collective nouns‚ and are the opposite of countable nouns. The highlighted words in the following sentences are non-countable nouns: Joseph Priestly discovered oxygen. The word "oxygen" cannot normally be made plural. Oxygen is essential to human life. Since "oxygen" is a non-countable noun‚ it takes the singular verb "is" rather than the plural verb "are." We decided to sell the furniture rather than take it with us when we moved. You cannot make the noun "furniture" plural. Collective Nouns
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Nothing is Impossible All of us‚ at some stage‚ have dreamed of being somebody special‚ somebody famous‚ a celebrity. Who hasn’t imagined about being the player scoring the game-winning touchdown? Who hasn’t dreamed of being the next miss universe? And how many times have we dreamed of being a millionaire‚ or successful‚ or happy with our love life? Generally‚ we dream huge dreams and have big aspirations. Mostly however‚ our dreams remain only that – dreams. Eventually our hopes are just get
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nothing is impossible When we look at our mistakes and think as to what we have lost due to our mistakes‚ we tend to get depressed and it contributes to further loss in life. We may not be able to do anything if we lose hope and embrace negative attitude. We need to be positive always and believe that nothing is impossible. Now I am going to say about a popular person’s success. That is the President of USA “Barrack Obama” Barrack Obama: Many of us may criticize Barrack Obama for conferring
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the adaptive value of: A) habituation. B) conservation. C) the rooting reflex. D) attachment. E) egocentrism. 2. The branch of psychology that systematically focuses on the physical‚ mental‚ and social changes that occur throughout the life cycle is called: A) clinical psychology. B) social psychology. C) personality psychology. D) developmental psychology. E) biological psychology. 3. One of the most consistently damaging teratogens is: A) epinephrine. B) testosterone
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The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing‚ by M.T. Anderson is a profound and often gut-wrenching account of the Revolutionary-era mindset. The novel follows Octavian‚ the son of an African princess named Cassiopeia and his adventures in the Novanglian College of Lucidity. Publicly thought as a slave‚ but actually a test subject‚ Octavian is trained in Greek‚ Latin‚ French‚ poetry‚ music etc. His studies are abruptly halted due to a change of sponsorship of the College and his skills in the arts and
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Williams 1 Nothing. Was there something on my face? Did a bird excrete on me? Was my pants wet? All I wanted to know was - why was everyone staring at me? Why were they staring at me with one eyebrow raised and their upper lip snared up? I was just standing there. What did I do to get those looks? Absolutely nothing. My roommate and I went to a park nearby my grandmothers house in New York City to complete my task for sociology class. The task was to stand back to back with somebody for thirty
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Getting a good education is one of the foundations of living a good life. Yes of course morals‚ family‚ and religion are huge parts of your life‚ but without a good education you’ll have a hard time going anywhere but down in this world I’m afraid. The word education is misrepresented often though‚ because it does not always mean reading lots of books and writing tons of papers to get a good grade. No education is learning how to do things the right way at its most basic level‚ and when you do things
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Nothing but the Truth: The Aboriginal Stereotype and Racism that is objectified Throughout In Search of April Raintree “You say that we are drunkards‚ that we live for drinking. But drinking is a way of dying. Dying without enjoying life” (Mosionier 154)‚ April Raintree‚ main character of the novel In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Culleton Mosionier‚ wished she could change her Métis heritage or the spelling of her last name‚ Raintree‚ so it would seem less native. Why? Racism
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Husband‚” are more personal‚ expressing her feelings about the joys and difficulties of everyday Puritan life. In one she wrote about her thoughts before giving birth. In another‚ she wrote about the death of a grandchild. Bradstreet’s poetry reflects the Puritan’s knowledge of the stories and language of the Bible‚ as well as their concern for the relationship between earthly and heavenly life. Her work also exhibits some of the characteristics of the French and English poetry of her day. Edward
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years ago. As the end users we discover new applications as for instance‚ telephone Voice Over IP (VOIP)‚ Internet television‚ Internet radio and much more. Businesses‚ especially international organizations‚ use this technology for logistics. Education is brought to remote areas where people can take courses on
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