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Shakespeare would have had a blog

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:24:30 GMT

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In any case, Shakespeare would have loved the internet. (This is something Mark Rylance cleverly suggested in last year's play "The Big Secret Live ‘I Am Shakespeare' Webcam Daytime Chat-Room Show", an ambitious comedy that resurrects the bard using the electric human power of the web.) Our beloved neologising court jester of coinage, Shakespeare invented some 2,000 new and compound words and a host of now-familiar phrases. He was particularly partial to turning nouns into verbs--to cudgel, to champion, to gossip--just as we like to twitter, to spam or to blog (he would surely have gorged himself on Google like a kid in a sweetshop). He created numerous compounds from existing words (farmhouse, bloodsucking); we do the same (homepage, podcasting). The man who first used the falconry term ‘hoodwinked' to describe human trickery might even have enjoyed being rick-rolled.

Modal Verbs or Deduction

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:34:03 GMT

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English Tip of the Day: 74 Present Modal Verbs of Deduction

By Kenneth Beare, About.com

Present Modal Verbs of Deduction

Usage Tip

Use "might / could + verb" for a present modal verb of probability. The other forms include must + verb - almost certain, can't + verb - almost certain in a negative way.

Example Sentences

She can't be at school. I just talked to her on the phone!
Peter might work at that company. I think he just changed jobs.

Gerund vs Infinitive

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:46:33 GMT

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Verbs Followed by the Gerund or the Infinitive

From Kenneth Beare, About.com

Verb + 'ing' OR Verb + Infinitive

When two verbs are used together, the second verb is often in the gerund form (-ing) or the infinitive. There are no specific rules concerning which verbs take which form. Like irregular verbs, you will need to learn which form a verb takes.

Common Verbs + 'ing'

go
enjoy
quit
discuss
mind
can't stand
suggest

Examples:

They go jogging on Saturdays.
I don't mind helping you.
They can't stand driving in traffic jams.

Common Verbs + Infinitive

promise
plan
refuse
want
need
decide
hope

Examples:

I promised to help him.
Alice needs to start that task.
He decided to quit his job.

Prepositions of MovementLesson

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:55:01 GMT

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Preposition Use - in / at / to / nothing - prepositions of place and movement

Use 'in' with static (non-movement) verbs and cities, countries, states, etc.:

stay in the USA
work in New York

Use 'at' with static (non-movement) verbs and places:

at the cinema
at work
at home

Use 'to' with verbs of movement such as go, come, drive, etc.:

go to work
drive to California

IMPORTANT NOTES

The use of ' ' (nothing)

With verbs of movement and the noun 'home' - He went home. - they drove home.
With the verb 'visit' - She visited France last summer.

Pic-lits

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:15:25 GMT

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Bloom's Taxonomy - Questions

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:57:51 GMT

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Knowledge

Comprehension

Useful Verbs	Sample Question Stems	Potential activities and products
tell list describe relate locate write find state name	What happened after...? How many...? Who was it that...? Can you name the...? Describe what happened at...? Who spoke to...? Can you tell why...? Find the meaning of...? What is...? Which is true or false...?	Make a list of the main events.. Make a timeline of events. Make a facts chart. Write a list of any pieces of information you can remember. List all the .... in the story. Make a chart showing... Make an acrostic. Recite a poem.

Application

Analysis

Synthesis

Evaluation

Daily Writing Tips

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:45:03 GMT

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Just ask a friend what is the role of prepositions within sentences, or what are the four moods of verbs, and I am sure that you will see a puzzled look on his face.

Understanding the basic grammar rules is essential for communicating efficiently, but most of us have forgotten those concepts years ago.

the evolution of a

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:45:05 GMT

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The screen is developing its own sentience. If we look away for a moment it will have intuitively deduced the existence of compound verbs and semi-colons and then there'll be no stopping it. Given another couple of weeks it will have developed sufficient language skills to start a squee thread and by Christmas it'll have evolved into Sparacus. Keep a close eye on it and for God's sake, don't blink...

WordNet

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:08:19 GMT

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WordNet® is a large lexical database of English, developed under the direction of George A. Miller. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are grouped into sets of cognitive synonyms (synsets), each expressing a distinct concept. Synsets are interlinked by means of conceptual-semantic and lexical relations. The resulting network of meaningfully related words and concepts can be navigated with the browser. WordNet is also freely and publicly available for download. WordNet's structure makes it a useful tool for computational linguistics and natural language processing.

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Sound advice

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:06:49 GMT

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Rules for dealing with government are simple. Do not get involved in their business, do not play their games, do not volunteer anything, do not agree to anything, do not play with them, or for them. Once you do, your ass is theirs. They own you, with your consent at that.

By the same principle, don't fuck around, don't trespass, don't steal, and don't be a crook. Learn the law VERY carefully, keep a copy of Black's Law Dictionary (I think 6th edition is out now) in several different versions. Look up innocent looking terms and verbs in forms. DO NOT consent to anything period. Sign nothing. Be sure you know what is "your name" and what is what someone may call you. Practice your rights. Yes... all of them. A right practiced doesn't need to be infringed, because you already don't have it.

