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The

Nut

s&

Bol

tsof

Col

lege

Wri

ting

Mic

hael

Har

vey

Hac

kett

Publ

ishi

ngC

ompa

ny,

Inc.

Indi

anap

olis

/Cam

brid

ge

The

rew

asa

soci

olog

ist

who

had

wri

tten

apa

per

for

usal

lto

read

—so

me-

Co

iite

nts

thin

ghe

had

wri

tten

ahea

dof

time.

Ist

arte

dto

read

the

dam

nth

ing,

and

my

eyes

wer

eco

min

go

ut

Ico

uldn

’tm

ake

head

nor

tail

ofit!

Ifi

gure

dit

was

beca

use

Iha

dn’t

read

any

ofth

ebo

oks

on[t

heco

nfer

ence

llis

t.I

had

this

unea

syfe

elin

gof

“Fm

not

adeq

uate

,”un

tilfi

nally

Isa

idto

mys

elf,

“I’m

gonn

ast

op,

and

read

one

sent

ence

slow

ly,

soI

can

figu

reou

tw

hat

Intr

ocl

uct

ion

the

hell

itm

eans

.”U

tSo

Ist

oppe

d—at

rand

om—

and

read

the

next

sent

ence

very

care

full

y.I

can’

tre

mem

ber

itpr

ecis

ely,

btit

itw

asve

lycl

ose

toth

is:

“The

indi

vidu

al1

Con

cisi

oni

mem

ber

ofth

eso

cial

com

mun

ity

ofte

nre

ceiv

eshi

sin

form

atio

nvi

aT

heP

ompo

usS

tyle

atS

choo

l3

visu

al,

sym

bolic

chan

nels

.”I

wen

tba

ckan

dfo

rth

over

it.an

dtr

ansl

ated

.Y

oukn

oww

hat

itm

eans

?“P

eopl

ere

ad.”

2C

lari

tyto

The

nI

wen

t ove

rth

ene

xtse

nten

ce,

and

Irea

lized

that

Icou

ldtr

ansl

ate

1.C

hoos

eV

erbs

over

Nom

inal

izat

ions

13th

aton

eal

so.

The

nit

beca

me

aki

ndof

empt

ybu

sine

ss:

“Som

etim

es2.

Cho

ose

Act

ive

Ver

bsov

erL

inki

ngV

erbs

15pe

ople

read

;so

met

imes

peop

lelis

ten

toth

era

dio,

”an

dso

on,

but

wri

tten

insu

cha

fanc

yw

ayth

atI

coul

dn’t

unde

rsta

ndit

atfi

rst,

and

whe

n1

3.C

hoos

eth

eA

ctiv

eV

oice

over

the

Pas

sive

Voi

ce16

fina

llyde

ciph

ered

it,th

ere

was

noth

ing

toit.

Cla

rity

and

Hon

esty

20N

obel

Priz

e—w

inni

ngph

ysic

ist

Ric

hard

Feyn

inan

,“S

urel

yY

oure

Joki

ng,

Mr

Feyn

man

! “:

3F

low

22A

dven

ture

sof

aC

urio

usC

hara

cter

1.U

seC

onsi

sten

tC

hara

cter

s23

2.U

seP

rono

uns

and

Oth

erPo

inte

rs25

3,U

seP

unch

Lin

es27

Mod

emE

nglis

h,es

peci

ally

wri

tten

Eng

lish,

isfu

llof

bad

habi

tsw

hich

4.U

seC

onju

ncti

ons

and

Oth

erL

inki

ngW

ords

30sp

read

byim

itatio

nan

dw

hich

can

beav

oide

dif

one

isw

illin

gto

take

the

nece

ssar

ytr

eubl

e.If

one

gets

rid

ofth

ese

habi

tson

eca

nth

ink

mor

ecl

earl

y.4

Punct

uat

ion

34C

omm

asan

dC

omm

aS

plic

es35

Geo

rge

Orw

ell,

“Pol

itics

and

the

Eng

lish

Lan

guag

e”j

Sem

icol

ons

39C

olon

s41

For

the

pres

ent,

how

ever

,yo

uas

studen

shou

ldde

vote

yonm

elve

sto

the

ID

ashe

s42

pow

erof

sim

ple

expr

essi

ons,

todo

all

that

can

bedo

nean

dle

arn

how

IP

aren

thes

es43

muc

hca

nbe

said

with

the

sim

pler

and

mor

efu

ndam

enta

lte

rms.

Que

stio

nsR

ober

t Hen

ri,

The

An

Spir

it

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race

fuln

ess

461.

The

His

tori

cal

Pre

sent

472.

App

osit

ives

483.

Par

alle

lism

so4.T

rico

lon

535.

Con

cess

ion

536.

Qua

lifi

cati

on55

vii

Cont

ents

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sing

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rces

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ning

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udie

nce’

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usE

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ving

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rces

into

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rose

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ting

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ecti

vely

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arag

raphs

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ctio

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agra

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tenc

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tion

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egin

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inni

ngs

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ndin

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ast

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ught

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endi

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ocu

men

tati

on

and

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atio

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ats

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etic

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mat

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atio

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efer

ence

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mpl

es

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ksC

ited

103

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oduct

ion

Tin

sB

OO

Kca

nhe

lpyo

uw

rite

bett

erco

lleg

ees

says

.It

com

bine

sth

em

ost

impo

rtan

t rul

esan

dco

nven

tion

sof

acad

emic

wri

ting

wit

hth

eru

di

men

tsof

good

styl

e.N

atur

ally

itha

sits

lim

itat

ions

:it

isge

nera

l(w

ith

litt

leto

say

abou

tw

riti

ngin

diff

eren

tdi

scip

line

s),

basi

c(a

ndm

aybe

mos

tus

eful

tobe

ginn

ing

coll

ege

stud

ents

),an

dsh

ort

(thu

sco

veri

nga

lot

ofgr

ound

quic

kly)

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isno

tab

out

crit

ical

thin

king

inan

yfo

rmal

sens

e,an

din

deed

trie

sto

lay

dow

nit

sdo

’san

ddo

n’ts

.as

wel

las

my

own

unau

thor

ized

view

son

wri

ting

,as

info

rmal

lyas

poss

ible

.T

hese

view

s,pe

rson

alan

dpe

rhap

sev

enid

iosy

ncra

tic,

may

beits

bigg

est

lim

itat

ion.

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wri

ting

isan

inte

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ype

rson

alac

tivi

tyIt

stem

son

lyri

ght

cven

nece

ssar

y,th

atw

riti

ngad

vice

have

ape

rson

alto

uch

asw

cll.

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coll

ege

essa

ypl

ays

asp

ecia

lro

lein

Am

eric

anhi

gher

educ

atio

n.T

heA

mer

ican

syst

em.

mor

eso

than

high

ered

ucat

ion

inm

ost

coun

flie

s,en

cour

ages

ast

uden

t’s

self

-dir

ecte

dde

velo

pmen

t.W

riti

nges

says

inw

hich

you

say

wha

tyo

uth

ink

and

why

iscr

ucia

lto

that

dev

elop

men

t.W

riti

ngan

essa

ym

eans

wor

king

wit

hin

ari

gid

fram

ewor

kof

for

mat

san

dco

nven

tion

s,bu

tit

requ

ires

muc

hm

ore

than

tech

niqu

e;in

aco

lleg

ees

say,

the

pers

onal

qual

itie

sof

itsau

thor

,pa

ssio

nate

asw

ell

asra

tion

al,

take

cent

erst

age.

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essa

y,lik

ea

pers

onal

ity,

hang

sto

geth

erth

roug

ha

deli

cate

bala

nce

offo

rces

;it

shou

ldbe

clea

rbu

tno

tem

pty,

thou

ghtf

ulbu

tdo

wn-

to-e

arth

,st

rong

-min

ded

but

fair

-min

ded.

