... speaking. 76 14 . Avoid fancy words. 76 15 . Do not use dialect unless your ear is good. 78 16 . Be clear. 79 17 . Do not inject opinion. 79 18 . Use figures of speech sparingly. 80 19 . Do not ... 8. Avoid the useof qualifiers. 73 9. Do not affect a breezy manner. 73 10 . Use orthodox spelling. 74 11 . Do not explain too much. 75 12 . Do not construct awkward adverbs. 75 13 . Make sure ... gem. Seven rules of usage, eleven principles of composition, a few matters of form, and a list of words and expressions commonly misused — that was the sum and substance of Professor Strunk's...
... above, we chose some segments of theconversation to analyze. Most of dialogues flouted the maxim of relevance and maxim of quantity. According to Thomas (19 95) the maxim of relation is exploited ... (Yule, 19 96). Conversational implicatures have become one of the principal subjects of pragmatics. According to Levinson (19 83:97), the notion of conversational implicature is one of the single ... maxims of relevance are frequently flouted (80, 95%) the highest score. The second frequently flouted are the maxim of quantity (76, 19 %), and then followed by maxim of manner (47, 61% ) and...
... Canada 16 1 J. A. Dyer, X. P. C. Vergé, R. L. Desjardins and B. G. McConkey Chapter 10 Uncertainty Analysis of the Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Energy Renewability of Biofuels 17 9 Joóo ... costs of air pollution and carbon dioxide emissions associated with the transport sector in 19 98 totalled about US $ 14 .5 billion. Environmental Impact of Biofuels 10 Ethanol use ... efficiency of catalytic convertors because of the dilution of Sulphur [ 51] . Ethanol can be used to make ethyl tertiary butyl eather (ETBE), which is less volatile than ethanol and widely used in...
... process 11 3 .1 Heating phase 12 3.2 Cooling down phase 13 3.3 Maturation phase 13 4 The practice of composting 14 4 .1 Organic material 14 4.2 Micro-organisms 16 4.3 Air 16 4.4 Moisture 17 ... 8 .1 How to make liquid manure and plant teas 47 9 Bokashi 50 9 .1 The organic materials 51 9.2 Preparation of bokashi 53 9.3 Applying bokashi 56 10 Your own organic fertilizer 57 10 .1 Advantages ... the back of this book. We hope that many people will make useof the information given. Marg Leijdens, Coordinator Agrodok Publications Wageningen, 19 99. The preparation and useof compost...
... might still be an intelligible form ofEnglish given that communica- in L1 English. tion using it will be in context: where the language used has a fair degree of redictabihty. - ''p j ... The distinction betw'een some form of /r/ and some form of /l/ should however be insisted upon since it is of highAlmost all of what was said in 13 .4. 1 concerning consonants in the previous ... Can be dental or retroflexl. UseOf /a/ in Place of nasal and lateral tense e+ may lose their kt d/ as in Amalgam English (and ildeed in RP). somelosion and in sequtnce: Of Plosives is also allowable....
... moved. all manner of (someone or something) - all types of people or things There were all manner of people at the party. Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com 1 Commonly-Used Idioms, Sayings ... work that the man did on our house was above and beyond what was required. above reproach - to be not deserving of blame or criticism The actions of the police officer were above reproach. ... the point of doing something I was about to leave my house when the phone rang. above all else - most importantly of all Above all else, I plan to go to the Natural History Museum when...