Tag: english
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October 21, 2007 10:18 AM EDT --
Discuss the process of self-discovery in poetry .... there's a wide open essay question, eh?
I actually have specific poets to address (Frost & Yeats).... but my first step, I think, is trying . . . more
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August 28, 2007 11:49 PM EDT --
Having taught English for too many years, I wonder if anyone remembers what they had to endure in class....
I liked the Great Gatsby....
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September 24, 2007 10:15 AM EDT --
I'm curious - taking American Literature this semester .... and I think that of the available essay topics, I am leaning towards the one re: Ben Franklin, and how he controls his image .... i.e. what . . . more
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November 04, 2007 09:48 AM EST --
...that's what I need!
so many things I could - should - be doing....
and I am trying.
But I seem to have lost any real sense of focus; feels as though I am spinning my wheels . . . more
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November 07, 2007 08:18 AM EST --
....I can be such a moron!
Don't tell Ross I said that; I get in major trouble for making such disparaging remarks about myself. About anyone else is okay, but not about myself.
Anyway - I am . . . more
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March 01, 2008 01:52 PM EST --
How is it possible that I managed to find someone that would be willing to support me in whatever I want to do - even to the extent of picking up and moving wherever I want - and paying - for me to go . . . more
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June 09, 2008 08:55 PM EDT --
How much I miss the English language.
For years I lived in a country in which
English was my private world
Where I taught my children the language of my youth
Where I laughed at the jokes that . . . more
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September 26, 2007 03:24 PM EDT --
I am frustrated beyond belief.
He's changed the subjects on today's ~quiz~ ....so I've wasted time on things that are not even on it....
and not only that, but there are only 10 multiple . . . more
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October 13, 2007 12:20 PM EDT --
I'm here.... starting to get down to work on Ben essay - but while I'm doing that, if anyone feels like stopping by to chat... I do believe I am going into withdrawal! :(
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November 11, 2007 11:49 AM EST --
I've been SO boring. I've been writing libraries because I decided all the libraries of the English speaking parts of the entire world should have HOLLYWOOD SINNERS on hand for those . . . more
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June 03, 2007 03:31 AM EDT --
For all of you Gatherites who get irked when someone, who may be writing an interesting or thought- provoking article or comment, uses sloppy grammar, improper capitalization or punctuation or a slang . . . more
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April 21, 2006 10:57 PM EDT --
...and not all of them well!
Two things have happened to me in the past week that I have decided to post about. They are both about the English language. I am in America, and I have traveled to many foreign . . . more
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October 01, 2007 09:57 PM EDT --
Should America Have English as It's Official Language or Both English and Spanish?
Why or why not?
CNN took a poll on this issue. Seventy-four percent . . . more
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October 19, 2007 05:51 PM EDT --
No... I wouldn't.... not ever. I may get frustrated writing them ... but can't imagine handing in someone else's work as mine. The very idea!
I am amazed at the recent proliferation . . . more
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November 13, 2007 05:46 PM EST --
yeah, yeah.... it's homework again, sorry ... but if you do have teens, and you - or they - wouldn't mind - I have questions ....
Would like to be able to use quotes if appropriate (in . . . more
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November 13, 2007 02:17 AM EST --
.... you were a teenager?
What was your favourite book?
Was there a character in the book that stands out in your memory? Why, d'ya think?
Was there ever a book that you read that changed . . . more
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November 27, 2007 12:28 PM EST --
My cousin forwarded me an email listing 33 Senators that voted against having English as our official language. I am copying it below for you to read! To me this is mind boggling. I'm tired of self . . . more
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January 25, 2008 08:46 AM EST --
I watch a lot of television - too much in fact. I watch so much that I often find myself talking back to the TV set. Mainly what I say - shout to be exact - is to correct the atrocious use . . . more
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August 02, 2008 08:50 PM EDT --
What is the dominant accent in the United States? (Most TV
Newscasters use it).
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August 17, 2008 06:50 PM EDT --
I don't know about you, but I get totally irate when I make a call and hear...
"PRESS ONE FOR ENGLISH."
Why the hell do I have to press one for English? This is the USA and the official . . . more
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