The

wri

ter

mus

tbe

adep

tat

mak

ing

argu

men

tsan

dsy

nthe

sizi

ngan

dan

alyz

ing

othe

rs’

idea

s,hu

tor

igin

alan

dho

nest

. Ago

odes

say

isa

smal

lpi

ece

ofon

e’s

bett

erse

lf—

mor

era

tion

al,

Um

ore

crit

ical

,an

dm

ore

coge

ntth

anon

eis

inev

eryd

aysp

eech

orid

leth

ough

t,ye

tal

som

ore

spir

ited

.W

hen

you

wri

tean

essa

yyo

uen

ter

into

the

mos

tch

alle

ngin

gye

tre

war

ding

ofth

eli

bera

lar

ts:

shap

ing

your

idea

s,qu

esti

ons,

and

conv

icti

ons

tosh

are

with

othe

rs.

For

all

that

,an

essa

yis

wri

tten

onpa

per,

not

carv

edin

ston

e,E

ssay

sar

e,in

the

root

sens

eof

the

wor

d,tr

ies.

Toes

say

orig

inal

lym

eant

toat

tem

pt

orp

ut

toth

ete

st(a

ndst

ill

does

,in

assa

yan

dth

eF

rench

essa

yer)

.T

hees

say

asa

lite

rary

form

beca

me

popu

lar

atth

ebe

ginn

ing

ofth

em

oder

nsc

ient

ific

age,

part

ofa

seis

mic

cult

ural

shif

taw

ayfr

om

56 57 59 61 69 69 71 74 77 82 84 86 86 88 89

ix

Intro

duct

ion

rece

ived

wis

dom

and

tow

ard

inqu

iry

and

expl

orat

ion.

(Mon

taig

ne’s

cel

ebra

ted

essa

ys,

geni

alan

dru

min

ativ

e,he

lped

esta

blis

hth

ege

nre’

sto

nein

the

latt

erhal

fof

the

16th

cent

ury.

)T

hees

say

has

flou

rish

edev

ersi

nce,

asm

enan

dw

omen

have

clai

med

incr

easi

ngsp

ace

toth

ink

for

them

selv

es,

Ess

ays,

imbu

edw

ith

the

spir

itof

inqu

iry,

put

idea

san

das

sum

ptio

nsto

the

test

,an

dif

they

som

etim

esst

umbl

eor

equi

voca

te,

that

ispa

rtof

thei

rna

ture

(Sam

uel

John

son’

s18

th-c

entu

rydi

ctio

nary

defi

ned

anes

say

as“a

loos

esa

lly

ofth

em

ind;

anir

regu

lar

indi

gest

edpi

ece”

).T

hew

rite

rof

anes

say

isa

kind

ofin

tell

ectu

alen

trep

rene

ur,

taki

nga

risk

tosa

yso

met

hing

new

.

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coll

ege

essa

ysar

ew

ritt

enin

anen

viro

nmen

tin

man

yw

ays

illsu

ited

tori

skta

kin

g.

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sole

mn

trap

pin

gs

of

coll

ege

cult

ure

—deg

rees

,gr

ades

,ac

adem

icti

tles

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nm

ake

itse

emth

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rmal

ity

isth

em

ost

impo

rtan

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ing

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mat

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tura

lfo

rm

any

stud

ents

toth

ink

that

thei

rgo

alis

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arn

wha

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eir

prof

esso

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ow,

orth

ink

wha

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thin

k.E

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area

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udy

from

anth

ropo

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sit

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jarg

onan

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own

rule

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out

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tto

stud

y,ho

wto

stud

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and

how

tow

rite

upon

e’s

idea

san

dex

plor

atio

ns.

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whe

nst

uden

tsst

art

read

ing

acad

emic

wri

ting,

wha

tth

eyty

pic

ally

see

does

n’t

seem

toin

clud

em

uch

room

for

risk

taki

ng:

form

alit

y,a

mor

ese

riou

sto

neth

anst

uden

tsha

veen

coun

tere

dbe

fore

,an

dha

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onfa

mil

iari

tyw

ith

“the

lite

ratu

re,”

that

daun

ting

mou

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publ

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pin

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scip

line

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hem

ost

succ

essf

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this

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ent

isde

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ng.

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ear

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the

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eno

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once

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ivile

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ting

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ow

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aps

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ply

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rved

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men

ts;

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ple—

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his

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mos

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atic

ally

evas

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call

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of

thin

gs.

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call

edit

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late

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6).

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hard

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ham

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bels

itth

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pom

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wri

tepr

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and

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utit

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ts.

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rect

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inst

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ter

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ainl

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uw

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kely

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earl

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you

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eper

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ects

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beco

me

abe

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pom

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em

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pers

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ific

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ce,

wou

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erre

port

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min

ahe

adlo

ck.”

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ead

hew

ould

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“The

susp

ect

was

rest

rain

ed.”

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vern

men

tag

ency

like

the

Fis

han

dW

ildl

ife

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ice

pre

fers

the

cool

term

“tak

ing”

topl

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that

som

ean

imal

sdi

eas

are

sult

ofits

poli

cies

;an

dit

pref

ers

the

tech

nica

lso

und

of“l

etha

lco

ntr

ol”

toth

ebl

untn

ess

of“s

omet

imes

we

have

togo

out

and

shoo

tw

olve

sth

atar

eki

llin

gliv

esto

ck.”

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th,

espe

cial

lyth

eki

llin

gof

hum

anbe

ings

,te

nds

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ing

fort

hth

em

ost

stre

nuou

sap

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atio

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the

pom

pous

styl

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poli

tici

anan

swer

sac

cusa

tion

sof

long

-ago

war

crim

esw

hen

hew

asa

sold

ier

with

the

blan

dst

atem

ent

that

the

plat

oon

hele

d“u

sed

leth

alm

etho

ds”

(not

only

isth

eph

rasi

ngan

tise

ptic

;it

evad

esth

equ

esti

onof

who

was

kill

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Am

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anm

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offi

cial

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spon

ding

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out

civi

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deat

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99,

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llat

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dam

age

whi

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um,

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we

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both

targ

etin

gan

din

term

sof

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appl

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offir

epo

wer

toen

sure

that

coll

ater

alda

mag

edo

esno

toc

cur”

(“P

enta

gon

brie

fing

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99).

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stat

emen

tw

asno

ta

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ta

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ctic

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eof

gen

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itie

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ted

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our

time:

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lete

nden

cyof

mod

ern

pros

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away

from

. con

cret

enes

s”(1

968,

133)

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cyto

war

dab

stra

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ache

sev

ery

corn

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mon

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sett

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aga

me:

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berg

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his

ange

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hat

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rite

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tid

eas

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gab

stra

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ns.

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favo

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atM

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avel

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ses

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Rom

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ea

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tem

pire

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ect

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tica

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sco

ncer

ning

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en’s

repr

oduc

tive

righ

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sA

mer

ica.

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wor

ds)

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idea

isa

good

one,

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the

sent

ence

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nnin

gw

itho

uta

paus

e,is

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long

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read

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ses

help

read

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mak

eit

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ugh

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sen

tenc

es).

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eof

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ver

bia

ge

veer

sin

topom

posi

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indy

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ckne

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phra

selik

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star

ray

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luti

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tocu

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core

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ear

gum

ent:

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isa

pow

erfu

lal

lego

ryof

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1990

sA

mer

ican

deba

teab

out

wom

en’s

repr

oduc

tive

righ

ts.

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wor

ds)

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revi

sion

isha

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long

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ote

how

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win

dyco

mpo

sed

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ava

star

ray

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bols

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mea

ning

sis

capt

ured

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even

shar

pene

din

asi

ngle

wel

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osen

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d,al

lego

ry.

