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    children ’s television-viewing time occupying almost a third of a day‚ the sense of its educational virtue has to be confirmed. By the means of children‚ Oxford English Dictionary gives explanation of which a child is anybody between birth and puberty or in the developmental stage of childhood‚ between babyhood and adult years. (Oxford English Dictionary‚ 2007‚ p.397) Therefore‚ adolescents with different age-groups may educational benefit from television viewing with limitations of at an appropriate

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    Plagiarism

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    in future editions of his latest book. Goodwin’s case resulted in a private settlement and more footnotes. Even their critics couldn’t agree on the severity of their infractions. Problem is‚ as concepts go‚ plagiarism isn’t that old. The Oxford English Dictionary cites the Elizabethan playwright Ben Jonson as the first person to use the word plagiary to designate literary theft--and he was making a joke. That was at the beginning of the 17th century‚ when everyone‚ including Shakespeare‚ still borrowed

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    u VOCABULARY IN THE SAME SERIES Editor: Richard Hudson Patricia Ashby Speech Sounds Edward Carney English Spelling Jonathan Culpeper History of English Nigel Fabb Sentence Structure John Haynes Style Richard Hudson Word Meaning Richard Hudson English Grammar Jean Stilwell Peccei Child Language Raphael Salkie Text and Discourse Analysis R. L. Trask Language Change Peter Trudgill Dialects VOCABULARY Laurie Bauer London and New York First published 1998 by Routledge 11 New Fetter

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    About Prostitution

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    oldest of the professions‚ but in the light of historical investigation‚ this is hardly in keeping with the truth. In order to understand the social construction of ‘prostitution’‚ we begin with common definitions from The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) (1989). In the English language‚ the word ‘prostitute’ can be used in several ways. Prostitute can be used as a noun: ‘A woman who is devoted‚ or (usually) who offers‚ her body to indiscriminate sexual intercourse‚ esp. for hire: a common harlot’

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    Student

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    opera and oratorio.[1] However‚ the term is‚ "often found in various figurative and transferred sense (e.g. for the lyrical second subject of a sonata...)."[1] The noun "song" has the same etymological root as the verb "to sing" and the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) defines the word to mean "that which is sung" or "a musical composition suggestive of song." The OED also defines the word to mean "a poem" or "the musical phrases uttered by some birds‚ whales‚ and insects‚ typically forming a recognizable

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    Does the Media Both Reflect and Influence Society? 1. Introduction i. Definition of media Media is the plural word of medium and is define as a communicative tool to store or provide information that usually associates with television‚ internet‚ radio‚ newspaper‚ books and etc.. ii. Thesis Statement In my personal opinion‚ the media reflects and influences society at the same time. 2. Body i. First Point One of the aspect that we can relate is through movies/drama series broadcast at the television

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    Response To John Humphrys

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    your emotion towards the Oxford English Dictionary seems immature‚ your words: ‘I yield to no man in my love for one’ is overly hyperbolic‚ also: ‘They are as close to my heart as they are to my desk because they are so much more than a useful tool’ – Your obsessive passion towards dictionaries is unnecessary. Furthermore‚ you describe looking through a dictionary as ‘A small voyage of discovery’ however‚ Mr Humphreys‚ considering how you said looking through a dictionary is like a ‘voyage’ may I

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    “villain‚” to a character‚ and that‚ fittingly‚ was to Iago. However‚ to further qualify Iago’s character to be a villain‚ one must go beyond simply the author’s intentions‚ but to the deeply rooted qualities that a villain must have. The Oxford English Dictionary defines a villain as an “unprincipled or depraved scoundrel; a man naturally disposed to base or criminal actions‚ or deeply involved in the commission of disgraceful crimes”. In close reading of the tragedy of Othello‚ it is very easy to

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    edition‚ which is the basis of this essay‚ can give us the look and feel of the time as intended to be shown by the author. Early Modern English According to Volume 14 of The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes‚ Early Modern English period marked the expansion of the use of the English language outside England. But since English was spread at various times it has been subjected to different influences and additional variations caused by attempts at etymological spelling

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    Middle Eastern Influences

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    Influence of the Middle Eastern Have you ever been influenced by current events you have seen on the news? According to the Oxford English Dictionary‚ xenophobia is explained as‚ “having deep antipathy to foreigners‚” while being racist is defined as‚ “a person whose words or actions display prejudice or discrimination on the grounds of race.” The way xenophobia is defined is how people react to different types of culture‚ how groups react with society‚ and immigration. Culture and discrimination

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