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    Franche (1989) suggested that depressed people appear to have a more realistic perception of their importance‚ reputation‚ locus of control‚ and abilities than those who are not depressed. The popular claim: is that depressed people believe false ideas about themselves and others. In other words‚ they are self-deceived and out of touch with reality. This kind of self-deceptive thinking is alleged to be a factor distinguishing depressed people from "normal" people. However scientific research leads to

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    Sharon Goodman (1996) She states that we are living in a time of increased in-formalisation. Informal language used to be reserved for close personal relationships but this isn’t the simplicity anymore. Norman Fairclough agrees and calls it conversationalised language. David Crystal (2001) In his book on language and the internet Crystal refers to dialogic e-messaging which refers to immediate communication rather than traditional letters. This has changed

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    Canada has been through many battles‚ very hard chosen decisions‚ and gone through many changes that have changed the way Canadians live today. Certain people have influenced the country in a positive way and made Canada a stronger nation. Events such as the battle of Vimy Ridge‚ the formation of NATO‚ the creation of the Canadian flag and people such as Lester B. Pearson all assisted in defining Canada as a nation. Vimy Ridge ran almost 12km north-east of Arras. The Germans occupied Vimy Ridge

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    identity  Use different language with different people Language is part of own identity and it can express our own self‚ but also language may have some bad influence‚ for example some family who speaks wrong grammar will limit their future path and may being discriminate. We use different language with different people. In the article ‘Mother Tongue’‚ Amy and her mother used ‘Broken English’ to communicate to each other‚ it is because of her mother tongue. Although some people said it’s quite difficult

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    grade. As economist Steven Landsburg writes in The Armchair Economist (1991‚ p 3)‚ “Most of economics can be summarized in four words: ‘People respond to incentives.’ The rest is commentary.” People care about their employers‚ but they also care about their families‚ hobbies‚ gardens‚ and churches‚ which for the most part is why the incentives work so well.   People respond to incentives differently.   Take for example the professional athlete‚ who loves their team and talks about giving “110 percent”

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    Ordinary people are the ’cannon fodder’ for the exploits of the wealthy who mislead us into war. Often the war is even ’fomented’ by covert (secret) operations where rebels are trained and funded to stir up trouble‚ giving the Western oligarchs a good excuse to "intervene militarily’. Either way you cut it‚ the wealthy use their ’corporate-friendly’ mainstream news broadcasts to dummy down the public‚ create fictitious reasoning for war like: ’this operation is to establish democracy and freedom

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    Owning a car has several advantages and disadvantages. To be owner of a method of transportation gives you freedom but sometimes it cost too much. On one hand owning a car‚ there is the opportunity to be totally free‚ to have a high degree of flexibility. When I was a freshman I used to go to the College by tube. More than often classes were postponed late in the evening‚ when subway was closed. In these cases I had to sleep to some friends of mine because I have no way to come back home. During

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    portrays that rhetoric and language have the capability to control the population; “For one thing‚ Orwell’s entire story is predicated on a bleak and soulless view of humanity” (Scaliger 1). This is basically telling people to stay where they are living due to the nation that are growing less confident for what they believe in and for what feels right; both in real life and in the novel‚ suppose that a tragedy can occur that would appear on the news‚ which illustrates for the people who do watch the news

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    Abstract Language‚ like any other cultural entity‚ can change over time. Languages have been created out of necessity‚ blossomed‚ and have been snuffed out throughout history. But‚ why would something as seemingly strong as language die? It can be argued that “when a civilization disintegrates‚ so does its language since language is the medium that purveys the values of that civilization. As the culture evolves‚ so does its language” Iraki‚ 2005‚ p.5). Latin is a perfect example of a language that was

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    McCarthy uses language in the road to stir readers emotions. The Road is a story of a father and son fighting to survive in a post apocalyptic world where the basics of humanity have disappeared. The writing is fragmented‚ sparse and‚ from the beginning‚ reflects the barren and bleak landscape through which the father and Son are traveling. McCarthy abandons quotation marks in dialogue‚ he dispenses minimal punctuation. His toying with the rules of grammar and punctuation in effect emphasises the

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