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otio

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me

pom

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lete

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cy:

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ion

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nal

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fini

tion

,so

emot

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lly

tens

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ful,

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sion

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oice

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than

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re,

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cus

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ntio

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pany

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min

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ctio

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nbe

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pres

sed

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one

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d:

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dsio

n9

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sis

muc

hbe

tter

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tth

ere

visi

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com

plet

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sba

rean

dov

erly

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ral.

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wri

ter

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ldpr

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ore

info

rmat

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tom

ake

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sent

ence

feel

full

enou

gh:

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com

pany

dist

ingu

ishe

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etw

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thre

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stom

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ents

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wor

ds)

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t’s

mor

eli

keit.

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sent

ence

goes

from

vapi

dto

info

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sson

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eth

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any

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sent

ence

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pica

lpo

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tyle

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-sw

addl

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ith

ast

rong

verb

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gina

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evis

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secr

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his

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ples

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let.

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gto

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let.

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tsar

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omes

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agin

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d,w

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edin

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pom

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han

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for

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ere

visi

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self

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asa

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chto

add

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ce:

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let b

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wou

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ple

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and

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unde

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duat

ees

says

shou

ldhe

aim

edat

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dien

ceof

one’

sbe

tter

clas

smat

esun

less

ate

ache

rsa

ysot

herw

ise.

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ha

stan

dard

wil

lhe

lpyo

ude

cide

how

muc

hto

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ain,

wha

tte

rms

tode

fine

,an

dw

hat

tone

tost

rike

:co

mpe

tent

,di

scip

line

dpl

ainn

ess.

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ple

tend

tope

rcei

vea

sent

ence

ascl

ear

whe

nit

s“n

arra

tive

”—ge

nera

lly,

the

stor

yit

tell

sor

the

rela

tion

ship

itde

scri

bes—

corr

espo

nds

toit

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amm

atic

alst

ruct

ure.

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her

wor

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uw

ish

tow

rite

clea

rly,

begi

nby

mak

ing

your

narr

ativ

e’s

char

acte

rsth

esu

bjec

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sent

ence

s,an

dth

eir

acti

ons

and

iden

titi

esth

epr

edic

ates

.S

ome

exam

ples

:

Thi

spr

oces

sis

calle

dco

ntin

enta

ldr

ift.

Ove

rtim

eit

has

resh

aped

the

sur

face

ofth

eea

rth.

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oisi

erga

veP

ties

tley

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ephl

ogis

t.ica

ted

air”

itsm

odem

scie

ntif

icna

me,

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en.

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Dec

embe

r11

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01,

Chi

nafo

rmal

lyjo

ined

the

Wor

ldT

rade

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aniz

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his

care

erSh

akes

pear

ew

rote

two

narr

ativ

epo

ems.

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tori

cally

,m

ost

patr

iarc

hies

have

inst

itut

iona

lize

dfo

rce

thro

ugh

thei

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gal

syst

ems.

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eM

ilieu

,Sex

ual P

oliti

cs)

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basi

cpat

tern

isw

ho(o

rw

hat

)do

esw

hat.

Logic

alac

tors

like

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oisi

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hake

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re,

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riar

chie

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em

ade

gram

mat

ical

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ects

.(I

nth

efi

rst

exam

ple

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onou

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tsba

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inen

tal

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ns—

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te,

have

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onal

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pres

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sese

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ces

are

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rbe

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eth

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gram

mar

mat

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rrat

ive.

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ter

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sult

isli

kely

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usas

con

fusi

ng—

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som

etim

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mic

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this

pass

age

from

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dent

repo

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led

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han

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mpa

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phon

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asap

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chin

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was

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mpt

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way

.whe

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km

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onten

i

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me

for

his

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acci

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rite

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ves

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tele

phon

epo

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life

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sow

n.H

ow?

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mak

ing

itth

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amm

atic

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bjec

to

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verb

s,w

asap

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chin

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dst

ruck

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ote

that

you

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alk

this

upto

lack

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ill,

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clev

er,

ifunsu

cce

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l,at

tem

ptto

hide

behi

ndw

ords

.T

hequ

esti

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who

did

wha

tis

know

nas

agcn

cy.

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tend

toex

pres

sou

rsel

ves

clea

rly

whe

nag

ency

isre

flec

ted

ingr

amm

ar:

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pres

sag

ents

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bjec

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fse

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ces.

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dyin

gup

the

ques

tion

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ency

isth

ero

ot

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mos

tun

clea

rst

uden

tw

riti

ng.

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side

rth

ispa

ssag

efr

oman

essa

yab

out

aco

urt

case

:

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otio

nw

asre

ques

ted

byth

ede

fend

ant

for

the

case

tobe

dism

isse

don

the

grou

nds

that

ther

ew

asa

failu

reon

the

part

ofth

epr

osec

utio

nto

esta

blis

hth

efa

cts.

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sw

asac

cept

edby

the

judg

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ddi

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sal

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dere

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ords

)

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e,th

epas

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des

crib

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tio

ns

and

iden

tifi

esth

eac

tors

.B

utit

scl

unky

desi

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akes

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rdto

figu

reou

tw

ho’s

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gw

hat.

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e’s

acl

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visi

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defe

ndan

t mov

edto

dism

iss

the

case

onth

egr

ound

sth

atth

epr

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utio

nha

dno

tes

tabl

ishe

dth

efa

cts.

The

judg

eag

reed

and

dism

isse

dth

eca

se.

(25

wor

ds)

The

revi

sion

isab

out

40pe

rcen

tsh

orte

r.

I0

2Q

arity

13

who

the

defe

ndan

tth

epr

osec

utio

nth

eju

dge

did

filed

had

not

esta

blis

hed

agre

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wha

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otio

nfa

cts

thec

ase

Toan

swer

the

ques

tion

Who

did

wha

t?yo

u’d

have

tota

keap

art t

heori

gi

nal

and

rear

rang

eits

piec

es.

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gra

mm

arof

the

revi

sion

,by

cont

rast

,m

akes

answ

erin

gth

isqu

esti

ona

bree

ze.

The

revi

sion

show

sth

ree

tech

niqu

esfo

rac

hiev

ing

grea

ter

clar

ity:

(1)

choo

seve

rbs

over

no

min

aliz

aLi

ons,

(2)

choo

seac

tive

verb

sov

erli

nkin

gve

rbs,

and

(3)

choo

seth

eac

tive

voic

eov

erth

epa

ssiv

evo

ice

(see

Dia

gram

1fo

rhe

lpw

ith

thes

ete

rms)

.

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eof

thes

ete

chni

ques

shou

ldbe

cons

ider

edan

abso

lute

rule

. The

rear

em

any

tim

esa

good

wri

ter

uses

nom

inal

izat

ions

, lin

king

verb

s,an

dth

epa

ssiv

evo

ice.

But

sinc

eth

ose

thre

eel

emen

tsco

nsti

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the

stru

ctur

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reof

the

pom

pous

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dar

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ally

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used

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lleg

est

uden

ts, i

t’s

best

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call

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dkn

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avoi

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Ver

bso

ver

Nom

inal

izat

ions

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min

aliz

atio

nis

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tion

expr

esse

das

ano

unra

ther

than

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like

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ysis

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men

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ther

than

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ngli

sh,

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cial

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ort

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dsli

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wor

k,lo

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esa

me

asve

rbs

and

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s;it’

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func

tion

that

coun

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inal

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nen

din

-tio

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:

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omin

aliz

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inal

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act

actio

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amin

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anal

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ain

expl

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vest

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ribe

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ize

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vela

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aliz

atio

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wri

tin

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don

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ust

art

look

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for

them

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nda

101,

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form

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ng—

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esi

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est

and

mos

tef

fect

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mea

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mak

ing

ones

elf

less

unre

adab

le.

