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    circumstances‚ unlike the humans that can create and infinite number of messages under an infinite of different situations. We as humans are rational and we have the capacity of learning and retaining‚ in order to rationalize new types of words or phrases for a new situation. For this reason the language is infinite and changes constantly. Being systematic is another characteristic of language. The systematic term implies that the language‚ in order to being organized‚ have rules to develop it in

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    Descriptions - Tom Stringer Russell’s theory attempts‚ using systematic formal logic‚ to pin down conditions by which we ascribe significance and meaning to descriptive nouns or ‘definite description’ (DD) phrases in idiomatic natural language (NL). Russell’s theory covers the functions of these phrases in NL and outlines his ideas on their nature. From this‚ he goes on to delineate implications that their transposition into a schema of propositional logic has for NL through examining them within the

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    must understand the phrases and meanings of words before they can properly be used. When language is shaped properly‚ it will assimilate into a culture. Since the English language is rich and varied‚ it offers an array of choices when communicating. Here are a few of those choices. An idiom is a phrase that when spoken outside of a particular culture it seems incomprehensible. This peculiar use of phrases is not taken literally but is understood by members of that culture. A phrase such as “jump the

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    serious issue with particular words and phrases in the English language. Of course there are the typical words that annoy me. Like “like‚” and facsimile. But what really gets to me‚ what drives me crazy‚ are the words “irregardless‚ ruthless‚ kiddo‚ the phrase “I could care less‚” and that “do do‚ dododo” commercial! I never know when they are going to appear. I’m just living out my life and then BAM they come out of nowhere! I. Words and phrases that annoy me A. Words

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    the complementizer “that”. For this study the two variants are that or zero as illustrated respectively in the first and second sentence of the example. Each token was coded with five factor groups: the verbs preceding that or zero (know‚ say‚ think and other verbs as factors)‚ the tense of those verbs (past and present as factors)‚ the gender (Male or Female as factor groups) the age of the speaker (young‚ mature or old as factors) and the education of the speaker (more educated or less educated as

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    of the word. For example‚ the noun resurrection was borrowed from Latin‚ and the verb resurrect was then backformed hundreds of years later from it by removing the ion suffix. This segmentation of resurrection into resurrect + ion was possible because English had examples of Latinate words in the form of verb and verb+-ion pairs‚ such as opine/opinion. These became the pattern for many more such pairs‚ where a verb derived from a Latin supine stem and a noun ending in ion entered the language together

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    2: “Five score years ago” Paragraph 2/Sentence 1: What does the phrase‚ “five score years ago” allude to? Circle the phrase and write the allusion next to it. Paragraph 2/Sentence 2: Why would the Emancipation Proclamation bring hope to people? Paragraph 3: “But one hundred years later” Paragraph 3 Overall: What is Dr. King’s purpose of gathering the people together today? Paragraph 3 Overall: What phrase is continuously repeated in this passage? Underline it. Paragraph

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    varieties of inflections in Azerbaijani language than in English or Persian and; they share some common properties as well as several dissimilarities. English and Persian represent more irregularity in terms of plurality for nouns and affixation for verbs; Azeri incorporates numerous inflections into each category as well. The differences are the major source of difficulties for a native speaker of Azeri or Persian to learn English and vice versa. To overcome this‚ teaching should be effectively and

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    (sensing) Verbs • Teacher write the following sentence on the board “Kim ……………………… very well” • Ask students if the sentence make sence. Ask them what word they might include in the sentence so that it makes sence e.g is‚ feels‚ plays the piano • Explain that these words tell us what is going on in the sentence and are called verbs. A sentence have to have a verb. • Teacher explain that there are different kinds of verbs. For example Kim is very well (rational or being/ Having verb) Kim plays

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    mentioned fruits/animals) Breeding is not only applicable to fruits/animals. It can also be applied to words. verb Suffix noun teach -er teacher edit -or editor swim -ing swimming Let us differentiate the verb swimming from noun swimming. Everybody read the sentences. 1. Alex is swimming on the lake. 2. Swimming is a good exercise. C. Presentation of the Topic - A gerund is a verb form that ends in –ing and used as a noun in the sentence. It can function as any of the

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