English Grammar in Conversation Geoffrey Leech DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS AND MODERN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LANCASTER UNIVERSITY‚ LANCASTER LA1 4YT‚ UK A thorough description of spoken English grammar is felt to be overdue. After all‚ spoken language has largely been neglected by grammatical tradition; the word grammar itself descends from the classical Greek word for writing. The grammarian ’s bias towards the written language remains strong today‚ and is reflected in such terminology as ’left
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Activity 1 – Resourcing Talent Identify and assess at least 4 factors that affect an organisation’s approach to attracting talent. The four factors that affect an organisation attracting talent are: External (Supply and Demand); Staff Turnover; Unemployment Rate; and Legal. External – When a corporation require specifically qualified and skilled staff and there is a limited supply in the market place then the organisation will have to depend on internal supplies by offering special training
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9. Presentations 1. Hello‚ my name is Ionela! I work in an office. I love my job‚ but sit at my desk all the time. I usually run in the park after work and I eat healthy food to be fit. I prefer fruit and vegetables. I like bababas‚ oranges‚ melon‚ apples‚ cucumbers‚ tomatoes and lettuce. For breakfast I usually have cereal and milk. I never eat bread‚ salami or eggs! When I come to work‚ I make a cup of coffe – without sugar‚ of course. My lunchbreak is very short. I just eat a chicken sandwich
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Conversation versus Preservation The condition of our environment is a worldwide debate. Our air and water condition doesn’t recognize borders. You can have problems with soil in a nation and you can cause problems and reduce another country’s food supply. At the same time different regions in the world do face different problems. One key distinction is the environmental threats faced by developed nations‚ such as the United States and Western European countries‚ and developing nations‚ such as
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Joe and Janie engaged in many conversations throughout their time together. One day‚ they get into an argument. The argument resulted in the fact that Janie could not find any pig’s feet for a customer. Janie has told Joe that she ordered a whole keg of pig’s feet the day before but when the customer went to get some‚ there wasn’t any left. Joe then asked Janie where the bill for the pig’s feet was. Janie replied that it’s either on the nail or on his desk. Joe said that it was in neither places
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Performance SWOT analysis IKEA is amongst the biggest retailers of furniture in the world. It has grown rapidly since it was founded in 1943. It sells more than 10‚000 furnishing products from well over 300 stores in around 40 countries. The company has in excess of 600 million visitors to its stores‚ and it is very successful website attracts in excess of 600 million visitors every year. IKEA is a Scandinavian company famous for furniture from living rooms to children’s bedrooms. The majority of
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Many students need to learn productive and beneficial ways to understand and comprehend mathematical problems. Teacher should be aware that all students learn differently and at different paces. In our math class‚ we are reading “Intentional Talk” by: Elham Kazemi about ways to lead mathematical discussions to demonstrate strategies to help students be successful in the classroom. It’s important to discuss how one should teach and prepare to teach how to integrate discussions and strategies in our
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professional HR support from real people partners and HR needs to be responsive and clear about what services it offers. HR needs to be easy to contact and able to respond quickly and effectively. Obviously employees require accurate pay and benefits‚ on time. They also want to be given the opportunity for training and development. Managers want an HR function which understands the workforce and can help management balance employee and business needs. They want a proactive HR function which identifies
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Sex‚ Lies and Conversation Deborah Tannen The thesis statement in Deborah Tannen essay is “This episode crystallizes the irony that although American men tend to talk more than women in public situations‚ they often talk less at home. And this pattern is wrecking havoc with marriage.” Her essay is based on finding reasons why men and women have such a big problems in communication. In my opinion she succeeded in giving us basic reasons of our differences between men. The first reason
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Tannen: "Sex‚ Lies‚ and Conversation" #2 The first thing that comes to my mind when reading an article like this is‚ "Has this writer maybe encountered frustrating situations like this before?"‚ or "Is the writer possibly trying to express personal emotions in the topic discussed?" Whatever the case may be‚ the point she is trying to make is clear to me. It is the events and relationships that happen early on in life that may interfere and have effect on the intimate relationships that occur
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