(198

3,64

0)

By

chan

ging

acti

ons

into

noun

s,no

min

aliz

atio

nsle

tyo

uw

rite

sent

ence

sth

atdo

n’t

mak

ecl

ear

who

does

wha

t.“A

naly

sis,

”fo

rin

stan

ce,

does

n’t

spec

ify

who

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ing

the

anal

yzin

g.S

omet

imes

that

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ay.

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side

rth

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llow

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ion

inV

erb

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inN

omin

aliz

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idal

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full

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plem

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ive

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eTh

esu

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actio

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star

ted

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oper

tyof

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uf

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do”:

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Pas

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ist

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mad

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subj

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ansi

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are

care

fully

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syst

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ican

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the

data

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ay.

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nten

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like

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repo

rton

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scie

ntif

icm

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d,nom

inal

izat

ions

(and

thei

rpa

rtne

rth

epa

ssiv

evo

ice)

are

com

mon

ly—

and

sen

sibl

y—us

ed,

beca

use

ther

eis

nore

aldo

ubt

abou

tw

hois

doin

gth

eac

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s(s

cien

tist

sw

rite

upth

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own

find

ings

).B

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hen

agen

cyis

unce

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n,th

enno

min

aliz

atio

nste

ndto

mak

epr

ose

seem

conf

usin

gor

clun

ky,

asin

the

foll

owin

gex

ampl

es:

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love

Ant

ony

has

for

Cle

opa

inis

muc

hgr

eate

rth

anan

ylo

vehe

has

for

his

wif

e.

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essm

ent

ofhi

ste

stpe

rfor

-H

epa

ssed

the

test

.tn

ance

show

edsa

tisfa

ctor

yac

hiev

emen

t.

Ano

ther

exam

ple:

Toda

y,so

ciet

yw

itnes

ses

wom

en’s

stea

dypr

ogre

ssto

war

deq

ualit

y.M

ovin

gbe

yond

the

lim

itsof

the

hom

e,w

omen

are

clai

min

gne

wan

din

crea

sing

auth

ority

ingo

vern

men

t,b

usi

ness

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dot

her

trad

ition

ally

mal

e-do

min

ated

area

s.

Thi

sre

visi

ondi

vide

sth

elo

ngst

ring

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ords

into

two

sent

ence

s,w

hich

alre

ady

mak

esit

easi

erto

foll

ow.

ital

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igns

the

char

acte

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ith

the

gram

mat

ical

subj

ect,

bym

akin

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omen

the

subj

ect

ofth

eve

rbin

the

seco

ndse

nten

ce.

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e,th

ere

visi

onis

long

er,

but

itsne

wre

adab

ilit

ym

ore

than

mak

esup

for

the

adde

dle

ngth

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onci

sion

isn’

tan

end

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self

, but

am

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arity

.

Cian

ty15

2.C

hoose

Act

ive

Ver

bsover

Lin

king

Ver

bs

Not

all

verb

sw

ork

the

sam

ew

ay.

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ive

verb

sco

nvey

acti

on—

hera

n,sh

esp

oke,

the

pati

ent

suff

ered

are

laps

e.L

inki

ngve

rbs

conv

eyst

ates

ofbe

ing

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scri

ptio

n—m

yfri

end

isin

Lon

don,

she

seem

ssm

art,

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illbe

diff

icul

t.It

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ura

lto

use

linkin

gve

rbs

whe

nyo

u’re

defi

ning

orde

scri

bing

thin

gs:

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ordi

ngto

lCtth

ler-

Ros

sth

ere

are

live

stag

esof

grie

for

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g.Po

land

’sSo

lidar

ityw

asth

efi

rst

inde

pend

ent

trad

eun

ion

inth

eSo

viet

bloc

.

Mac

hiav

elli’

scy

nici

smse

ems

utte

rly

cont

empo

rary

.

So

far

sogo

od.

But

whe

nth

isgr

amm

arof

iden

tity

isus

edto

conv

eyac

tion

s,th

ings

get

ugly

.W

hen

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lC

lint

onw

asbe

ing

sued

for

sexu

alha

rass

men

t by

Pau

laJo

nes,

his

atto

rney

told

the

judg

ein

the

case

that

the

pres

iden

tkn

ewof

anaf

fida

vit

(fal

se,

asit

turn

edou

t)by

Mon

ica

Lew

insk

y,w

hich

affi

rmed

,as

the

atto

rney

put

it,th

at“t

here

isab

solu

tely

nose

xof

any

kind

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ith

the

pres

iden

t.T

heli

nkin

g-ve

rbco

nstr

ucti

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ight

soun

dcl

umsy

,bu

tit

clev

erly

trea

ted

sex

impe

rson

ally

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heat

torn

ey—

clea

rly

am

aste

rof

the

pom

pous

styl

e—di

dal

lhe

coul

dto

avoi

dco

nju

rin

gan

yim

age

ofth

epr

esid

ent

infl

agra

nte

delic

ro.T

hein

ert

link

ing

verb

also

fine

ssed

the

issu

eof

lim

ing

(pas

tor

pres

ent?

).P

resi

dent

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nton

late

rtr

ied

tore

but

anac

cusa

tion

ofpei

ury

byhi

ding

behi

ndth

eva

guen

ess

ofth

ispa

rtic

ular

link

ing

verb

:“I

t dep

ends

onw

hat

the

mea

ning

ofth

ew

ord

‘is’

is”

(“T

heP

resi

dent

’sT

esti

mon

y:’

1998

,B

3).

Tha

t’s

ano

tori

ous

exam

ple

from

swor

nte

stim

ony,

but

link

ing-

verb

cons

truc

tion

sm

ake

ital

lto

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syto

obsc

ure

acti

ons

inev

eryd

aysp

eech

.li

the

acti

onis

n’t

init

sna

tura

lpl

ace—

the

verb

—w

here

isit?

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you

prob

ably

susp

ect,

ina

nom

inal

izat

ion.

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king

verb

san

dn

om

inal

iza

tion

soc

cur

toge

ther

asel

emen

tsof

the

pom

pous

styl

e,so

repl

acin

gth

emin

tand

emte

nds

tore

sult

inm

ore

dyna

mic

sent

ence

s:

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hefo

rms

ofto

bein

stat

emen

tslik

esh

ew

asru

nn

ing

orm

yfr

iend

isst

udyi

ngin

Lon

don

are

not

link

ing

verb

s,bu

tau

xili

arie

sth

atar

epa

rtof

com

poun

dve

rbs

(the

othe

rpa

rtis

apa

rtic

iple

:th

e-i

ngfo

rms

here

are

pres

ent

par

ticip

les)

.

data

. Nom

inal

ized

Ori

gina

lC

lear

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evis

ion

The

play

isan

exam

inat

ion

ofth

eco

nflic

tth

eco

nspi

rato

rsfa

ceaf

ter

the

assa

ssin

atio

nof

Juliu

sC

aesa

r.

The

play

exam

ines

the

conf

lict

the

cons

pira

tors

face

afte

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love

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gina

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ento

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ualit

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ing-

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rigi

nal

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ive-

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evis

ion

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poem

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ngua

gean

dim

agcr

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ood

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acco

untin

gfir

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eth

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mpa

ny’s

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tions

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fully

.

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esh

ows

aco

mm

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ait

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ces—

ach

ain

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itio

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phra

ses

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ra

plod

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asa

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reon

the

part

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thor

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inat

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com

pany

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ceth

epo

mpo

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ers

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sto

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than

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inal

izat

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few

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itio

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phra

ses.

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let’

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rnto

the

thir

dte

chni

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ting

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rly.

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the

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ceover

the

Pas

sive

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ce

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enin

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pass

ive

voic

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ual

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ativ

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side

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uses

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nsi

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som

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ampl

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men

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amle

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ence

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da

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imag

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icul

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all,

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voic

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phas

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ceus

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ay,

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1941

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date

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the

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mpi

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ager

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ion

tow

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asa

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reon

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part

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ctio

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com

pany

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coun

ting

firm

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ity19

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the

pass

ive

voic

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re?

