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velvetpie
on Sep 13, 2017
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Whenever I read, I keep a pencil handy and I underline words that I don't know and dog ear the page so that I can go back and look them up in the dictionary. I have always been interested in etymology and even took Latin for three years. I hope that these words can help all of us in our writings. Be sure to check out your dictionary for additional usages of...
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MungoParkIII
on Sep 1, 2017
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The modern Japanese tanka developed out of ancient forms of Japanese poetry, more specifically the waka form which was a thirty-one syllable poem. This form was so old that according to a myth recorded in Japan's oldest book, Kojiki (The Record of Ancient Matters) a brother of the sun goddess recited a thirty-one syllable poem. The book Kojiki was complete...
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swollenbell
on Sep 16, 2017
Romance
I was in my second year of a joint language and law master's degree at a major US university. The work had kept me busy, and while I'd kept my hand in dating some of my fellow grad students, nothing had seemed to click. Then one day I was sitting down at my favorite street cafe on campus when a cute brunette coed sat down at the table beside me. She was quit...
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velvetpie
on Sep 13, 2017
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Whenever I read, I keep a pencil handy and I underline words that I don’t know and dog ear the page so that I can go back and look them up in the dictionary. I have always been interested in etymology and even took Latin for three years. I hope that these words can help all of us in our writings. Be sure to check out your dictionary for additional usages of...
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velvetpie
on Aug 31, 2017
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Errors occur every day in the manner in which words are used. Let's talk about some of the most common.
COUNCIL / COUNSEL
The word, COUNCIL, is a noun and means a group of people that pass laws, ordinances or other laws or standards. She had to go before the council for them to pass judgment on her or The council will take up the wetlands provisions next w...
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velvetpie
on Sep 15, 2017
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Errors occur every day in the manner in which words are used. Let’s talk about some of the most common.
THEY’RE / THEIR / THEREB
THEY’RE is a contraction, a combination of two words. In this case, the two words are THEY and ARE, a pronoun and a verb. They’re going to the ball game tonight.
THEIR is a pronoun that shows possession. That woman is their moth...
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Frans Tooten
on Sep 16, 2017
Reviews & Essays
The central position in the world and the universe, which man was credited with for so long, has gone now for many years.
Century after century he thought his uniqueness had to do with the mind. This became more difficult to maintain when it showed that mind was a matter of gradation. Animals too make choices and use resources.
The great religions of the w...
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lindiana
on Sep 13, 2017
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English 101 is brought to you by Lindiana, who holds her Bachelor of Science Degree in Secondary Education/English.
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You can use two terms, subject and predicate, to describe most sentences. However, there are other names and functions of important sentence elements at your disposal. We will review those elements.
Subject and Predicate
A sentence consis...
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velvetpie
on Sep 15, 2017
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Errors occur every day in the manner in which words are used. Let's talk about some of the most common.
APPRAISE / APPRISE
APPRAISE is a verb that means to estimate the value of an item or a person. The value doesn't always have to be tangible. Some examples of this are: I need to have my grandmother's jewelry appraised or The appraised value of the land i...
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R. Richard
on Sep 1, 2017
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The words Lay and Lie are verbs that are often used incorrectly. One of the reasons is that there are two Lay verbs. One is the base form of the verb Lay, and the other is the past tense of the verb Lie.
Lay is a transitive verb meaning 'to put or place.' Someone lays something down.
(Note: Lay is also a widely recognized slang verb or noun involved wit...
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