How does the English language vary at individual‚ societal and international levels? English has become the first `truly global language` (McCrum et al.‚ 2002‚ p.9). As a result of advances in technology and transport‚ varieties of English have spread throughout the world. This internationalisation has been described by Shreeve as an `identified phenomenon` (1999‚ p.1). English now underpins the lives and cultures of a broad spectrum of people‚ with one in four people in the world now fluent
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Undeniably‚ Bill C-51 is necessary to fight against terrorist acts‚ especially because no one in the world should have to live in fear and worry about their safety. However‚ even though this bill protects Canadians‚ it should not do so by violating the rights and freedoms of the people who are being protected. In order for this bill to fulfill its purpose of protecting Canadians without infringing on their rights‚ it requires improvements that eliminate the imperfections of this bill. The best improvements
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One of the least enforced school policies of today is the school dress code‚ that is unless one of the assistant principals standing in the hallway is having a bad day‚ then it is the most enforced policy at my high school. Everyone of our faculty members seem to have an opinion on what’s too short‚ whats too tight‚ and what just plain out does not look right. School dress code is one of the most outrageous set of rules that us as students have to follow. Starting off with “shorts must extend to
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The Time Machine The history of this short novel is imformational. It shows Wells developing and exploring the idea consistently over several years‚ as his rate of production would restrain him from ever doing again. In many ways‚ The Time Machine is his most complete work; a thorough development of the Darwinian ideas he had absorbed at the Normal School of Science and that would form the bedrock of everything else he did throughout his career. (. N.p. Web. 7 Feb 2014.)
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THE TIME MACHINE‚ A DYSTOPIC UTOPIA Dr Jacques COULARDEAU University of Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne University of Paris Dauphine Herbert Georges Wells (1866-1946) witnessed eighty years of our developing industrial world during which all basic productive activities bloomed to produce our present mass consumer society based on mass production and the industrial and agricultural‚ financial‚ services‚ communications‚ entertainment and labor mass markets. He witnessed the growth of the two extreme
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What Lies Beneath At first‚ the short story written by Junot Diaz “How to Date a Browngirl‚ Blackgirl‚ Whitegirl‚ or Halfie” ‚ may stir many different emotions if taking its meaning literally. Feelings within you may overtake your mind possibly from personal experiences similar to what the narrator expresses. The language can be quite vulgar to you‚ the message very blunt and shocking‚ or the story can be taken in a comical context. Many short stories are written in 1st or 3rd person point of view
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world. Published in 44 different languages‚ and with over 40 million copies in print as of March 2006‚ The Da Vinci Code written by Dan Brown has captivated everyone‚ and even turned many into conspiracy theorists. As thrilling as the novel may be many‚ many catholics have taken the novel too personally and have attempted to boycott‚ and even ban the book‚ and upcoming film from many counties. In fact it has been banned from Lebanon and Jordan. The Da Vinci Code includes a symboligist‚ Robert Langdon
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created for the purpose of helping individuals communicate. Many people use these networks to talk to their friends in other cities or even other countries. There are many situations that do not allow the use of telephones; this is why social networking is preferable by many. These networks not only allow communication between friends‚ but allow you to meet new people. Similarities and common friends can create new bonds. This allows one ’s social circle to expand. (PC Magazine online 2 says) "If
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Washing Machine- The Helping Hands Laundering clothes manually involves the process of scrubbing and rinsing dry dirty clothes and other textiles. The entire process can be extremely tiring and time consuming. It can also lead to severe backaches for the washers. The electric washing machine has been a boon for housewives and house keepers as they have saved them not only a lot of time and effort from these this cumbersome chore but also contributed to their better health. The main parts of
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George) Wells is one of the most intelligent writers of his time: a true futurist. Obviously‚ I read The Time Machine by H.G. Wells and I would like to say that it was extremely well written and sounds as though it was written fairly recently. It may just sound this way because the human race has not really tried Time Traveling. The theme of The Time Traveler is‚ as I see it: Think about what you are doing before doing it. The Time Traveler should have thought his journey through and taken precautions
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