The word “GIRL” Have you ever tried to say the word girl in a different pronunciation? Did people understand when you said it? When I took my first step into the United States‚ my biggest worry was pronunciation. In my entire life‚ this was the first time I took a journey to a different country. Everything was so new to me; white and black faces‚ tall and muscular people. Most of all‚ their eyes attracted my attention. I came to the United States seven years ago. Back then‚ I didn’t fully understand
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1522 Word families: building possibilities... Words often come in families. You can expand your vocabulary by becoming familiar with these word families and this can also enable you to become a more fluent speaker and writer of English. If you know all the possible words within a word family‚ you can express yourself in a wider range of ways. For example‚ if you know the verb and the noun forms related to the adjective boring‚ you can say: • The lesson was boring. • The lesson bored me. • That
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Importance of accountability and appointed place of duty Army Regulation 600-20‚ Chapter 4 Military Discipline and Conduct‚ states; Military discipline is founded upon self-discipline‚ respect for properly constituted authority‚ and the embracing of the professional Army ethic with its supporting individual values. Military discipline will be developed by individual and group training to create a mental attitude resulting in proper conduct and prompt obedience to lawful military authority. Why
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1st Lecture: Finding the Ideal Job Review of the book «What colour is your parachute?» By Barbara Kleppinger You are out of work. You hate your job. You aren’t satisfied with your career. You are looking for your first job. Where do you start? If you are like most Americans‚ you’ll probably send your resume to a lot of companies. You may answer newspaper want ads every Sunday. Or you might go to employment agencies. But experts say you won’t have much luck. People find jobs only 5 to 15 per cent
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WORD CHOICE A writer’s selection of words as determined by a number of factors‚ including meaning (both denotative and connotative)‚ specificity‚ level of diction‚ and tone. "Word choice often determines whether or not you get your message across. Making poor word choices and not writing appropriately for the audience can distract the reader so much that the message you intended to convey is missed." Definition of Slang: An informal nonstandard variety of speech characterized by newly coined
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Three Letter Word William Shakespeare‚ the man who wrote the most famous stories: Romeo and Juliet‚ Macbeth‚ and Hamlet‚ all deal with the theme of love. “Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known?” A quote from Macbeth‚ Act I‚ Scene VI explains what love can do. During this act Macbeth was angered about Duncan’s death. Allowing his anger to take over‚ Macbeth kills the murderers out of respect for Duncan. The situation becomes ironic because Macbeth
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The Connotation and Denotation of the N-Word The word “nigger” has several denotations and connotations. The different emotions and meanings attached are different for each individual. Dictionary.com defines nigger as “a person of any race or origin regarded as contemptible‚ inferior‚ ignorant‚ etc. Slang: a black person” (“Nigger”). The website also states that “the term nigger is now probably the most offensive word in English” (“Nigger”). Nigger as a word has a history‚ a present and it surely
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piece‚ ‘A Word About Words’‚ is perfect material for understanding Politically Correct English (PCE) culture and the implications it has on the very issues that its proponents wish to correct. Alinsky’s argument is that the meanings of words such as power‚ self-interest‚ ego‚ compromise‚ and conflict have been hijacked by a politically illiterate population thereby undermining the process of producing social change. He states‚ “Striving to avoid the force‚ vigor‚ and simplicity of word “power‚”
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people believe the words should be removed for two reasons. The first reason is that the words are unconstitutional. The second reason is that including the words forces certain religious views upon a captive audience. While it seems that the words violate the Constitution‚ and they appear to force particular tenets onto everyone‚ in truth the words do not coerce particular religious views‚ and the words are a part of American culture. The first reason some people claim the words should be removed
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contains a data or relative or absolute references to other cells. Microsoft Word: Microsoft Word gives you everything you can imagine in terms of word processing. Far beyond just as a typewriter-mail‚ Microsoft Word to help manage the spelling and grammar‚ to combine several documents into one‚ and create reports and notes with embedded graphics and other files. May you also be surprised to learn that you can use Word as email editor in Outlook‚ so that the full functionality of a change of type
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