apologies: how do people apologize in English and Catalan cultures? Marta Martínez Montoya Meritxell Sellarés Puig Table of Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. The speech act of apologising 3 3. The Catalan apology forms 5 4. The English apology forms 8 5. Catalan vs. English apology strategies 10 5.1 Similarities 5.2 Differences 6. Discussion 12 7. Conclusion 12 8. Bibliography 12 9. Appendix 13 1. Introduction The aims of this paper are
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Macintosh File System vs. BSD UNIX File System Macintosh File System vs. BSD UNIX File System. Why did Apple change? In order to find this answer I had first understand the two technologies and their background. Lets begin with Macintosh Operating System’s first file system named Hierarchical File System. Hierarchical File System was introduced in 1985 to support Apple’s first Macintosh model that contained a hard drive. The Hierarchical File System was created to overcome the performance issues
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Information Systems 9/23/13 Should Companies Embrace Social Business The adoption of corporate social networks is something that could be beneficial‚ but is not the easiest thing to incorporate into your business. There are several factors that would slow‚ if not completely stop‚ the adoption of internal corporate social networks. One of these factors is the acceptance of the work force where the system is being implemented. Many of the people that work for the company may not be even willing to
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BUSINESS SALES LETTER Dianey E. Dampor Jorge F. Matig-a Jr. Jovanni M. Tinapay Jhiellina Nina C. Ortega Danibe Janniel D. Tutor Jen Sheena G. Fernandez Seigfred Arthur R. Bagares Introduction to business sales letters. Dianey E. Dampor Business sales letters is a direct mail which is designed to persuade the reader to purchase a particular product or service in the absence of a salesman. It has been defined as a form of direct mail in
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integral part of the American culture since the 1970s. Hip-hop music‚ which encompasses rapping‚ disc jockeying‚ break dancing‚ and graffiti writing‚ has become so popular that American culture has adopted the music in mainstream fashion and modern language. The conflict on whether hip-hop music is “art or poison” has been continuous. Some Americans support hip-hop as an essential art form‚ while others dispute that hip-hop has harmful effects on the American culture. The culture associated with the music
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The growth of Presidential Elections Since the Beginning of Mass-Media America has explored the field of technology and media‚ encountered new information and perspective‚ and exchanged information between the people of america and their presidential candidates in the american electoral system. Mass-media has completely changed the manor of American elections and revealed new ways to improve our voting system. We have encountered many new ways to spread information about elections and campaigns through
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Polytheism was the Romans main religion. They worshipped many gods and goddess such as Venus the god of love. The people who worshipped these gods made sacrifices‚ built temples and held ceremonies to please the gods. Eventually‚ polytheism was made illegal and Christianity came to be made the official religion of Rome. Christianity arose from the teachings of a Jew
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Throughout the century European had come to Africa to find profitable business. In the West Coast of Africa‚ the living environment still look the same as many of hundred of years ago. Many European have come to these shoreline to find businesses and sources that can be profitable. Trading post are set up as partnership between maritime traders from Europe and local Africans‚ but by the 1880s this partnership began to change. The effect of the changes had European power interested in overseas empire
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Pomacea Maculata (Apple Snail) (Any and all relations to the 1997 movie Titanic are purely coincidental and did not happen. The following is a work of fiction that is not related to the film in any way.) Once upon a time in a swampy swamp there was a young Florida Apple Snail named Leopold. One day Leopold was searching for food and discovered a snail named Cal from a swamp a long ways away. He spoke of dark days when things called nematodes entered other snails and weakened them so that other
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SALES PLANNING FOR THE SALES MANAGER تخطيط المبيعات لمدير المبيعات Building a Winning Sales Plan in 10 Steps بناء على خطة المبيعات الفوز في 10 خطوات Summarize Your Objectives تلخيص أهدافك Identify the Strategic Objectives تحديد الأهداف الاستراتيجية Assess Prior Sales Performance وقبل تقييم أداء المبيعات Segment Your Customers الجزء عميلك Set This Year’s Objectives تعيين هذا العام الأهداف Develop Territories Action Plans وضع خطط عمل والأقاليم Develop Key Accounts Plans تطوير خطط
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