the basics of english writing
Ideas Into Words Mastering The Craft Of Science Writing
... calculated all kinds of things with this theory. The firstthing I calculated was the rate of disintegration of the muon and the neutron. They should be connected to-gether, if this theory was right, ... is available from the British Library.would go no further—“30 percent; we cannot say morethan 30 percent”—till they were sure I had the message.Then they would shut the of ce door. “But let ... going to be all of them, or al-most all. This is going to be awful!—an old-fashioned epi-demic like none of us has ever seen!” The better the scien-tist, the larger the scruple and the more he...
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The future of English
... the futuredevelopment of English in the world is the ‘outer circle’ of thosewho speak it as a second language. English often plays a specialrole in their lives and the fate of English in the ... domains of English Will the growth of the Internet help maintain the global influence of English? p. 50What effect will changingpatterns of trade have on the use of English? p. 33 English ... a professional interest in the development of English worldwide. The Future of English? takes stock of the present, apparently unassailable, position of English in the world and asks whether...
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The future of English 2
... the futuredevelopment of English in the world is the ‘outer circle’ of thosewho speak it as a second language. English often plays a specialrole in their lives and the fate of English in the ... Although the structural properties of English have not hindered the spread of English, the spread of the language globally cannot beattributed to intrinsic linguistic qualities.2 The spread of English There ... future for global English. One of the unanticipated achievements of the twenty firstcentury was the rapid diffusion of Basic English as the lingua franca of the world and the even more rapid...
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The Funbook of Creative Writing
... Publications31FUNbook of CREATIVE WRITINGABOUT THE BOOKBelow are suggestions for expanded use of the FUNbook ofFUNbook of FUNbook ofFUNbook of FUNbook of Creative WritingCreative Writing Creative WritingCreative ... students love to read them aloud and even come up with their ownideas. The FUNbook of Creative Writing can be used with large or small groups. Write one of the story starters on the board before ... Fun Folder of Creative Writing. SUGGESTIONS The attention-getting, humorous story starters in this bookwill surely spark the imagination of the most reluctant story writer. The antics of characters...
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THE ORIGIN OF ENGLISH
... unseen.Beowuef (printed in the modern alphabet) The history of English begins a little after A.D. 600. English is a Germanic Language of the Indo –European FamilyIndo – European English French Latin ... –gelid, there forge –steam Under naessas genipap, neither gaited Flod under foldan.Modern English Lonely and waste is the land they inhabit, Wolf –cliffs wild and windy headlands, Ledges of ... Modern English A Clerk that is an Oxford scholar – whoLooked hollow to his bones, and threadbare, too. •Modern English (1500-now) :the change was the elimination of a vowel sound and the Great...
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Basics of english phonetic
... other, smoothConsonantsship, sure, national Vowelskit, bid, hymn, minute VowelsSquarefair, variousVowelsfoot, good, put•Radiate•Influence•SituationConsonantsfat, coffee,...
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The grammar of english grammars
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Mastering the craft of science writing part 17
... fer-tilize and weed. There is work to be done. But the work paysoff biggest when the plants are right for the soil and micro-climate of the particular garden.Is there some subject or writing style ... trigger their adrenaline. So they oftenthrive as staff, goaded on by the rest of the group (not tomention the boss). Gregarious types may not need goad-ing but wilt in a life that leaves them ... splitting.i. Writing was not for enjoying.After schooling like that, it’s no wonder that many of us tenseup when we sit down to write. But fortunately, the How of writing is not the heart of the matter,...
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The future of English - David Graddol
... domains of English Will the growth of the Internet help maintain the global influence of English? p. 50What effect will changingpatterns of trade have on the use of English? p. 33 The global ... although the worldposition of French has been in undoubted rapid decline English in the 20th century8 The Future of English? The story of English in the 20th century has been closely linked to the ... future for global English. One of the unanticipated achievements of the twenty firstcentury was the rapid diffusion of Basic English as the lingua franca of the world and the even more rapid...
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Mastering the craft of science writing part 4
... off by 7 percent.”Then I remember the 9 percent. It was like a predictionfor me: I went home and got this theory that says the neu-tron decay should be off by 9 percent, and they tell me the next ... “un-sure,” even when they are sure (in the ordinary sense), becausetheir idea of truth is so lofty. Also, they feel responsible notto scare the public.I well remember from the early 1980s not ... part, the best scientists agree on the currentbest theory, which they recognize because, well, it fits. It an-swers the most questions with the greatest precision and the fewest loose ends. There’s...
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The Practice of English Language Teaching
... skills in their own languages. Then our task will be twofold: to givethem confidence in English and to equip them with hitherto unknownskills in either their own mother tongue or English. At ... than they were when the first edition of this book waswritten.Despite all these additions and changes, however, the structure of The Practice of English Language Teaching remains essentially the ... language because they are attracted to the culture of one of the TLCs (see (c) above). They learn the language becausethey want to know more about the people who speak it, the places where itis...
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Tài liệu Mastering the craft of science writing part 1 pdf
... past the point where I paid it any mind. So I sat and waitedwhile she finished.Finally, she pulled out the page, gathered it togetherwith one or two others and, still not looking up, passedthem ... did—no knitted brows, just the blank screen of her face, the outside world absent. For a moment, the room lay still. Until, abruptly: “Oh, yes,ForewordFor my father,who would have been so ... blank©2003 The Johns Hopkins University PressForeword © 2003 Robert KanigelAll rights reserved. Published 2003Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper987654321 The Johns...
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Tài liệu Mastering the craft of science writing part 2 pdf
... interest in it.Science writers and editors needn’t start off knowingmuch science. Some of the best of them do, but some of the best of them don’t. They must, though, be able to learn sci-ence, be ... and shake off the high intimidation quotient of adense, jargon-laden article in the Proceedings of the National Acad-emy of Sciences. Elise was a member of this breed; she was an English major ... one way or the other, sitting beside her at her desk, the manuscript on the sliding desk tray between us, I learned.I can attest to the wisdom of the writerly injunctionsyou’ll find in these pages...
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