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      Honorificabilitudinitatibus This 27-letter word coined by Shakespeare‚ in his comedy Love’s Labour’s Lost‚ is a testament to the Bard’s own intralexiconic skills. Meaning “the state of being able to achieve honors‚” the word is the longest one in the English language with alternating consonants and vowels (Take a look for yourself….yep 9.  Antidisestablishmentarianism Containing 28-letters‚ antidisestablishmentarianism is the longest proper word‚ consisting of proper and compatible root and

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    Word Processing Definitions 1. Word Processing--a computerized method of writing‚ editing‚ saving‚ and printing text 2. Text--another name for alphabetical data that was entered 3. Character--any letter‚ number‚ or symbol typed on the keyboard 4. Data--information entered into the computer 5. Word Wrap--letting the computer decide where to end each line (typing text without pushing return at the end of each line) | 6. Document--anything produced on a word processing program 7. Cursor--a

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    «the Meaning of the Word»

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    MINISTRY OF EDUCATION‚ SCIENCE‚ YOUTH AND SPORTS OF UKRAINE IZMAIL STATE UNIVERSITY OF HUMANITIES THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION DEPARTMENT COURSE PROJECT «The meaning of the word» Course Project in English Year IV Group 431 Ann Nyagu Research Supervisor: L.P. Gulidova Izmail‚ 2011 Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………3-4 1. CHAPTER 1. Theoretical part……………………………………………

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    Word formation is the process of creating new words. The following word formation processes result in the creation of new words in English: Derivation‚ Back-formation‚ Conversion‚ Compounding‚ Clipping‚ Blending‚ Abbreviations‚ Acronyms‚ Eponyms‚ Coinages‚ Nonce words‚ Borrowing‚ Calquing. The following sections define and exemplify the related word formation processes of derivation and back-formation. Derivation is the word formation process in which a derivational affix attaches to the base

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    Words and Writings Recently‚ I have been reading a magazine called “Forum”‚ which is published our school. It contains varied categories in a tiny book‚ for instance‚ there is artwork‚ poetries‚ function and nonfiction……you name it. I am amazed by two poems‚ “Rhythm of the word” and ”word”. They are both about one object‚ word. Authors stand in different distances and angles to talk about it and that stimulate my understandings‚ interests and usages of words. It is a please to share them with

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    The Word Freak

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    The word freak is something that we use in everyday language without realizing that in the past‚ the word was not just a casual phrase to throw around. We associate the word freak with other words such as strange‚ weird‚ and odd in order to insult a person who is different than us or define something that is out of the ordinary. However‚ when we use the word freak so casually we are disassociating it from its original meaning and changing the words context. In most instances‚ the word “freak”

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    passage also clearly relates to two miraculous pregnancies: that of John the Baptist and Jesus; it would not necessarily apply to pregnancies of ordinary people. There never has been a documented case whereby an "ordinary" fetus could understand the words of the woman who

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    Chapter 4: The World of Words "The limits of my language mean the limits of my world." —Ludwig Wittgenstein When we think of communication‚ we often think about the language used to convey the message. Language and many of our nonverbal behaviors are symbolic. We need to keep in mind that across cultures‚ symbols do not always mean the same thing and can cause confusion or misunderstanding. The text offers the following example on page 95. "The arbitrary nature of language becomes obvious-sometimes

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    the twenty first century. Companies use clever tactics‚ such as weasel words and psychological tactics to differentiate them from other companies. Words like better‚ improved‚ new‚ fast and so forth play a deciding factor when buying a product‚ and it is up to the consumer to analyze the truth behind these words. In the article “With These Words I Can Sell You Anything” by William Luts‚ he states that “Advertisers use weasel words to appear to be making a claim for a product when in fact they are making

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    financial analysis for A&F

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    goods retailer. After filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1976‚ the company was bought back by Oshman’s Sporting Goods and later acquired by The Limited in 1988‚ which took A&F public on the NYSE in 1996. The nomination of Michael S Jeffries as president in 1992 marked a radical turn towards what the company and the A&F brand are today. Whether it is via physical stores or Direct-to-Consumer‚ domestically or internationally‚ the apparel industry is highly competitive. With a considerably large

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