Outside the Box of Bad Clichés‚” Gregory Pence presents frustration with all the clichés and expressions he encounters grading essays in his job as a college professor. His concern is that clichés are an obstacle to clear thinking and writing. In the same way‚ people are so accustomed to thinking like everybody else‚ they are afraid to explore the possibilities of their own mind. In this article‚ Pence argues that sloppy writing leads to sloppy thinking‚ specifically when we use clichés. He uses many examples
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What Is a Cliché? A cliché can be two things. It can be an overused expression‚ something that is said a lot that has become some common‚ it no longer really has any relevance or is even noticed in convrsation. Phrases such as “to this day” or “next thing I knew” are examples of such a cliche‚ and you often say these phrases without noticing you are doing so. A cliché can also refer to an idea that has come to have special meaning different form its literal meaning. For example‚ the phrases “sweaty
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documentclass12ptarticle begindocument pagestyleempty begincenter Huge bf Statement of Purpose endcenter hline vspace0.6cm noindent I am a final year student of the four year Bachelor of Technology program at the Indian Institute of Technology‚ Bombay. I will be graduating in June 1996 with a degree in Computer Science and Engineering. I am applying for admission and financial aid to the Ph.D. program in Computer Science at Brown University. Detailed information about my academic
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Eliminating medical abbreviations would reduce errors because many abbreviations are very similar and therefore people get confused between them. If abbreviations were eliminated it would make it very difficult on medical professionals who would have to write out very lengthy medical terms. That’s why many organizations are developing written policies stating which abbreviations should not be used and medical professionals are trained to write legible when using other abbreviations. Written policies
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Eliminating the SATS Sydney Muntone Warren Hills High School Abstract The SAT’s: the dreaded test that’s supposed to determine the future of a nervous‚ impressionable high school student. The much-anticipated test has no place in our society anymore‚ though. The SAT is a terrible‚ overstressed measurement for college admission and it is totally ineffective in actually analyzing the students themselves. Scrapping this test from the college admission process is crucial
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Eliminating Barriers within Communities of the United States Healthcare access is the ability for an individual to obtain needed medical services. This is important in order to attain health equity and to increase everyone’s quality of life (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services‚ 2014). Unfortunately‚ many people in the U.S have no health insurance and due to this lack health care access. In 2012 15.4% of Americans lack health insurance (Pear‚ 2013). Among the many without health insurance
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How effective would eliminating lockers really be? I oppose the idea of eliminating lockers and and replacing them with benches‚ bulletin boards‚ and charging stations because I feel that even though this could solve problems such as safety‚ noise‚ and tardiness‚ it could possibly create more issues for students. How you may ask? First of all I feel as if lockers are a must have in middle school. I mean where else would we store our supplies? In middle school‚ students usually have around 7 or 8
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Alan Holmes Jr. Ms. Maureen Cunningham ENG 090‚ 4501 26 January 2011 What is expression? When I sit back and actually think about all the things that people do to express their thoughts‚ feelings‚ and beliefs‚ it really amazes me at the things people will do. It all starts when you are a young kid and you just have to tell everyone how you feel or what you saw. When you are young you will say exactly what is on your mind even if it is not in the best interest of others. Even though it seems
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expressions The Expressions Company began in 1988 as The Expressions Card and Stationery Shop‚ offering greeting cards and other paper products exclusively distributed by Sterling Paper. Two decades later‚ The Expressions store has grown to over 40 branches nationwide and has expanded its merchandise to include complete lines of school and office supplies‚ gift and novelty items‚ computer supplies and reading materials‚ living up to its current positioning as "Your affordable school and office
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The Changes of Expression In this paper i will discuss the way expression has changed from the way it was in prehistoric times to the present time. The three items that have evolved are non verbal communication‚ speech‚ and the writting format. First of all non verbal comminunication the has evolved by simple movements to sign language. what is non verbal communication? The sending and receiving of messages thru movements of the body‚ postures and expressions of the face. Example the shking
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