... most readable, and a marshaling of evidence to show that
the schools have failed to teach the arts of reading and writing.
Our task now is to get further light on how to operate according to ... the buttons and buttonholes on a well-
made coat as a perfect one -to- one relationship. There is a button for every buttonhole,
and a hole for every button. Well, the point is t...
... range began.
When a stock breaks out in
price and also in its Relative Strength vs. other stocks, it is much more
likely to be a true market leader and is more likely to follow through. (See ...
How To Use Volume And Technicals To Improve Reliability
And Profitability Of Breakouts
By Mark Boucher
Investors following a strategy similar to the one I teach
here...
... While trying to decide how to handle
this situation better, I realized that the whole mess was my fault and
I would have to admit I it to my boss.
"I walked into his office, told him that ... recently we had expanded our inventory and
capabilities to enable us to run more than twelve different varieties.
The present system was no longer adequate to pay the op...
... application, you need to know what operators and functions are available
to process them. The goal of this chapter is to explain these operators and func-
tions, and to provide example code to demonstrate ... limited to scalars. You can initialize a vector using smaller vectors, as shown
here:
float2 a_vector = (float2)(1.0, 1.0);
float2 b_vector = (float2)(2.0, 2.0);
float4...
... the trip with Emily and Nancy, and we took her
laptop.
(Whose laptop?)
Correct:
I went on the trip with Emily and Nancy, and we took Nancy’s
laptop.
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Mechanics CHAPTER 4
HOW TO WRITE GREAT ESSAYS
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ADJECTIVES
Adjectives ... punctuation your writing will be more polished and
technically correct, and will convey your voice more directly.
THE APOSTROPHE
Apostrophes (’) a...
... in class today: he had to fly to Houston to present a paper.
My teacher wasn’t in class today. He had to fly to Houston to present a paper.
The first example, with the colon, has the tone that ... spelling and correct any other mechan-
ics mistakes, such as grammar and punctuation.
CHAPTER
Revising, Editing,
and Proofreading
5
5
Revising, Editing, and Proofreading CHAPTER...
... determining how much time you will be given to write,
sample topics, and what readers will be looking for.
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Understand the difference between expository and persuasive essays, and be
able to locate ... basics, such as how long you will have to write the
essay, what the topics might be, and how the essay will be graded, you can begin to prepare
more thoroughly.
UNDERST...