Re: The English Language
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2021 2:40 pm
We certainly helped China to develop. That's gone well.
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It is a conjunction that serves to connect the two sentences. The second sentence confirms that "Iceland is a land of stunning beauty".What does 'And it is' mean in:
Iceland feels like a mystical land of stunning beauty. And it is...
According to David Crystal the principle reason why starting sentences with a conjunction because distasteful was playground banter became a great annoyance. Dropping conjunctions at the start of sentences was one of many minor changes. Crystal claims teachers invoked that change for the wrong reason.John McKenna wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 6:32 pmIt is a conjunction that serves to connect the two sentences. The second sentence confirms that "Iceland is a land of stunning beauty".What does 'And it is' mean in:
Iceland feels like a mystical land of stunning beauty. And it is...
NB: There was a time when school teachers of English in the UK told their pupils not to begin a sentence with a conjunction, but that rule was not followed by writers of English literature.
Nor by the translators who produced the King James Bible.John McKenna wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 6:32 pmThere was a time when school teachers of English in the UK told their pupils not to begin a sentence with a conjunction, but that rule was not followed by writers of English literature.
Looks like you got auto-corrected, MJMcC ("because" ought to be "became", yes?). Even with that emendation, though, I can' t make any sense of Mr (Dr?) Crystal's reported assertion. Just what did playground banter have to do with it?MJMcCready wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 9:50 pmAccording to David Crystal the principle reason why starting sentences with a conjunction because distasteful was playground banter became a great annoyance. Dropping conjunctions at the start of sentences was one of many minor changes. Crystal claims teachers invoked that change for the wrong reason.
MJMcC's witty repartee is known for exeggeration and embellishment...John Clarke wrote: ↑Sat Apr 10, 2021 10:42 amLooks like you got auto-corrected, MJMcC ("because" ought to be "became", yes?). Even with that emendation, though, I can' t make any sense of Mr (Dr?) Crystal's reported assertion. Just what did playground banter have to do with it?MJMcCready wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 9:50 pmAccording to David Crystal the principle reason why starting sentences with a conjunction because distasteful was playground banter became a great annoyance. Dropping conjunctions at the start of sentences was one of many minor changes. Crystal claims teachers invoked that change for the wrong reason.
https://www.onpointcopywriting.co.uk/an ... njunction/... in The Story of English in 100 Words David Crystal points out:
“During the 19th century, some schoolteachers took against the practice of beginning a sentence with a word like “but” or “and”, presumably because they noticed the way young children overused them in their writing...”
Chaperone is quite an old-fashioned word now. It usually implies that the 'chaperone' has a duty to protect a person from being treated improperly and also to provide evidence that nothing improper has happened. So, for example, if a male doctor needs to make an intimate physical examination of a female patient a female nurse might be asked to be present both to ensure that the female patient is treated properly and also to protect the doctor if an unfair allegation against him is made later. Originally unmarried women would often be chaperoned when meeting unmarried men to ensure there was no sexual interference.soheil_hooshdaran wrote: ↑Mon Apr 19, 2021 7:18 pmWhat's the difference between chaperone and accompany in hospital settings, if both are used?
It is the United Nations Human Human Development Index (HDI) that is commonly used to measure countries in terms of development. This includes economic factors such as Gross National Income per capita, but also includes factors related to education and the opportunity to live a long and healthy life (see hdr.undp.org).soheil_hooshdaran wrote: ↑Wed Apr 28, 2021 9:44 amHow do we categorize countries in terms of development?
Is developing the same as underdeveloped?