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The Effect Of Technology On English
1,247 wordsTechnology has always had a hand in the shaping of languages. From the time cavemen formed tools to draw pictures to the internet age, technology has changed the way we write and speak. With the spread of the internet age we have seen many changes in English in the last few years. The English language will continue to evolve and spread with our increased dependence on these new technologies. The December 31, 1999 issue of the Economist wrote The birth of the computer and its American operating s...
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Aluminium Versus Aluminum Why A Difference In Spelling
504 wordsThe metal was named by the English chemist Sir Humphry Davy, even though he was unable to isolate it: that took another two decades work by others. He derived the name from the mineral called alumina, which itself had only been named in English by the chemist Joseph Black in 1790. Black took it from the French, who had based it on alum, a white mineral that had been used since ancient times for dyeing and tanning, among other things. Chemically, this is potassium aluminium sulphate (a name which...
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Second Language Native Language
890 wordsEnglish Phonetic Interference In The Spelling Of English Phonetic Interference In The Spelling Of Emigre Russians It is unusual and perhaps impossible for an emigre s native language to remain unaffected after living abroad for several years. Phonetic and spelling rules that may have been drilled into their minds in childhood quickly disappear while the emigre struggles to master the language of their new home. Almost all people claim to read in their second language more proficiently than they ...
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