Phrases

Rugg approaches the authenticity of the Voynich manuscript with something of the perspective that it is all a hoax. Wordiness Passive voice Misplaced modifier Stylistic inconsistency Question 14 What word or phrase best characterizes the problem affecting the following passage? Conaster goes on to discuss the famous ill-fated excursion by Adolph Ruth that ended six months later with the discovery of Ruth’s decapitated head. Tense error Usage error Spelling error Apostrophe error Question 15 What word or phrase best characterizes the problem affecting the following passage? With the help of Gary Urton, the men realized that the points of the figures drawn in the earth were specific to certain latitude and longitude degrees. Urton was Aveni’s colleague at Colgate University. Aveni concludes that the lines must have been meant for walking in rituals used to obtain water. Run-on Redundancy Choppy sentences Incoherent sequencing Question 16 What word or phrase best characterizes the problem affecting the following…

Student ID: 1330882 Paper 1: Russell and Strawson Introduction In this paper, I will compare and contrast Russell’s and Strawson’s accounts on definite descriptions, which are phrases of the form “the X” and denote some object. I will first reconstruct Russell’s account, which argues that that all definite descriptions are in reality a series of propositional statements and claims. I will then reconstruct Strawson’s account and claim that Russell’s account is flawed because it focuses…

1. Introduction This paper presents a sentence to analyze how constituents function and the four test that can be used to prove the constituent. Linguist consider a constituent to be a structural unit made of a word or words that create the sentence and other phrases as well. In (1) the sentence that is analyzed and the constituents that are going to be tested are presented. Branches are used to show the boundaries that form the constituents. 1. Sentence and Constituents a. He might have been…

About two years ago, the feminine care product company, Always, came out with a commercial that supported women. The commercial is named #LikeAGirl. This commercial brings to the light the way girls are viewed in this society. The commercial particularly targets the phrase, “like a girl” that is normally used as an insult in today’s society. #LikeAGirl shows several girls and some boys being questioned about the phrase “like a girl”. #LikeAGirl clearly shows how a girl’s self-esteem diminishes…

Kate Chopin’s, “The Storm” begins with a storm rolling in around New Orleans, Louisiana. Calixta, seeing the storm coming, steps outside to take her husband and sons clothes off the clothesline and encounters her previous lover, Alcee, whom she invites in her home out of the elements. After she voiced her concern for her husband and son during the storm, lightening frightened Calixta, and she shared her fear of the house being hit by lightning, Alcee held her for comfort. They spoke of past…

constructed at infinite cost to themselves these Maginot Lines against this enemy they thought they saw across the frontier, this enemy who never attacked that way--if he ever attacked at all; if he was indeed the enemy” (204). The inclusion of commas to disconnect “all except Phineas” indicate that only Phineas does not see and thus, creates evil in the world. Because of his innocence, Phineas is also the only one who does not prepare for this “enemy” for he is unable to see one. A longer, more…

In an effort to keep things succinct, we’ll focus on three: Option 1: Repetition Authors use repetition of ideas and objects to form symbolism. They bring the idea or object up multiple times in multiple scenarios to show it’s far-reaching implications on the story. Examples might include the Mockingjay pin and President Snow’s white rose in The Hunger Games series (I think both are in all three books), the red rose in Beauty and the Beast, the clothing colors in Divergent and the Bliss in The…

Banished words are words or phrases that can be misinterpreted, misused, overused, or otherwise deemed useless. Every year Lake Superior States University releases a list of banished words. These words come from a variety of sources across the entire country. These banished word nominations are sent in and a committee makes their decision of which words make the cut before the end of each year. Inspired by words on the Banished Word List, our team was tasked to come up with 10 words which we…

Phrases such as “however cultivated,”(84) [E: quote] and “I acquiesced in the reservation,”(70-71)[E: quote] make the writer sound highly educated. This almost pushes the audience into fall into the depths of his language like divers swimming deep in the ocean. [D: Simile] In the same way, the phrase “The general principle is entirely clear. There is no great difficulty in carrying it out in its detail”(28-30) [E: Quote] helps persuade the audience into the writer's ideology in a sense that…

When preposition on occur before a specific date or day of the week ( related to time ), it is removed or omitted from the sentence in USEng. E.g. USEng : The new store will open Feb. 1st EngEng: The new store will open on Feb. 1st 2.Before temporal nouns indicating repetition or habitual action, the preposition may be omitted in USEng (the nouns must become plural if deletion occurs): USEng :He works days and studies nights EngEng: He works…