Differences between Mandarin and English Mandarin‚ known by many for being one of the most difficult languages in the world‚ is my mother language. Born in China eighteen years ago‚ I was raised in a Mandarin-speaking environment. Both of my parents have been speaking to me in Mandarin ever since I was a child. Mandarin is the language I usually spoke when I was in China and even in here I speak Mandarin with my Chinese friends. Studying the first language is a slow and natural process which is
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Introduction 3 1 Historical review of British and American English 5 1.1 History of English language 5 1.2 History of American English 9 1.3 American and British have changed and go on changing 11 2 Differences between modern British and modern American English 14 2.1 Lexical difference between American and British English 14 2.2 Grammatical difference between American and British English 18 2.3 Spelling differences between American and British English 24 Conclusion 27 Bibliography 29 Introduction All
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English is known as the international language in the world that make a strong communication between the people of the world‚ which many developing countries attempt to use this language while their native tongue is not English. Speaking English may have some positive and negative effects on those countries which English is not their original language. Although in many countries English is thought as a foreign language in schools and universities‚ some other countries used English as the Medium of
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Identity Essay The concept of identity is influenced by people‚ places and events. In psychology and sociology‚ identity is a person’s conception and expression of their individuality or group affiliations (such as national identity and cultural identity). The concept is given a great deal of attention in social psychology and is important in place identity. Some people’s identity could be formed by what they see from people‚ places and events although some peoples may be from one of them some
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Question 2 Report of Sun flower shop Sun flower shop is a small flower shop at Petaling Street. The shop has got 500 square feet big only. I have got sell many flower such as sun flowers‚ orchid‚ rose‚ lily‚ daisy and etc. Then‚ our shop also has delivery service for customer too. Almost our flower is from Cameron highland but some is imported from oversea. I was started this business since last year December. The beginning of the business is not very good. It is very hard to preserve the
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Crazy What is crazy? Well according to the dictionary it is “when someone is impractical‚ demented‚ insane‚ or totally unsound” but to me it is something different; to me it is well really it is my mother. Not just the things she does but also the look on her face when she does it. The other day‚ my mom asked me to go to the store with her‚ I agreed of course because I did not want her going off on me like she does usually. So we got in the car‚ then she said she left the keys in the house‚ I went
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English & American Literature: An Overview Alfred Renz Dorego. Jacob Jr I ENGMA6 (English and American Literature)‚ BSEd3A Ms. Kris Crismundo October 15‚ 2012 CHAPTER I – INTRODUCTION A. INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPHS Literature is said to be one of the passages of emotions and feelings to the environment – an expression of thoughts‚ opinions and the things they want to aspire and change and to all things a person is sensing. It is also a way to make a passive way of expression
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English as an Official Language In U.S.A “Do we really need another bureaucracy controlling how and what we speak?” ("English Should Not Be the Official Language of the United States." n.d.) I think when the government makes English as an official language‚ people could have a chance to choose what language they want use in their homes. It was surprising to me when I found out that the U.S.A does not have an official language. Although English is many people’s native language‚ it also often used
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SUMMARY HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE CHAPTER 3 : OLD ENGLISH * Old English is a first English language that spoken by Germanic tribes ( Anglo ‚ Saxons ‚ Jutes‚ Frisians ) from 450 S until 1150 S. (The period which full inflection because during most of this period the endings of the noun‚ the verb and the adjective are preserved more or less unimpaired) * Old English has 4 main dialects => Northumbrian ‚ Mercian ‚ West Saxon ‚ Kentish Northumbrian & Mercian are found in the region
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Probe into the Application of English Lexicology Abstract: Lexicology refers to all the words in English language. In this essay‚ I will focus on the practicality of Lexicology and why we English learners should learn it. A good knowledge of morphological structures of English words and rules of word-formation will help learners develop their personal vocabulary and consciously increase their word power. The information of the historical development and the principles of classification will give
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