Before the Press: § majority of the population was illiterate § no standard for what proper writing was § ppl divided into upper class and lower class § knowing how to read did not mean that you knew how to write § knowledge limited to memory-- mnemonics & abrv. § books were rare and expensive § travel was dangerous - no maps § sense of time based on nature--no calendars‚ no clocks Brief history: § china made paper money and playing cards - block-printed § every word‚ phrase & pic was
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Printing redefined books. They were no longer only about religious subjects. Instead‚ printers began making books on all subjects‚ from traveling to medicine. The style of books also changed as the printing press standardized writing and language. Handwritten books usually had inconsistent grammar‚ punctuation‚ spacing‚ and spelling because they written by different scribes. On the other hand‚ because printing was done by a machine‚ there was less room for human error so written language became more
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analysis and interlanguage. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Chomsky‚ Noam and Morris Halle. (1968)‚ The Sound Pattern of English. New York: Harper and Row. Crystal‚ David. (1985)‚ A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics. 2nd edition. New York: Basil Blackwell. Crystal D. (2005)‚ The Cambridge encyclopedia of the English language - 2nd edition. Cambridge: CUP. Ellis‚ R. (1985)‚ Understanding second language acquisition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Harmer‚ J. (2007)‚ The Practice of English Language
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What is the freedom of press? 1. what is press? mediums including newspaper‚ radio‚ television‚ internet and etc. 2. what are the ideal purpose of the press? Newsworthy information‚ inform citizens‚ democracy 2. imagine freedom of press is abusively used. what do you think if these are in press? a) Defamation: Martin Bouygues was briefly reported as dead last weekend by Agence France Presse (AFP) b) Obscenity c) Any advocacy of national‚ racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to
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TABLE OF CONTENT Part A The importance of Press Releases 1 Press Release 4 Part B Advertisement 6 References 7 PART A: THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESS RELEASES Though human beings have witnessed the dramatic development of the media that enables people to gather information everywhere via cell phones or digital devices‚ the newspaper unquestionably remains an important source of news for almost all people. Readers‚ through newspapers‚ can find information about upcoming events or new
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How to Improve Public Schools Since the 17th century‚ American public schools have provided its children with a wonderful opportunity of receiving a free education that ensures a general understanding of various subjects such as mathematics and literature giving generation after generation the foundation of knowledge. Public schools have made several positive leaps since its begging from teaching only males students to teaching all genders‚ as well as becoming desegregated in 1969
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Q1 : Five Organizations in Nairobi County and it’s Publics based on categories of Wragg. Unga Group Limited - Unga Group is a flour milling company in Kenya. Unga is headquartered in Nairobi with flour mills in Eldoret‚ Nakuru and Mombasa and is listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange. The company was founded in the early 1900s. Its name is abbreviated to UGL. It is categorized as a company deals with Functional Publics as they are those publics which enable the organization to perform its chosen
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My great-grandfather‚ John Press‚ was born on February 20‚ 1920. He lived in Pennsylvania and worked as a shipper. He would ship items by land‚ sea‚ or air. He then later married his wife‚ Elizabeth. She worked as a secretary where they would help makes bombs for the war. John and Elizabeth Press had two girls that they put in Catholic school. Throughout their life‚ they were very healthy individuals. When they got older from age‚ John Press‚ had a heart attack at home and was sent to the hospital
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wear in public and another that nobody sees‚ but it is the person that they are in private that reveals their truest intentions. In William Shakespeare’s play‚ The Tragedy of Hamlet‚ Prince of Denmark‚ the persona that Hamlet reveals only to himself in private contrasts greatly to the person he shows himself to be in public. The person Hamlet is in private is very different from the person he appears to be in public. In private he is extremely narcissistic and only concerned about how difficult
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Gutenberg and the Printing Press There are thousands upon thousands of books at the BYU library. Some of those books are newer than others; some are thicker; some are about history‚ geography‚ economics‚ or engineering. Not every book is in English‚ rather some are in Spanish or other foreign languages. No matter the type of book‚ it took just a couple hours to print them. It is incredible to think how it is possible to have so many books available for us‚ and we can have access anytime we want
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