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rein

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erat

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the

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er,

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sth

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rten

tly.

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deci

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pan’

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perf

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ade

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erat

ely

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rten

tly.

Bill

Clin

ton.

pres

sco

nfer

ence

(Jan

uary

2&19

97)

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terd

ay,

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nese

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ent

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ched

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rin

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urt

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uly

8.19

98)

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ng,

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way

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e-

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teou

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inth

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vict

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emph

asiz

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spea

kers

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grud

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eth

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dspa

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ted

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phas

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the

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refu

lly

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ina

narr

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skil

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tous

eth

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nce

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pass

ive

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aba

dha

bit,

part

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epo

mpo

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usua

lw

esa

yso

met

hing

suit

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hat

we

say.

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sult

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pass

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sit

sus

es,

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mou

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show

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oice

Act

ive

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cem

ost

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eti

me

whe

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orex

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min

ates

som

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yle,

it’s

used

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ppor

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ci-

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tley

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.a

fair

assu

mpt

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rest

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10

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ing

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liti

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ally

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lity

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ticu

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truc

tion

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ista

kes

wer

efr

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scus

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mad

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som

epr

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inne

rs:

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view

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ris

dis-

Gar

land

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mot

her

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tes,

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t to

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rho

me

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such

abi

gno

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abou

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erga

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didn

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ant

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mos

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ensi

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ts..

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hom

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me

mis

take

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202

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rity

and

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thre

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ting

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lm

ost

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me

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velo

pa

live

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lati

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emin

disc

rim

inat

ely

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read

ers

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hli

fele

ss,

shap

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sse

nten

ces

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ered

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nom

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ly—

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here

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hat

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ledo

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ore

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ntex

ampl

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gla

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thin

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ovo,

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we

are

goin

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pay

for

that

.(B

ooth

1999

, 85)

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stat

emen

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ha

seem

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ght

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spon

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revi

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that

).T

hepo

inte

rca

nre

fer

toth

ean

tece

dent

init

sow

nii

ght

orm

erel

yin

itsca

paci

tyas

apo

sses

sor

ofso

met

hing

(e.g

.,m

y,yo

ur,

his,

her,

its,

our,

your

,th

eir,

who

se).

The

beau

tyof

thes

eli

ttle

wor

dsis

that

they

elim

inat

eth

ene

edto

repe

atth

ean

tece

dent

;th

eyal

low

you

tofo

cus

atte

ntio

non

the

ante

cede

nt’s

qu

ali

ties

orac

tion

s:

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Mah

ayan

aB

uddh

ism

spre

adac

ross

Asi

a.it

cain

ein

toco

ntac

tw

ithpe

ople

sof

man

ydi

ffer

ent

cultu

res

and

men

talit

ies

who

inte

rpre

ted

the

Bud

dha’

sdo

ctri

nefr

om

thei

row

npo

int

ofv

iew

,el

abor

atin

gm

any

ofits

subt

lepo

ints

ingr

eat

deta

ilan

dad

ding

thei

row

nor

igin

alid

eas.

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isw

ayth

eyke

ptB

uddh

ism

aliv

eov

erth

ece

ntur

ies

and

deve

lope

dhi

ghly

soph

istic

ated

philo

soph

ies

with

prof

ound

psyc

holo

gica

lin

sigh

ts.

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ljof

Cap

ra,

The

Tao

ofPh

ysic

sem

phas

isad

ded)

Rum

ble

pron

ouns

and

othe

rpo

inte

rsp

erm

itpo

wer

ful

effe

cts.

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his

tori

anW

illi

amM

anch

este

r,fo

rin

stan

ce,

concl

udes

ade

nse

and

det

aile

dp

arag

rap

hon

Euro

pea

npo

wer

po

liti

csin

the

1930

sw

ith

ast

rong

sent

ence

buil

ton

are

lati

vepr

onou

n:“T

his

was

the

fina

lbl

owto

appe

asem

ent.”

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peri

ence

dw

rite

rste

ndno

tto

trus

tth

epo

wer

ofsu

chsi

mpl

eef

fect

s,ev

engo

ing

out

ofth

eir

way

toav

oid

them

:

Orig

inal

Ham

let

wre

stle

sw

ithhi

sid

enti

tyw

hile

tryi

ngto

fulf

illth

egh

ost’

sde

man

dfo

rre

veng

e.H

amle

tlo

ves

tole

arn

and

asks

ques

tions

abou

tev

eryt

hing

.B

utH

amle

t’s

sear

chfo

rkno

wle

dge

conf

licts

with

his

sens

eof

tilia

ldu

ty.

Lit

tle

wor

dsm

ake

the

revi

sion

mor

efl

owin

gan

dm

ore

soph

isti

cate

d:

Rev

isio

nH

amle

tw

rest

les

wit

hhi

sid

enti

tyw

hile

tryi

ngto

fulf

illth

egh

ost’

sde

man

dfo

rre

veng

e.H

elo

ves

tole

arn

and

asks

ques

tions

abou

tev

ery

thin

g.B

uthi

sse

arch

for

know

ledg

eco

nffi

cts

with

his

sens

eof

filia

ldu

ty.

Apr

onou

nm

ust

mat

chits

ante

cede

nt.

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ling

todo

this

isa

com

mon

but

easy

-to-

fix

mis

take

.H

ere,

the

pron

oun

they

does

n’t

mat

chth

ean

tece

dent

:

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hiav

elli

feel

sth

atPa

gani

smfa

vore

dfr

eedo

m. T

hey

prai

sed

glor

yan

dw

ar,

unlik

eC

hris

tians

.M

ore

incl

ined

tofi

ght

fier

cely

,th

eyw

ere

bette

rab

leto

defe

ndfr

eedo

ni

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wri

ter

assu

med

that

refe

rrin

gto

Pag

anis

mes

tabl

ishe

dth

eid

eaof

Pag

ans

the

impl

ied

ante

cede

ntfo

rth

eyB

utth

isw

ont

doT

houg

hit

isn’

tes

peci

ally

diff

icul

t,re

ader

sfo

rced

tom

ake

this

litt

lele

apfo

rth

emse

lves

are

like

lyto

bea

tad

irri

tate

d.R

evis

ion

issi

mpl

e:

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hiav

elli

feel

sth

atPa

gani

sm. f

avor

edfr

eedo

m.

Paga

ns,

unlik

eC

hris

tians

.pr

aise

dgl

ory

and

war

,M

ore

incl

ined

tofi

ght

fier

cely

,th

eyw

ere

bette

rab

leto

defe

ndth

eir

free

dom

,

Aco

mpl

icat

ion

aris

es:

Whe

nm

ust

you

repe

atyo

urno

un,

and

whe

nis

itok

ayto

cont

inue

tous

epr

onou

ns?

The

answ

eris

that

you

shou

ldre

turn

toth

eor

igin

alno

unan

yti

me

anin

terv

enin

gno

unm

aycr

eate

conf

usio

n(c

hri

stia

ns

abov

ew

ould

n’t

conf

use

anyo

ne).

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eor

igin

albe

low

,it’

sun

clea

rto

who

mhe

refe

rs,

soth

ere

visi

onna

mes

the

pers

on:

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gina

lR

evis

ion

As

ast

ylis

tic

mat

ter,

expe

ctto

use

pron

ouns

mos

tly

wit

hin

logi

cal

unit

s,an

dto

retu

rnto

thei

ran

tece

dent

noun

sat

natu

ral

emph

asis

poin

ts—

the

begi

nnin

gsan

den

dsof

para

grap

hs,

for

inst

ance

.

