English: Blog post 1: John Humphreys thinks that the OED has let him down by modernising. It’s done this by removing the hyphen from over 16000 words he describes that he finds it daft that we ‘don’t have time to reach for the hyphen key’ as its only one tiny key stroke. He feels that text speak is pointless and doesn’t save time as ‘the recipient of the message has to spend ten minutes trying to translate it’. He thinks that the text speak of the new generation is ruining the English language
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APA STYLE SHEET By Dr. Abel Scribe PhD The APA Style Sheet is a concise guide to using the style of the American Psychological Association in writing research papers. It is based on the current fifth edition of the APA Publication Manual. The latest version is at www.docstyles.com. The Style Sheet is routinely updated; it is the product of many contributors. This version was revised in Fall 2004 by Dr. Abel Scribe PhD. Doc Scribe is not affiliated in any way with the APA--this style sheet
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An emoticon is a symbol or combination of symbols used to convey emotional content in written or message form. The word is a portmanteau of the English words emotion (or emote) and icon. The National Telegraphic Review and Operators Guide in April 1857 documented the use of the number 73 in Morse code to express "love and kisses" (later reduced to the more formal "best regards"). Dodge’s Manual in 1908 documented the reintroduction of "love and kisses" as the number 88. Gajadhar and Green comment
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endl; break; case -3: cout << "ERROR - Phone number cannot begin with 555" << endl << endl; break; case -4: cout << "ERROR - Hyphen is not in the correct position" << endl << endl; break; default: AcknowledgeCall(d1‚ d2‚ d3‚ d4‚ d5‚ d6‚ d7‚ d8); break; } } char ch‚ line[80];
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Scantron Performance Assessment Information for Learning Coaches Your child(ren)will take the Scantron Performance Series Assessment during the first week of school and again in the spring. This assessment is a standards-based formative‚ computeradaptive diagnostic assessment. Your child will need to take two assessments; one in math and one in reading. Some schools may also require your student to assess in language arts and/or science. Performance Series (PS) assessments do not use time limits
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Nothing extraordinary happened last weekend. It was just like any other ordinary weekend. I got up later than usual on Saturday morning. After breakfast I went over to my friend Arul’s house and spent some time reading comics there. Arul has tons of comics. His father buys the latest for him. Being his friend‚ I get to read them too. We read comics till lunch-time. Then I went home‚ had lunch and took an afternoon nap. Taking an afternoon nap is a pleasure that I can indulge in only on weekends
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Analysis and Commentary of “Telephone Conversation” by Wole Soyinka This poem is about the perceptions‚ attitudes and problems between the black and white skinned people/races. In this short poem of a telephone conversation between a dark skinned West African and a British landlady‚ the writer‚ Wole Soyinka‚ effectively makes others aware of the prejudice and tantrums thrown by the whites to the blacks. This poem emphasises the racism and criticism of Whites against the Blacks. In this poem
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Polish-American‚ the Afro- American‚ the Asian-American and so forth." He points out that he is in favor of each minority’s protection‚ nurture‚ and respect; however‚ he strongly feels that people need to decide what "American’ means on the other side of the hyphen...what national
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subject you are interested in. A student researching plasma in the cosmos would type in the word plasma and be forced to wade through scores of sites referring to plasma televisions. The fastest way to solve this is to use the exclude function‚ the hyphen. Search "plasma -tv" and you will eliminate many irrelevant sites. Though better‚ that may still not be good enough -- you’ll wind up with sites using the word "television." Simply refine your search this way: "plasma -tv -television" and eliminate
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In the following pair of sentences‚ one uses parallel structure incorrectly. Indicate which sentence uses incorrectparallel structure. Student Answer: Consider swimming if you are looking for a sport that aids cardiovascular fitness‚ overall muscle strength‚ and causes few injuries. (Yes‚ this sentence uses parallel structure incorrectly. Here is a corrected version: Consider swimming if you are looking for a sport that aids cardiovascular fitness‚ increases overall muscle strength‚ and causes
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