Never ever trust strangers. Trust people in uniforms even less.

defective verbs

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:36:49 GMT

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In linguistics, a defective verb is a verb with an incomplete conjugation.

The most commonly recognized defective verbs in English are the class of preterite-present verbs — can, may, shall, might, must, and will (which was not historically a preterite-present but has joined the class in modern English).

For example, can lacks an infinitive, future tense, participle, and gerund. The missing parts of speech, however, can be expressed by using the appropriate forms of to be plus able to. So, while I could do it and I was able to do it are equivalent, one cannot say *I will can, *I have canned, or *canning do it, but would still be able to say I will be able to, I have been able to, and being able to do it.

Examples from other languages

French: frire ("to fry", lacks non-compound past forms), éclore ("to hatch", theorically lacks an imperfect, although speakers easily fill it in)

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French Verbs That Take Etre

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:41:42 GMT

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venir	to come	aller	to go
arriver	to arrive	partir	to depart
entrer*	to enter, come into	sortir*	to leave, go out
monter*	to climb, get up onto	descendre*	to get down, go down
rester	to stay	tomber	to fall
retourner	to return, turn back	revenir	to come back
rentrer	to re-enter, return	devenir	to become
naître	to be born	mourir	to die

Learn to speak german with rocket german

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:23:15 GMT

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Tools for creating ideas

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:18:31 GMT

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Mind-mapping: Hierarchical breakdown and exploration.
Modeling: For the artist in everyone.
Morphological Analysis: Forcing combinations of attribute values.
Nominal Group Technique: Getting ideas with minimal personal interaction.
# PSI: Problem + Stimulus = Idea!
Rightbraining: Combine incomplete doodles around the problem.
Role-play: Become other people. Let them solve the problem.
Reversal: Looking at the problem backwards.
Reverse Brainstorming: Seek first to prevent your problem from happening.
SCAMPER: Using action verbs as stimuli.
Six Thinking Hats: Think comfortably in different ways about the problem.
Storyboarding: Creating a visual story to explore or explain.
Contradiction Analysis: Use methods already used in many patents.
Unfolding: Gradually unfolding the real problem from the outside.
# Visioning: Creating a motivating view of the future.
Write streaming: Write and write and write until you unblock.

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Absence Thinking: Think about what is not there.

Art streaming: Keep creating until you get through the blocks.

Assumption Busting: Surfacing and challenging unconscious assumptions.

Attribute Listing: Listing attributes of objects and then challenging them.

Braindrawing: Good for reticent groups.

Brainmapping: Combining brainwriting and mind-mapping.

Brainwriting: Group doodling for non-verbal stimulation.

Breakdown: Careful decomposition to explore the whole system.

Challenge: Challenge any part of the problem.

Crawford Slip Method: Getting ideas from a large audience.

A Day In The Life Of...: Building creative tension from contextualized situations.

Delphi Method: Explore ideas or gain consensus with remote group.

Doodling: Let your subconscious do the drawing.

Essence: Looking elsewhere whilst retaining essential qualities.

Forced Conflict: Using conflict to stimulate the subconscious.

How-How Diagram: Break down problem by asking 'how'.

When Using Gestures, Rules Of Grammar Remain The Same

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:52:50 GMT

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ScienceDaily (July 7, 2008) — The mind apparently has a consistent way of ordering an event that defies the order in which subjects, verbs, and objects typically appear in languages, according to research at the University of Chicago.

"Not surprisingly, speakers of different languages describe events using the word orders prescribed by their language. The surprise is that when the same speakers are asked to 'speak' with their hands and not their mouths, they ignore these orders -- they all use exactly the same order when they gesture," said Susan Goldin-Meadow, lead author of a new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Clipmarks | Verbs Clips

Shakespeare would have had a blog

Modal Verbs or Deduction

English Tip of the Day: 74 Present Modal Verbs of Deduction

Gerund vs Infinitive

Verbs Followed by the Gerund or the Infinitive

Prepositions of MovementLesson

Preposition Use - in / at / to / nothing - prepositions of place and movement

Pic-lits

Bloom's Taxonomy - Questions

Knowledge

Comprehension

Application

Analysis

Synthesis

Evaluation

Daily Writing Tips

the evolution of a

WordNet

Sound advice

defective verbs

French Verbs That Take Etre

Learn to speak german with rocket german

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Tools for creating ideas

When Using Gestures, Rules Of Grammar Remain The Same

... Und all das
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Möchtest auch du
in weniger als 8 Wochen
fliessend Deutsch sprechen??

Here's What You Will Receive In Your Rocket German Package...

Component #1:
Learn to Speak Fluently with my 31 Interactive Audio Lessons

Component #2:
Find out how easy German is with my 31 Grammar Lessons

Component #3:
Remember tons of words with my fun MegaVocab Software Game

Component #4:
Understand spoken German easily with my MegaAudio Software Game

Component #5:
Learning Verbs is easy with my MegaVerbs Software Game

Component #6:
Have your own German teacher, virtually "on call" 24 hours a day!