3.U

seP

unch

Lin

es

The

sam

ete

chni

que

aco

med

ian

uses

tom

ake

peop

lela

ugh—

care

ful

setu

pan

dgo

odpu

nch

line

—ca

nhe

lpyo

uw

rite

sent

ence

spe

ople

like

tore

ad.

Sta

rtw

ith

mat

eria

lth

atis

fam

ilia

r,sc

ene-

sett

ing,

orun

surp

risi

ng,

and

end

wit

hm

ater

ial

that

isne

wor

deta

iled

orsu

rpri

sing

(see

also

Wil

liam

s19

94,

116—

20).

Her

ear

etw

oex

ampl

es,

one

ofw

hich

uses

the

InFl

oren

ce,

Leo

nard

ost

udie

din

the

fam

edw

orks

hop

ofA

ndre

adc

lV

erro

chio

.H

eha

dbe

entr

aine

das

ago

ldsm

ith,

and

this

prov

edto

bea

maj

orin

flue

nce

onL

eona

rdo’

sw

ork.

tnFl

oren

ce,

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nard

ost

udie

din

the

fam

edw

orks

hop

ofA

ndre

ade

l Ver

roch

io.V

erro

chio

had

been

trai

ned

asa

gold

smith

,an

dth

ispr

oved

tobe

am

ajor

infl

uen

ceon

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nard

o’s

wor

k.

28.3

punc

h-li

nete

chni

que

tose

tup

ajo

ke,

and

the

othe

rto

deli

ver

am

emora

ble

phra

se:

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90,

ara

ilroa

dm

anfr

omC

inci

nnat

ina

med

Hen

ryC

.B

agle

yca

me

toth

ispa

rtof

Geo

rgia

,sa

wth

est

atel

yw

hite

pine

san

dpo

plar

s,an

dw

asso

mov

edby

thei

rto

wer

ing

maj

esty

and

abun

danc

eth

athe

dec

ided

toch

opth

emal

ldo

wn.

(Bill

Bry

son,

AW

alk

inth

eW

oods

)In

brie

f,th

ein

terp

retiv

edi

ffic

ultie

ssu

rrou

ndin

gth

eFo

unde

r com

eto

this

:th

eim

age

sim

ulta

neou

sly

embo

dies

anal

mos

tsa

nctim

onio

uspi

ety

and

am

urde

rous

crue

lty,

both

reve

renc

ean

dm

ayhe

m.

(Han

naPi

tkin

,Fo

rtun

eIs

aW

oman

)

Min

dyo

u,I’

mno

tsu

gges

ting

that

ever

yse

nten

cesh

ould

have

this

old-

new

stru

ctur

e,bu

tit’

sa

rem

arka

bly

com

mon

patt

ern:

Mos

t phy

sici

sts

belie

veth

atm

atte

ris

com

pose

dof

part

icle

sca

lled

ferm

ions

.It

has

been

said

that

the

Am

eric

anC

onst

itut

ion

isa

syst

emde

sign

edby

geni

uses

tobe

run

byid

iots

.

Wha

tst

ands

out

inth

eac

coun

tof

Inca

relig

ion

isth

edi

vine

mis

sion

ofth

eru

ler.

The

punc

h-li

nete

chni

que

isev

enm

ore

usef

ulin

wea

ving

sepa

rate

sen

tenc

esto

geth

er.

Let

’slo

okba

ckat

the

exam

ple

that

open

edth

isch

apte

r:

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gina

lR

evis

ion

Fir

stth

eor

igin

alre

els

off

its

list

,an

dth

enit

star

tsca

tchi

ngth

ere

ader

upw

ith

the

info

rmat

ion

nee

ded

tom

ake

sens

eof

that

list

.T

here

visi

on’s

two

sente

nce

s,by

contr

ast,

star

tw

ith

scen

e-se

ttin

gm

ater

ial

and

end

wit

hne

wid

eas

(gri

efas

apro

cess

and

five

stag

esof

gri

ef).

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eth

atev

enth

ear

rang

emen

tof

thos

etw

one

wid

eas

foll

ows

the

sam

elo

gic—

firs

tw

ele

arn

abo

ut

gri

efas

apm

cess

,th

enw

ele

arn

that

this

pro

cess

cons

ists

off

ive

stag

es.

Flow

29

When

this

punch

-lin

ete

chniq

ue

isuse

dto

bin

da

par

agra

ph,

it’s

call

eda

chai

nst

ruct

ure.

Her

e’s

anot

her

exam

ple:

Our

bodi

esar

eco

mpo

sed

ofce

lls.T

hece

llsea

chha

vein

them

anu

cleu

s.W

ithin

the

nucl

eus

are

twen

ty-t

hree

pair

sof

chro

mos

omes

.In

each

pair

,on

ech

rom

osom

eca

me

from

the

gene

ticm

othe

ran

don

efr

omth

ege

netic

fath

er. L

ocat

edon

the

chro

mos

omes

are

the

gene

s,th

eba

sic

units

ofhe

red

ity,c

ompo

sed

ofa

kind

ofpr

otei

nca

lled

DN

A.

Any

part

icul

arge

neof

apa

rent

may

orm

ayno

t be

pass

edto

ach

ild. A

gene

pass

edon

may

orm

ayno

tbe

‘exp

ress

ed”—

that

is,a

child

with

the

gene

may

orm

ayno

tha

veth

ech

arac

teri

stic

.A

chitd

can

cany

erie

pare

nt’s

gene

for

blue

eyes

,an

dye

tha

vebr

own

eyes

.(B

arba

raK

atz

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hina

n,R

ecre

atin

gM

othe

rhoo

d)

Thi

sst

ruct

ure

help

sth

ere

ader

abso

rba

lot

of

info

rmat

ion

wit

hout

feel

ing

over

whe

lmed

.

Intr

oduc

tory

Phr

ases

Are

late

dte

chni

que

isto

begi

na

sent

ence

wit

han

intr

oduc

tory

pre

posi

tion

alph

rase

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uch

phra

ses

ofte

nda

teor

plac

eth

cm

ain

stat

emen

t:

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the

mid

dle

ofth

esi

xth

cent

ury

B.C

.&,

the

wav

eof

colo

nial

expa

nsio

nw

asov

er

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mth

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the

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el9

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expe

rim

enta

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ycho

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sts

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ted

the

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ank

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uth

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gini

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the

patr

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ld.

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eth

athe

reth

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onou

nm

aypr

eced

eth

ean

tece

dent

-I

InFr

ance

the

situ

atio

nw

asm

uch

diff

eren

t.

Inth

ese

area

s,pe

ople

embr

aced

Shan

gci

viliz

atio

nbu

tm

aint

aine

dpoli

tica

lau

tono

my.

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anin

trod

ucto

ryph

rase

may

prov

ide

othe

rki

nds

of

cont

extu

alin

for

mat

ion:

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isle

tter

tohi

sol

dfr

iend

,Je

ffer

son

seem

stir

edan

dpe

ssim

istic

.

Beh

ind

the

scen

esth

ere

was

conf

usio

nab

out

how

tore

spon

d.

Inpr

acti

ce,

how

ever

,th

epr

esid

ent’

spo

wer

wax

esan

dw

anes

with

the

elec

tion

cycl

e.

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ial,

ange

r,ba

rgai

ning

,de

pres

sion

,an

dac

cept

ance

are

amon

gth

efi

vest

ages

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epro

cess

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ief,

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aps

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atri

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med

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sabe

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oss

ina

book

title

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and

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969)

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303

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31

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ordi

ngto

Lac

an,

ther

eis

anac

tive

ling

uist

icre

lati

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ipbe

twee

nan

alys

tan

dpa

tien

t

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sla

stph

rase

,ac

cord

ing

tox,

isan

espe

cial

lyus

eful

tech

niqu

ein

aca

dem

icw

riti

ng,

whe

reon

eof

the

mai

nch

alle

nges

issy

nthe

sizi

ngot

hers

’w

ords

and

idea

sw

itho

uten

dors

ing

them

asyo

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n.In

gene

ral,

thes

eop

enin

gph

rase

sm

ake

roo

mfo

rco

ntex

tual

info

rmat

ion,

soth

atby

the

nine

yo

ure

ach

your

mai

npoin

tyour

read

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.In

wri

tin

g,

asin

joke

-tel

ling

,ti

min

gm

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rs.

