Biosig: The Reasonably Certain Standard Introduction In Nautilus v. Biosig Instruments‚ the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Federal Court’s “insolubly ambiguous” standard for finding indefiniteness under 35 U.S.C.A 112. Under that standard‚ a claim is indefinite if it is “insolubly ambiguous” and “not amendable to construction”. The Court in its place articulated a new standard under which a “patent is invalid for indefiniteness if its claims‚ read in light of the specification delineating the patent‚ and
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PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES • contain a preposition and a noun or pronoun called the object of the preposition. Examples: PREP OBJ OF PRE on the freshly pressed white jacket PREP OBJ OF PREP OBJ OF PREP beside the driftwood and seaweed COMMON TYPES OF PHRASES Prepositional phrases modify adjectives or adverbs and are called either adjective phrases or adverb phrases. Adjective phrase is a prepositional phrase that modifies a noun or pronoun by telling what kind or which one. Examples: For Tom‚
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the end). In the first four lines‚ only a third person plural pronoun ‘they’ is found within this few lines. This feature suggests that‚ perhaps‚ the speaker was not involved in the war. He acted as an outsider to describe the war. Word choices including ’fight’‚ ’soldiers’‚ ’die’ and ’battlefield’‚ have a reference to war. Then‚ from the fifth line to the eighth line‚ it begins to have the use of first person singular pronouns. A use of ’I’ and ’you’‚ which refer to the speaker and his friend
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COMPOUND PERSONAL PRONOUNS: NOTES: 1. Reflexive pronouns act as the object of the verb‚ but they reflect the action back to the subject. These pronouns will always be the same person or thing as the subject. Ex. She blamed herself for the mishap. He hurt himself yesterday. 2. Intensive pronouns simply add force or emphasis to a noun or pronoun that is already in the sentence. Ex. You yourself wrote those words. I prepared the meal myself. EXERCISES: Tell whether the underlined
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“Facebook Multiples Genders but Offers Users the Same Three Tired Pronouns. “They Say/ I Say.” Ed. Gerald Graff‚ et al. New York: Norton‚ 2015. 721-724. Print. In the essay “Facebook Multiplies Genders but Offers Users the Same Three Tired Pronouns”‚ Dennis Baron talks about the issues regarding Facebook’s gender identification features. The point of this article is to talk about the fact that Facebook has
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his speech ‘The Gettysburg Address’‚ these techniques help engage the audience into what is being asked from them. These language techniques are: Positive and Negative Connotation‚ Personal Pronouns and Repetition. These demonstrate the Rhetorical Triangle: Pathos‚ Ethos and Logos. A variety of personal Pronouns are used in Abraham Lincoln’s speech‚ ‘The Gettysburg Address’. Lincoln often uses the words ‘we’ and ‘us’‚ this refers to the war period they are in together and the actions they should be
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Noun Pronoun A noun is a person‚ place‚ thing or idea. Person girl boy teacher Place school home store Thing pencil jacket dog Idea courage love boredom Verb A pronoun is used in place of a noun in a sentence. It may take the place of a person‚ place‚ thing or idea. I it you we Adjective she they he me A verb can tell the action someone or something is doing. A verb can also express state of being. Action run jump sit ask think talk
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his ability. Subsequently both leaders had a lot to gain‚ or lose‚ from the party conference. Therefore I chose to study these speeches in order to judge political rhetoric and grammatical features used. I will look at things such as repetition‚ pronouns‚ metaphors and rhetorical questions as well as comparing the study to other language and power theories. Alan Finlayson of East Anglia University‚ theorized on the language used in political speeches and the use of rhetoric is a strong constant
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I. ENGLISH LANGUAGE HISTORY The history of the English language really started with the arrival of three Germanic tribes who invaded Britain during the 5th century AD. These tribes‚ the Angles‚ the Saxons and the Jutes‚ crossed the North Sea from what today is Denmark and northern Germany. At that time the inhabitants of Britain spoke a Celtic language. But most of the Celtic speakers were pushed west and north by the invaders - mainly into what is now Wales‚ Scotland and Ireland. The Angles came
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language. This allows the reader to think perspicuously. One thing that stood out in Charles Simic’s “Butcher Shop” was his usage of similes‚ imagery‚ and shift of pronouns. Stanzas one and three exemplify the general theme of darkness‚ while stanza two creates a gruesome image; finally‚ the last stanza alters in the usage of pronouns. Written in free verse form‚ his four‚ four line stanzas are introduced by an average‚ simple title which hold explicative meanings throughout the poem. It is exemplified
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