Blogger’s Grammar Blues What Really Matters To be or not to be -- that remains the question today when it comes to the subject of grammar. No‚ not the school subject which can be traumatic and nose-bleed-inducing but the subject of applying grammar for blog-writing. And it covers just about all levels since ordinary people write blogs‚ just as senators (or their writers do) and professional writers do. But often‚ when we mention grammar‚ the grammar guardians will always mean correct grammar. Someone
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Interpretation of “The Negro Speaks of River” Poem View: (Langston Hughes- “The Negro Speaks of River”- 1921) I’ve known rivers: I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers. I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young. I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep. I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it. I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln
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- As extraverts think while they are talking - Introverts are more likely to think before they speak and hence will more likely to miss their opportunity to speak - Introverts won’t open their mouth before they have a perfect answer - “Don’t think about the perfect answer. It’s better to get out there and say something than to never get your voice in.” - Speak misleadingly about things you don’t fully believe in. Don’t think of the downside of what you are suggesting. - Go along with groupthink even
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Adding Grammar Testing to Hiring Practice After reading Kyle Wiens’s Article‚ “I Won’t Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar‚” in the July 20‚ 2012 issue of Harvard Business Review‚ I would like to make some suggestions on the decision of adding grammar testing to our company’s hiring practice. Wiens has suggested two reasons why good grammar is one of the essential characteristics of a job candidate: Good grammar reflects professionalism and trustworthiness of the candidate; Grammar indicates
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In chapter 50 of the Speak With Courage textbook I learned to Set a goal‚ and then set out to achieve that goal. Going right along with this I also learned that on the day you speak‚ as the person you are‚ with the skills‚ knowledge‚ and aptitudes you possess‚ do the best you can and let it go. Personally‚ I often become overwhelmed that people will not like my speech because I am not the most talented or gifted student at strategically and efficiently expressing myself. Other times I feel like I
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Grammar is very important for everyone who wants to learn English language because it is a central to the teaching and learning languages. It is a requirement for them to write or speaking correctly and fluently. By learning grammar‚ students can easily adapt of learning target language from native language. Other than that‚ grammar learning would help students grow intellectually. Student would probably never use the target language‚ but the mental exercise of learning it would be beneficial anyway
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Music Speaks Louder Than Words As I stood in front of the mirror‚ gazing back at my hideous reflection‚ tracing my fingertips over the black and blue marks on my body‚ wincing each time I touched the points of impact‚ I thought to myself‚ “What did I do wrong? Why can’t I make him happy anymore? Has our love faded? Was the love I thought we shared even real?” While contemplating these questions in my head‚ I began to reminisce on the old times. Going back to the beginning of it all‚ back when
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language and its grammar were developed in the linguistics of the 20th century after the publication of the works by Beaudoin de Courtenay and Ferdinand de Saussure (they demonstrated the difference between lingual synchrony and diachrony). The 1st characteristic feature of Grammar is its abstract character (it abstracts itself from particular & concrete and builds its rules & laws‚ taking into consideration only common features of groups and words). The 2nd characteristic feature of Grammar is stability
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On Writing While some people are stronger writers than others‚ anyone can become a decent writer with time and effort. Some of us were gifted with a natural writing ability‚ but with hard work‚ a writer can be made I agree with King’s assertion about the making of different degrees of writers. Some people were born with the ability to produce a story that’ll interest people. Let’s take Shakespeare for example‚ he was born to write. It came as naturally as breathing to him and he’s one of the
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At this point in the book Melinda starts to open up and accept what has happened in her past. By this part of the book if you’re not interested then something is wrong with you. Speak really captivates the moment. An example is when her old friend starts to date Andy Evans. Melinda was scared because Andy Evans raped her at the party. Naturally you would want to warn a friend about something like this. That’s precisely what Melinda does. She see’s Rachel in the library the next day and passes notes
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