4.U

seC

on

jun

ctio

ns

and

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inki

ngW

ord

s

Intr

oduc

tory

prep

osit

iona

lph

rase

sle

adna

tura

lly

toou

rfo

urth

and

fina

lte

chni

que

for

enha

ncin

gfl

ow:

conj

unct

ions

and

othe

rlo

gica

lli

nkin

gw

ords

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e’ll

cons

ider

two

sim

ilar

kind

sof

link

s,co

njun

ctio

nsan

dcon

junc

tive

adve

rbs.

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junc

tion

s__e

veiy

thy

wor

dsli

kean

d,bu

t,an

dor

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owre

lati

on

sbet

wee

nw

ord

s,p

hra

ses,

orcl

ause

s.C

on

jun

ctiv

ead

verb

s—&

essy

acad

emic

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dslik

e flu

-the

rmor

e,al

thou

gh,

onth

eot

her

hand

,an

din

conc

lusi

on—

tend

tota

keup

mor

esp

ace

and

thaw

mor

eat

tent

ion

toth

emse

lves

.B

oth

are

part

ofan

essa

y’s

met

a-di

scou

rse—

mes

sage

sto

the

read

erab

out

wha

t dir

ecti

onth

ear

gum

ent

ista

king

.T

hey

help

pros

efe

elco

nnec

ted

from

sent

ence

tose

nten

ce.

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ters

who

don’

tkn

owho

wto

use

link

sw

ell

use

only

the

sim

ples

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keal

so:

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o,T

ouch

ston

etr

ies

toge

tou

to

fm

arry

ing

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rey.

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they

repe

atke

yte

rms

from

one

sent

ence

toth

ene

xt,

whi

chis

like

lyto

give

pros

ea

plod

ding

feel

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on

side

rth

efo

llow

ing

pape

rfr

oma

busi

ness

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avin

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stli

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mpa

ny’s

stre

ngth

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rite

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wea

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ses;

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ois

apo

orch

oice

,si

nce

itdo

esn’

tfi

tth

elo

gica

ltu

rnth

ees

say

ista

king

(the

revi

sion

’sD

espi

teis

muc

hm

ore

help

ful)

.T

heor

igin

alli

nks

its

two

sent

ence

sby

repe

atin

ga

keyw

ord,

wea

knes

ses.

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cont

rast

,th

ere

visi

onus

esa

conj

unct

ive

adve

rb,

Fir

st,

and

tnts

tsth

ere

ader

tore

mem

ber

the

topi

c(n

ote

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ell

the

othe

rch

ange

sth

atm

ake

the

revi

sion

mor

eco

ncis

ean

dac

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isti

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ere

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ious

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func

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ue,

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elf:

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ple

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ter

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arly

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ffer

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ter

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tail

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nth

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eli

nes:

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man

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ify,

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duce

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uali

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men

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out

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alw

arm

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ance

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ew

rite

rin

itia

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dcl

aim

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loba

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arm

ing

isba

dfo

rev

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ore

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ndin

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ussi

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orth

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eric

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crea

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dbi

llion

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eatly

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row

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m,

the

wri

ter

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atte

nti

on

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art

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mer

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arti

ngw

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ibly

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than

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agra

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inco

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sim

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rein

forc

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wis

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arks

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pres

ent

conf

lict

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dth

een

duri

ngva

lues

for

whi

chhe

said

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edom

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anam

bigu

ous

term

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mer

ican

sw

ere

figh

ting

.T

heha

rmon

yof

the

desi

gnhe

lped

mak

eth

isth

em

ost

fam

ous

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chin

our

nati

ons

hist

ory

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cour

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ere

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coun

tles

sw

ays

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ruct

ure

argu

men

ts,

and

thus

countl

ess

way

sto

arra

nge

anes

say

into

par

agra

phs.

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any

soun

dar

rang

emen

tre

quir

esth

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thin

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dtrs

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your

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deci

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ase

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lay

out

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rom

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er’s

pers

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plan

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the

disc

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stru

ctur

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oes

each

para

grap

h—an

dea

chse

nten

ce—

fit

with

my

plan

?).

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prac

tice

ther

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afo

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requ

irem

ent—

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ness

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hem

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the

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urpar

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the

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200

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ds,

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to15

lines

,lo

ng.

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aver

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doub

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pace

dpa

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12-p

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abou

t30

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wor

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and

arou

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s.)

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divi

ding

text

into

two

tofo

urpa

ragr

aphs

per

page

won

’the

lpth

ere

ader

muc

hif

thes

edi

visi

ons

appe

arar

bitr

ary.

Par

agra

phs

brea

kup

not

only

the

look

ofa

text

;th

eyal

sobr

eak

upth

ear

gum

ent

into

ase

ries

ofto

pic

sor

step

s.P

arag

raphs

hel

pus

see

anar

gum

ent

asa

logic

alse

quen

ceof

step

s.F

rom

the

wri

ter’

spe

rspe

ctiv

eit

isbe

tter

topa

yat

ten

tion

toth

isse

quen

ceth

anto

the

leng

thof

any

give

nst

ep.

As

H.

W.

Fow

ler

obse

rved

,“T

hepa

ragr

aph

ises

sent

iall

ya

unit

ofth

ough

t,no

tof

leng

th”

(198

3,43

4).

Wha

t,th

en,

cons

titu

tes

a“u

nit

ofth

ough

t”?

Itde

pend

son

the

assi

gn

men

t,on

the

topi

c,on

the

step

-by-

step

unfo

ldin

gof

the

argu

men

t.O

cca

sion

ally

aun

itof

thou

ght

may

beex

pres

sed

ina

sing

lese

nten

ce.

Her

e,fo

rin

stan

ce,

the

accl

aim

edne

urol

ogis

tan

dw

rite

rO

live

rS

acks

uses

aon

e-se

nten

cepa

ragr

aph,

assi

mpl

ean

dgr

acef

ulas

anel

egy,

toen

dhi

sdi

scus

sion

ofa

youn

gau

tist

icm

an’s

expe

rien

ces

wit

hm

usic

:

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asas

if,fo

ra

brie

ftim

e,be

had

beco

me

tnily

aliv

e.

Mor

ety

pica

lly,

the

form

ulai

cfi

ve-p

arag

raph

essa

yon

whi

chm

any

high

-sc

hool

stud

ents

cut

thei

rte

eth

has

ast

urdy

“uni

tof

thou

ght”

para

grap

hst

ruct

ure:

anin

trod

ucto

rypa

ragr

aph

wit

ha

thes

isst

atem

ent,

thre

ebo

dy

para

grap

hsth

atea

chpr

ovid

eon

epi

ece

of

supp

orti

ngm

ater

ial,

and

aco

nclu

ding

para

grap

h.C

olle

gew

riti

ngad

dsde

tail

and

com

plex

ity

but

keep

sth

isba

sic

desi

gn.

The

open

ing

and

conc

ludi

ngse

ctio

nsof

acol

lege

essa

yar

eli

kely

toex

pand

into

mor

eth

anon

epa

ragr

aph

each

(and

ina

thes

isor

aboot

they

beco

me

who

lech

apte

rs).

