Chewing Gutkha Gutkha can well be defined as a devil in disguise. Promoted as a mouth freshener‚ this betel nuts and tobacco preparation is designed to release a chemical reaction that makes it an addictive proposition. However‚ most consumers believe that the blended spices and seasonings do not make it as a harmful product! But‚ the truth remains that gutkha; just as any other tobacco product is very addictive and injurious to health. Gutkha has been proved to be carcinogenic‚ The Effects if Gutkha
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on cigarette on the teenagers and the numerous ways to quit smoking. Fact : According to the American Lung Association‚ there are an estimated 50 million people who smoke. For some reason people just do not fully understand the risks they take by smoking. Cigatette smoking is a frequent cause for many health problem with smokers. To begin with‚ there are many hazardous ingredients in cigarette tobacco. Some of th ingredients are poisonous or addictive. Cigarette smoke produces thousand of chemicals
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English 1200 10/20/2012 “The” Tobacco Luxury‚ money‚ power‚ pure; these are the type of words that come to mind when one thinks of a cigar‚ another familiar word is usually Cuba. Cuban cigars contain the finest tobacco in the world and the numbers show for the communist economy as it generated four hundred million dollars last year for Cuba alone according to Money News. The United States which is the largest Cigar market in the world does not even sell Cuban cigars due to a fifty year-long
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Hong Kong was a colony of British in the past. Under a British education system‚ the English we learnt in school are supposed to be British English. But nowadays‚ more and more Hong Kong people start to use American English in their daily conversions. Some people think that using both British and American English may prove bad influences to English learning. Another group of people claim that it is good to familiar with the usage of both British and American English. Noah Webster Before we investigate
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American English and British English Communication may seem easy‚ but sometimes it is hard to understand between people even though they share the same language. American and British English have the same origin‚ which is the Elizabethan English. This means that Americans and the British speakers share the same language; but nowadays‚ these two varieties somewhat differ from each other. We can find both similarities and differences in both varieties. Even though American and British people can
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There are many British words which are different to American words. For example: • A lorry is a slimmer truck. • A lift is an elevator. • A fortnight is two weeks. • A chemist is a person who works in a drugstore. • A dual carriageway is a freeway. Lisa and Sofia Efthymiou‚ an American mum and daughter‚ have listed below a few of the differences between British and American words. Visit also our Glossary of British Words We have arranged the words in categories to make
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Australia to be nothing more than a British colony whose national identity was virtually the same as the British. During this period of Australia’s history‚ our modes of entertainment‚ food‚ fashion‚ sporting culture and our social values and attitudes were largely dictated by British culture. One of the most significant changes to have taken place in Australian society since the end of WWII‚ has been its drift towards American‚ rather than British culture. As the American way of life was projected further
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reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (June 2009) | The English language was first introduced to the Americas by British colonization‚ beginning in 1607 in Jamestown‚ Virginia. Similarly‚ the language spread to numerous other parts of the world as a result of British trade and colonization elsewhere and the spread of the former British Empire‚ which‚ by 1921‚ held sway over a population of 470–570 million people‚ approximately a quarter of the world’s population at that time
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Britain’s relations with the American colonies was destined to collapse‚ since the British lacked much respect for the colonies and the unequal mistreatment. During the French and Indian war their relationship altered drastically politically‚ economically‚ and ideologically. This war would soon lead to the American colonies revolting against Britain. Since the start of the war the Americans were eager to help Britain in winning the war‚ the Americans believed by doing this they would get respect
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Contents Introduction 3 1 Historical review of British and American English 5 1.1 History of English language 5 1.2 History of American English 9 1.3 American and British have changed and go on changing 11 2 Differences between modern British and modern American English 14 2.1 Lexical difference between American and British English 14 2.2 Grammatical difference between American and British English 18 2.3 Spelling differences between American and British English 24 Conclusion 27 Bibliography 29
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