Do you think criminals are going to register their firearms? The law-abiding citizens‚ the people doing the right thing will and you’ll see more crime than before! Look at Washington DC and Chicago; both imposed strict gun laws and crime skyrocketed. Criminals will always get guns. If you make it harder for the law abiding citizens to get guns‚ you leave them defenseless. America was founded on freedom and liberty. I’m against any law that takes those away. I don’t really live closed to a police station
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and that language is English” (Theodore Roosevelt). In the United States alone‚ there are 325 languages spoken nationwide. English should be made the official language of the United States because it will knock down these language barriers and immigrants will be more likely to prosper in this nation‚ even though the costs may be quite high. Long before‚ our Founding Fathers did not find it necessary to create an official language. With almost everybody already speaking English‚ the topic didn’t prove
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thousand five hundred million people worldwide speak English‚ of whom three hundred seventy five million are native speakers (McKay 2016). Therefore‚ English language is now considered as an international language‚ and it is often taught as a foreign language accompanied by teaching both American and British Cultural studies. Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)‚ in simple words‚ means the teaching of English language in a non-English-speaking region. Education in American and British cultures
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Not being able to choose who you are and what you do with your life is very difficult. In the story Two Kinds‚ a little girl named Ni Kan has to go through a tough childhood with a very controlling mother. Her mother demands her to be nothing but famous when she grows up. Ni Kan at first loved the thought of her being famous. But after a lot of tests her mother gave her and training‚ she got sick of it. The tests got a lot harder the more she did. “The tests got harder‚ multiplying numbers in my
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gunman‚ were killed when Pekka-Eric Auvinen‚ 18‚ went on a shooting spree at his local school. Until now‚ Finland has actively resisted plans for all European Union member states to limit gun ownership to persons aged 18 and over. Currently‚ the law stipulates that Finns may apply for a gun permit at age 15. However‚ Anne Holmlund‚ Finnish interior minister‚ told reporters today that "Finland has changed its position to the EU firearms directive." Holmlund told the press that the intention is
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November 4th‚2011 Should English be made the Official language of the U.S? People in the last two decades have been divided on the issue of whether the official language of the United States should be English. Although making English an official language would alleviate some problems ‚ its disadvantages clearly outweigh its advantages. The linguistic diversity‚ tradition and culture immigrants bring to this country enrich the United States. This is why English should not be the official language
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” and “cyberbullying” should be added to the Oxford English Dictionary. By adding new words like these and others‚ the dictionary is progressive and up to date. The new words also prove how social media and the internet have impacted the English language. Also‚ the recently added words present how the dictionary is applicable to all ages by adding commonly used words. To be sure‚ new words like “retweet‚” “sexting‚” and “cyberbullying” should be added to the Oxford English Dictionary. Adding new
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Should We Be Allowed to Break the Law? Every country around the world as well as every community within its given country has laws‚ but what exactly are laws? According to the Oxford Dictionary a law is‚ “the system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties‚” (Oxford‚ 2013). Keeping the definition in mind it is undoubtedly obvious that laws are created with a purpose behind them. That
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where everyone fluently speaks Spanish. As one walks into the room‚ one might feel intimidated‚ lost‚ confused‚ or worried. Walking into a room full of one’s classmates‚ not speaking the language everyone was taught in English class can be frightening. In my opinion‚ English should be the national language because all can learn the same language if one is committed to practicing‚ one is fully educated properly‚ and one is fully discipline. What does it mean to be committed to a language? Speaking
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Should the world RELY on English as a lingua franca? Pierre Frath CIRLEP‚ Department of English‚ Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (France) pierre.frath@univ-reims.fr ABSTRACT English has become a global lingua franca‚ a unique linguistic situation in world history. As there is no discernible coercion‚ it seems the world has freely chosen English and yet if for example we look at European linguistic policies‚ the
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