Exercise 1 Divide the following sentences into constituents by putting slant lines (/) between the constituents. Try to replace constituents by a shorter phrase‚ or just one word. 1. Her eldest son/ hates/ mock turtle soup. he hates it 2. The examples/ given here/ show that /constituents/ can be/ very long. it given here show that it can be very long 3. That young hooligan (he)/ should have offered/ the old lady in the grey coat (her)/ his seat (it). 4. In England‚/ French food (it)/
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Linking Words And Phrases Personal opinion: | In my opinion/view‚ To my mind‚ To my way of thinking‚ I am convinced that‚ It strikes me that‚ It is my firm belief that‚ I am inclined to believe that‚ It seems to me that. As far as I am concerned‚ I think that the economic recession of the previous decade was foreseeable. | To list advantages and disadvantages: | One advantage of‚ Another advantage of‚ One other advantage of‚ A further advantage of‚ The main advantage of‚ The greatest advantage
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BUSINESS LETTERS When replying to a letter • Thank you for your letter of [date] concerning [subject]. • In reply to your letter of [date] I wish to inform you that … • Thank you very much for your letter in which you asked about … When writing from your own initiative • I am writing to inform you that … • I am pleased to notify you that … • I wish to inform you that … • I would be grateful if you could send me some information about … When
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Student Name: Patrick Bauer Interviewee Name: Jeremy Quibs How do you know the interviewee? Great Uncle What inspired you to become a U.S. citizen? I was a political refugee from Poland. Life was hard where I came from and I wanted to live the American life. I always heard of stories of how good life is in America and I wanted to and live there. What steps did you have to take as part of the naturalization process? In order to be naturalized into becoming a U.S. citizen‚ I had to first
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single night for your entire life. 32.You flip out when someone mistakes you for an Arab‚ Hispanic or Indian 33.You curse at your teachers or strangers in Farsi 34.Talk crap and gossip about your own family 35.You cuss at your kids in Afghan with phrases that affect yourself (padaurnaulat..etc.) 36.You teach your American friends bad Afghan words and get happy when they use them in normal
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Name: Professor: Course: Date: In Debating Sex and Gender and After Identity‚ Dr. Warnke presents various arguments that demonstrate how sex‚ gender‚ and race are all social constructs. Do you agree or disagree with her argument‚ and why? Concepts of sex‚ gender and race in English language have undergone uncountable naturalization and universalities‚ to a point that they are now considered to have always been present. There are numerous arguments that revolve around the three
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Kayla Landry Landry 1 Jennifer Dorhauer Eng 1020 L23 February 04‚ 2013 Debating Camille Paglia’s “On Date Rape” Date rape is a forcible sexual intercourse by an acquaintance‚ where one resists sexual advances either verbally or physically. The perpetrator of this crime varies from boyfriends to casual acquaintances. The Centers for Disease Control reported that eight out of
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built‚ and gone). A participial phrase is made up of a participle and its modifiers. A participle may be followed by an object‚ an adverb‚ a prepositional phrase‚ an adverb clause‚ or any combination of these. In this sentence‚ for example‚ the participial phrase consists of a present participle (holding)‚ an object (the torch)‚ and an adverb (steadily): Holding the torch steadily‚ Merdine approached the monster. In the next sentence‚ the participial phrase consists of a present participle (making)
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defined as a non-cash expense that reduces the value of an asset as a result of physical or functional factors over time. Therefore‚ the costs of the fixed assets should be recorded as an expense over their useful lives‚ since they depreciate and must be replaced once the end of their useful life is reached. Physical depreciation factors include wear and tear during use or from being exposed to such things as weather. Functional depreciation factors include obsolescence or changes in customer needs
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penalty deters people from committing murder‚ which states have abolished the death penalty and the opinion of a judge and a lawyer on the death penalty. I gathered my information from different resources including The Death Penalty by Ida Walker‚ Debating the Death Penalty edited by Hugo Bedau and Paul Cassell and a few Internet articles. The British settlers brought the concept of capital punishment to America. The first execution in America was in 1608 in Jamestown‚
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