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Tag Archives: discourse
Letter to the Editor
[contains profanity] An outraged writer publishes his complaints about the omission of a crucial word from his prose.
ARE MEN BORING?
ARE MEN BORING?: “‘For males’, she writes, ‘conversation is the way you negotiate your status in the group and keep people from pushing you around; you use talk to preserve your independence. Females, on the other hand, use conversation to … Continue reading
Seed: “So”
Seed: “So”“so” is an adverb with many senses. “So, where you been?” “I am so busted.” “So what?” Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster, 2002. http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com (24 Apr. 2008). It serves also as a rhetorical operator … [argument, argument … Continue reading