In chapter fifteen ’’2b or Not 2b?’’ of ’’They Say / I Say’’‚ David Crystal provides arguments in favour of text messaging. Crystal tries to prove his point that text messaging is not destroying the English language with great research‚ a lot of examples and a clear organization. As the author himself puts it‚ ’’Texting has added a new dimension to language use‚ but it’s long-term impact is negligible. It’s not a disaster. ’’. Although some people believe text messaging is pillaging our punctuation
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David Crystal’s “2b or Not 2b?” is an interesting topic and a global wide well known subject. As most people are guilty of text messaging not everyone breaks the rules of the English language. This controversial material has many side and views. In the beginning of the essay the author emphasizes how in a newspaper article written by John Humphry there is a disapproval and disgust of text message “they are destroying it: pillaging our punctuation; savaging our sentences; raping our vocabulary” (335)
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2b 2b or not 2b David Crystal Last year‚ in a newspaper article headed "I h8 txt msgs: How texting is wrecking our language"‚ John Humphrys argued that texters are "vandals who are doing to our language what Genghis Khan did to his neighbours 800 years ago. They are destroying it: pillaging our punctuation; savaging our sentences; raping our vocabulary. And they must be stopped." As a new variety of language‚ texting has been condemned as "textese"‚ "slanguage"‚ a "digital virus". According
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Robert Poynter Professor Collum English 1301-.0025 06/16/13 2b or not 2b an essay In the article “2b or not 2b” David Crystal starts out discussing how others such as John Sutherland said that texting is destroying the English language. And Sutherland had created names for the new language of texting like “textese”‚ “slanguage” and that texting is a digital virus. David Crystal also made the comment that John Humphries argues that people who text are “vandals who are
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Exercise 8: Range/Endurance Givens Conditions: Gross Weight for Beginning of Cruise = 300‚000 lbs Gross Weight at End of Cruise = 200‚000 lbs Altitude = FL350 Standard Conditions Wing Area = 3050 ft2 Wing Span = 156 ft Wing Efficiency = .75 CDp = 0.0119 Twin turbofan engines Figure 2.1 Figure 6.5 Figure 13.2 No need to take into account Temperature Ram Rise 1. Find Equivalent Airspeed‚ True Airspeed‚ and Mach for best range at FL350 and Sea Level at W = 300‚000 lb. (Use Figure 13.2 and Equations
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Natalie Salaverria 01/21/11 LAB EXERCISE I After the first exercise : Simulating Simple diffusion Which Materials diffused from the left beaker to the right beaker? NaCl ‚ Urea ‚ Glucose Which did not ? Albumin Why ? Albumin’s Composition or charge was too great to diffuse through the membrane. After the 2nd activity : Simulating Dialysis What happens to the urea concentration in the left beaker (the Patient)? It diffused to the right beaker Why does this occur? The excess
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Exercise 10: Acid-Base Balance: Activity 1: Hyperventilation Lab Report Pre-lab Quiz Results You scored 100% by answering 4 out of 4 questions correctly. 1. The fastest compensatory mechanism for maintaining pH homeostasis in the human body is You correctly answered: c. the chemical buffering system. 2. An increase in hydrogen ion concentration would You correctly answered: d. decrease pH. 3. The amount of carbon dioxide in the blood is measured in You correctly answered: b. mm Hg. 4. The reaction
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Skeletal Muscle Physiology Student instructions: Follow the step-by-step instructions for this exercise found in your lab manual and record your answers in the spaces below. Submit this completed document by the assignment due date found in the Syllabus. Rename this document to include your first and last name prior to submitting‚ e.g. Exercise2_JohnSmith.doc. Please make sure that your answers are typed in RED. (You may delete these instructions before submission.) Grading: True/False
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Exercise 2: Skeletal Muscle Physiology: Activity 4: Tetanus in Isolated Skeletal Muscle Lab Report Pre-lab Quiz Results You scored 100% by answering 3 out of 3 questions correctly. 1. Stimulus frequency refers to You correctly answered: b. the rate that stimulating voltage pulses are applied to an isolated whole skeletal muscle. 2. Which of the following distinguishes a state of unfused tetanus from a state of complete (fused) tetanus? You correctly answered: d. Muscle tension increases and decreases
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Lukeman Acadia University Copyright © 2014 Pearson Canada Inc. Slide 10-1 Q1: PCl3 is an industrial chemical used in many herbicides and insecticides. What is the molecular shape of PCl3? 1A) bent 2B) tetrahedral 3C) trigonal pyramidal 4D) T-shaped 5E) trigonal planar Copyright © 2014 Pearson Canada Inc. Slide 10-2 Q2: What is the approximate angle of the O─C─O bond in the citric acid molecule below? O O OH OH HO 1A) 120° 2B) 109.5° 3C) slightly smaller than 120° 4D) slightly smaller than 109
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