English Grammar in Conversation Geoffrey Leech DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS AND MODERN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LANCASTER UNIVERSITY‚ LANCASTER LA1 4YT‚ UK A thorough description of spoken English grammar is felt to be overdue. After all‚ spoken language has largely been neglected by grammatical tradition; the word grammar itself descends from the classical Greek word for writing. The grammarian ’s bias towards the written language remains strong today‚ and is reflected in such terminology as ’left
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Difficult Conversations Good communication is very important in daily life as well as in a business setting. Difficult Conversations talks about why some conversations are difficult‚ why people avoid having these conversations‚ and why people do poorly in them. The book is full of techniques for handling these discussions in an effective away. Difficult conversations can be anything from salaries/raises to complaining to a neighbor about their loud parties at night. Most of the time‚ people don’t
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It is easy to say - “conserve water” and lately‚ everyone seems to be saying it! We had several NGOs disturbing us by distributing pamphlets about conserving water. Aiming that crumpled pamphlet to the waste basket‚ I used to wonder “Why are they wasting paper in the name of saving water?” After hearing NGOs blaming the government‚ I had resigned to the notion that “water conservation” is an issue that the government should take care of. It looked like the world is conspiring to make me feel guilty
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Dinner is as simple as it gets‚ yet it’s a great opportunity to get to know people. Three people I would invite to dinner are Daredevil‚ Coach Bob‚ and my grandfather. Daredevil is my favorite superhero and he represents the idea of never conceding. Coach Bob is a motivational person who is easy to talk to. My grandfather is funny and always has something interesting to say. Having this dinner would be a great experience and I wish it could actually happen. To begin with‚ I would invite Daredevil
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Receptionist: Hotel Serusa here. Good morning. Can I help you? You : Yes‚ please. I would like to book two double rooms for three days. Receptionist: When do you need the rooms? You : I would like to reserve the rooms from 12 May to 14 May. Receptionist: Could you please hold on for a minute? I’ll have to check the reservations first. You : Yes‚ of course. Receptionist: Let me see. Yes‚ you are in luck. There are two rooms available. What name shall
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Three Differences Between Taiwan and the U.S. It is always possible to find some differences and similarities between two countries. There are so many aspects one can compare like topography‚ culture‚ education‚ language‚ economy‚ government and so on. Taiwan and the U.S. have three interesting differences: topography‚ culture and education. First of all‚ the topography of Taiwan island and American mainland is totally different. Because of this reason‚ the weather and the common transport modes
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Cather’s views on the three philosophies of life help people understand the story in many different ways. Each character portrays a different philosophy. Some with Realism. Others with Romantic or Naturalistic. Cather used all three and did a great job explaining and working them all in the book. Throughout the book it kept it interesting. Although‚ Cather had all three philosophies in her book the Naturalistic point of view stood out the most. Naturalistic in philosophy means an idea or belief
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Verbal‚ situational and dramatic‚ three types of irony‚ are commonly used by authors in their literary works to grab the attention of the readers. Verbal irony refers to when a character says something contradictory to what he means‚ situational irony is when the audience believes something will happen but a different scenario occurs‚ and dramatic irony is when the audience knows what is happening but the characters do not. In the short story “The Mark of the Beast‚” the author‚ Rudyard Kipling‚
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Alpha Corporation I) For each of the years on the Statement of Cash Flows: Year 1989 1. Major sources of cash = Long-‐term debt and short-‐term debt. Major use of cash = Investment in depreciable assets. 2. Cash flow from operation was greater than net income as the firm
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The study of meaning in conversation Professor: Liliana Coposescu Student: Adina Pantazi LMA-F-E‚ 3rd year Brasov 2013 The study of meaning in conversation Abstract In this paper prepared for the pragmatic course‚ it is proposed to make an analysis of the Grice’s Cooperative Principle‚ turn taking mechanism and insertion sequences focused on a transcript from series House MD and to observe how the participants of the conversation react and respond from these
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