I h8 txt Msgs: How Texting Is Wrecking Our Language Reading Humphrys so troubled by the fact that the Oxford English Dictionary has removed the hyphen from thousands of words because he think that the author is trying to adapt to the new generation of writing as what he called fashion. Like shortening the word or using abbreviation as many people use on email and SMS. He thinks that this makes people care less in proper spelling and grammar. The reason for this change is because we are changing the
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The Swans‚ by Clifford Dyment Midstream they met. Challenger and champion‚ They fought a war for honor Fierce‚ sharp‚ but with no honor; Each had a simple aim and sought it quickly. The combat over the victor sailed away Broken‚ but placid as the gift of swans‚ Leaving his rival to his shame alone. I listened for a song‚ according to story‚ But this swan’s death was out of character No giving up of the grace of life In a sad lingering music I saw the beaten swan rise on the water As
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Living in twenty-first century in America and with my Asian background and experience‚ and seeing so many parts of the world still having unresolved issues regarding human equality or women emancipation or equal rights for women are amazed how little and also how much we accomplished as the human race. Through all these emotional‚ cultural and tradition drove filters I‚ a young woman‚ with my limited‚ young experience try to understand and feel for Kate Chopin and admire her courage and determination
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a place to create a better life. However‚ one group in particular‚ the Puritans‚ had a specific reason to leave England and move to the New World. In the early eighteenth century‚ a rise in religious reform had spread in England‚ bringthing forth a popularity in Puritanism. Puritans were those who sought to reform politics and correct institutions. They critized Charles I and James I on how they neglected their nation‚ ignoring imperfections in the Anglican Church and trying to appeal to Catholic
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believe that it’s just stirring up hate against many people. The majority of our younger advocates and leaders have stood up to this by going out as protesters and having marches. I believe that is our only hope‚ that more people see the bad side and how horrible these plans are turning kind hearted people. The only thing to do now is resist these orders and stand up for what is right to do as a country. The resistance will
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AV English 113 September 8‚ 2010 Journal Entry 1 In Eats‚ Shoots & Leaves‚ Lynne Truss is a highly determined stickler or‚ perfectionist‚ when it comes to punctuation. In the novel‚ she argues that everyday punctuation marks‚ such as the apostrophe‚ are being misused and humiliated in front of thousands of people. They helplessly droop in between the wrong letters on hundreds of grocer signs‚ articles‚ and even in newspapers. Lynne Truss makes a clear point as she works her way through despair
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It seems as though everything in nature exists in a balanced state of equilibrium. It is evident that there is an opposing positive and negative relationship to everything in the world; day and night‚ good and evil‚ black and white; which leads some to enquire if one portion could exist without the other. This very notion is explored in William Blake’s “The Tyger”‚ where he develops this idea through language‚ imagery and poetic devices and through the poem’s exploration of the inseparable forces
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FAHAD RAFIQUE BETH ANN BRYANT-RICHARDS WRD 103 01/17/2013 “ TORCH SONG” “ Torch Song” by Charles Bowden was one of the best things I have ever read. The text of the reading was very much disturbed and mortifying which made me uncomfortable at first but then as he proceed he was really putting some magic in his text. At first I thought He is going to discuss about the child who was murdered in a cheap hotel but then he was discussing deeply about the molestation and rape happening in the city
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of Caffeine from Lipton® Tea Leaves Nathaniel Camangon*‚ Kaila Bumagat‚ Franz Mari Burgos‚ Remigio Callanta Department of Chemistry‚ College of Science‚ University of Santo Tomas‚ Manila‚ Philippines Abstract This experiment mainly focuses on the extraction of pure caffeine by multiple extraction from commercially acquired tea leaves and determining its purity by melting point determination. A 0.02% yield of pure caffeine was obtained from 10.4978g of tea leaves (4 tea bags). The acquired
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Falling Leaves Adeline Yen Mah or Jun ling was born in North East China in 1973. She is the fifth child among her siblings and her mother died due to her birth which caused her to be an unwanted daughter and her father Joseph Tsi-rung Yen seemed not to have fully forgiven her about this and he became a lonely man longing for a wife which resulted of him marrying a beautiful Eurasian woman who the children called Niang and their stepmother gave the five of them English names as an adaptation from
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