Writing class at Bowling Green‚ we did not take part in learning any punctuation. We also did not review any form of this. I actually find it slightly strange that we did
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Cover Letter The revisions I have made to my paper regarding the mid-term prompt #2‚ if this book should be banned from the high school curriculum across the country‚ include many things. I added more ways of which this book would harm individuals in high school who read it‚ because this is the main focus of my paper in regards to the prompt. I also included more in-text citations from The Bluest Eye to support my claim and my evidence that support it. I included another counter argument that others
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between texting language and formal writing or essay appropriate language. Students are inventing a language that adapts to the 160 character limit of short messages (Shafie‚ Azida‚ Osman 97). They must shorten their words or make abbreviations in order to send a quick short text; I mean it is called the short message system (SMS) for a reason right? In John Humphry’s article called I h8 txt msgs‚ he is very ignorant and thinks that texting has ruined the English language. He says that the abbreviations
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past‚ Brunei’s population could only read and write in their native terminology‚ but the present population boast a high literacy rate of 94.9 % (Kon‚ 2012). This is parallel to numerous changes to Brunei’s education in the last forty years. This essay will discuss these changes in the country’s development of literacy and the educational system. According to the Economic Planning and Development Department (2008)‚ the literacy rate has increased by 18% since 1978 and United Nations Educational
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Essay 1 English 102 Composition and Literature Fall 2009 FIRST NAME LAST NAME FIRST LAST English 102 PROFESSOR DATE When I read stories somehow my mind takes off and starts to see the unseen. Often times when I read‚ different thoughts take my mind captive‚ and at times that can seem a bit sublevel. I began reading two short stories‚ “The Rocking Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence‚ and “The Destructors” by Graham Greene. Immediately these stories sent chill bumps
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English Reflective Essay Florida is portrayed as a fantasy land where Mickey Mouse greets you around every corner and where Cinderella actually lives‚ where days go by without a single drop of rain and the sky is consistently perfectly blue. However this was the farthest thing from my mind as I sat in an immense carbon-emmiting monster whose air conditioning has spluttered and died and while the heavens poured the air was so thick and mucky that flies were sticking to the windshield as we drove
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Dane English Essay Laura Griffiths Throughout the story “Dane” written by David Adams Richards‚ the poor friend of the main character‚ changes significantly. As the young boy gets older‚ his life begins to deteriorate. In the beginning the 5-year-old boy is a normal child but earns his own money so he can enjoy his childhood activities. As the boy gets older he begins to get into trouble by drinking and stealing. He dropped out of school even though he was top of his class‚ after he spend a
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