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    book. The redundant songs that it forces on you, to the inexcusable plot holes, it altogether falls deeply into the shadow that the movie creates over it. The overelaborations and the unnecessary details brings the reading to a crawl. The old English words, and sentence structures fill the reader with detest. I believe that the Lord of the Rings trilogy is an out of date book that deserves to be set on a shelf with other literary classics but not be read. The Fellowship of the Ring is truly a classic

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    Do you ever wonder what the longest word in the English language is? You might think “Surely hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the lengthiest word ever!”. Surprise! It actually has 36 letters in it (you can count) and the largest word ever has 52. Because it is so long and intimidating, it will be called “it” as much as possible. Anyway, it is the fear of long words. Which is kind of silly because it is a very large word. Because that is kind of mean, it is also called sesquipedalophobia. Although

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    Where did Cuss Words Originate From? When Johnny was in class one day, he was talking to his friends. One of his friends said, “You should go up to the bully and tell him to fuck off.” The significance of this word is that when someone cusses, it offends another person, even when it doesn’t relate to them. Some curse words are seen as offensive today and some of them didn’t always mean what they mean today. We are going to look at the original meanings and where the words originate from. There

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    Assignment 3 Sargon Nissan English literature English literature is hundreds of years’ old which is full of historical events and creative ideas of human beings that has lived in the certain eras. English literature comprised of drama and poetry. The journey of English literature started with the Anglo-Saxon or in other words old English which currently not in use with the people in the society. Remarkable period of English literature was in queen Elizabeth (1558-1660). English literature plays a major

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    thing. These Christians clearly did not believe that this behavior was for them. Those who said they would convert had to prove themselves. It is possible they were baptized in order to declare their new faith and so Christians really knew that their word was honest and true. This warrior culture later transformed into Christian culture. We also found out we would be reading Beowulf. Dr. Swan instructed us that in order to understand Beowulf, we need to understand and imagine the culture at this time

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    My Oaxaca Journey

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    Throughout my collaboration with the organization, I worked on producing an improved English translation of their official website. This has been the longest document I have ever worked on, totaling 31 pages and just over nine thousand words. While working on such a long document, I have noticed various important technical aspects about the process. I have learned that it can be difficult to maintain the consistency

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    we had passed it at least once. Two peas in a pod, that is what I call Cedes and I, also I would call us the two goofballs in the family. I continue to look up to Cedes. She remains near and dear to my heart, and she always will. Humorous, a word that anyone can use to describe my Aunt Cedes. Every time I greet her at the door she smiles, and when she comes inside she plays with my dog Ivy, it causes me to laugh because Cedes chases Ivy around. Cedes has her ups and downs, but no matter what

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    where I was going, with butterflies coming to take me away from the precious world. Not only have I had dreams that were weird, spontaneous, and hopeful, but I have also had dreams that I have desire to achieve. I am a pole vaulter and for the longest time my goal is to achieve 10

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    East-Midland English

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    A project in theoretical phonetics of English Shcherbakova Natalia, group 01 Contents: 1.Introduction 2.English in East Midlands 1.Vowels 2.Consonants 3.Word Stress 4.Sentence rhythm and intonation 3.Conclusion 4.List of references Introduction East Midlands, general facts The East Midlands, in its broadest sense, is the eastern part of central England (and therefore part of the United Kingdom as well). The East Midlands covers three major landscape areas: The relatively flat coastal

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    new heights in my imagination. At my age many kids say that reading is boring and is for losers. I think it’s cool to read and will continue to read throughout my life. I have read many different types of books from fiction to biographies. The longest book I ever read was a book called Dragon Rider by Cornella Funke. It was five hundred and thirty five pages! When it comes to reading I am a superstar! When I’m reading I am able to get a moral lesson from what I read, so it ends up helping me

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