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thre

e-pa

ragr

aph

body

grow

sin

toa

mor

eco

mpl

exst

ruct

ure,

beca

use

you

cove

rm

ore

mat

eria

lor

explo

reit

ingre

ater

dep

th(o

rboth

).Y

our

argum

ent

wil

lgr

owto

incl

ude

mor

eel

emen

ts,

such

asa

consi

der

atio

nof

cont

rary

view

poin

ts(w

ith

are

butt

alor

conc

essi

onor

both

).Y

ouw

ill

delv

ein

tose

cond

ary

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ces.

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efsu

mm

arie

sbr

oade

nin

tom

ore

nuan

ced,

cri

tica

lly

info

rmed

disc

ussi

ons.

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upsh

otis

that

inco

lleg

eyo

um

ayta

ckle

the

sam

eto

pic

you

once

disp

atch

edin

atw

o-pa

ge,

five

-par

agra

phes

say,

but

now

itm

ayta

keyo

utw

enty

page

san

dfi

fty

orso

para

grap

hs.

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ing

Sen

tence

s

An

open

ing

sent

ence

tell

sth

ere

ader

wha

ta

para

grap

his

abou

t.T

heop

enin

gse

nten

ceis

also

usua

lly

the

topi

cse

nten

ce,

orth

ese

nten

ceth

atsu

mm

ariz

esth

epa

ragr

aph,

but

ther

eis

noru

leth

atsa

yspa

ragr

aphs

mus

tha

veto

pic

sent

ence

s,or

that

they

mus

tco

me

atth

ebe

ginn

ing.

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,th

ebe

ginn

ing

isth

ena

tura

lpl

ace

tole

arn

whe

rea

para

grap

his

go.in

g:

Whe

nw

ese

ea

play

,w

hat i

sit

that

we

see?

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pula

rau

dien

cefo

rsc

ienc

e,an

dfo

rte

chno

logy

,bl

osso

med

inE

urop

ean

dA

mer

ica

inth

e19

thce

ntur

y.T

hepr

oces

sof

grow

than

dch

ange

inev

olut

ion

isch

aotic

and

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dw

ithco

nflic

t.

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tori

ans

have

judg

edth

e“O

ctob

erD

ays”

asth

esi

ngle

mos

tsi

gnif

ican

tac

tivity

unde

rtak

enby

wom

endu

ring

the

Rev

olut

ion.

(Mar

ilyn

Yal

om,

Blo

od

Sist

ers)

Som

etim

esa

topi

cis

depl

oyed

acro

sstw

ose

nten

ces:

The

thir

dan

dfi

nal

area

ofT

heba

nex

pans

ion

was

byse

ain

the

Aeg

ean.

Her

eag

ain

the

enem

yw

asA

then

s,

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open

ing

sente

nce

isal

sow

here

the

read

erca

nse

eho

wth

epara

gra

ph

connec

tsto

wha

tha

sco

me

befo

re.

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eof

the

tech

niq

ues

we

727

1Pa

ragr

aphs

73

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ied

inC

hap

ter

3—in

part

icul

ar,

char

acte

rs,

poin

ters

,an

dco

nju

nc

lion

s—m

erit

ase

cond

look

atth

ispo

int.

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yca

nhe

lppr

oduc

eop

enin

gse

nte

nce

sth

atfi

tw

ell

toge

ther

.F

irst

,le

t’s

look

atco

nsi

sten

tchara

cte

rs—

inth

isex

ampl

e,m

odel

:

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mod

elof

the

itera

ted

Pris

oner

’sD

ilem

ma

ism

uch

less

rest

rict

edth

anit

may

atfi

rst

appe

ar.

.-

The

mod

eldo

esas

sum

eth

atth

ech

oice

sar

em

ade

sim

ulta

neou

sly

and

with

disc

rete

time

inte

rval

s.-

..

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ert

Axe

lro

d,Th

eE

volu

tion

ofC

oope

ratio

n)

Inth

ene

xtex

ampl

e,w

elo

okat

eigh

tsu

cces

sive

open

ing

sent

ence

s(a

llhu

tth

efi

rst

are

also

topi

cse

nten

ces)

.T

here

peti

tion

of

ake

yte

rm,

con

stan

cy,

lets

the

read

erfo

llow

the

deve

lopi

ngar

gum

ent:

‘Wer

em

anbu

tco

nsta

nt,

hew

ere

perf

ect.”

...

¶C

onst

ancy

isa

supe

rhu

man

vim

ie, p

ossi

ble

only

inth

eun

deca

ying

real

ms

abov

eth

em

oon...

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stan

cyis

cent

ral

toS

hake

spea

re’s

visi

onof

hum

anha

nnon

y.

..¶

Thi

sno

tion

isfu

ndam

enta

lto

all

ofth

epl

ays.

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idea

l of

cons

tanc

yfu

ncti

ons

inth

eco

med

ies

asa

mor

alst

anda

rd..

..¶

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stan

cyis

rare

inde

edin

actu

alit

y..

..¶

Juli

a’s

cons

tanc

yis

cast

inth

eG

rise

lde

mol

d.-

-.‘

Con

stan

cyis

mag

ical

, how

ever

, onl

yin

fem

ale

char

acte

rs.

(Mar

ilyn

Fren

ch,

Sha

kesp

eare

’sD

ivis

ion

ofE

xper

ienc

e)

Ase

cond

way

toli

nkpa

ragr

aphs

isto

use

poin

ting

wort

hsu

chas

rel

aliv

ead

ject

ives

inth

ene

wpa

ragr

aph’

sop

enin

gse

nten

ce:

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sou

tcom

ese

ems

tosu

ppor

tK

uhn’

sar

gum

ent.

Lin

coln

was

very

care

ful

infr

amin

gth

ese

para

llels

.(G

arry

Will

s,L

inco

lnat

Get

tysb

urg)

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noun

s,ho

wev

er,

are

one

kind

ofpo

inti

ngw

ord

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ten

used

inop

enin

gse

nten

ces.

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rite

rsof

ten

rest

ate

anan

tece

dent

noun

inan

open

ing

sent

ence

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phas

isan

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arit

y:

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gina

lH

ene

ver

forg

otth

isle

sson

.R

evis

ion

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low

ene

ver

forg

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isle

sson

.

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thir

dco

mm

onte

chni

que

for

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ing

sent

ence

sth

athe

lpco

nnec

ta

par

agra

ph

toth

epr

evio

uspar

agra

ph

isto

use

conju

nct

ions

and

con

junc

tive

adve

rbs,

inal

lth

eva

riet

ies

list

edin

Cha

pter

3:

War

fare

was

basi

cto

the

Hel

leni

stic

wor

ld,

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ow

ays.

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t,th

ele

giti

mac

yof

the

Hel

leni

stic

king

rest

edin

part

onhi

sm

ilita

rypr

estig

e..

..

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cond

ly,

the

scop

eof

war

fare

was

grea

tlyen

larg

ed.

..

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heO

xfor

dH

isto

ryof

the

Cla

ssic

alW

orld

)

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. Gre

enle

afbe

lieve

dhi

svi

sion

ofet

hica

lle

ader

ship

was

prac

tical

.T

hesl

aves

also

turn

edth

eir

satir

eag

ains

tth

emse

lves

.(E

ugen

eG

enov

ese.

Rol

l,Jo

rdan

,R

oll)

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’slo

okat

one

exte

nded

exam

ple

.H

ere

isa

sequen

ce(f

rom

Rob

inD

unba

r’s

The

Tro

uble

with

Sci

ence

)th

atsh

ows

how

ten

succ

essi

vepara

grap

hsbe

gin:

1.4

The

busi

ness

ofhy

poth

esis

-tes

ting

isne

ither

easy

nor

stra

ight

forw

ard....

2.¶

Wha

t,th

en,

defi

nes

ago

odth

eory

?In

his

book

The

Rat

iona

lity

ofS

cien

ce,

the

phil

osop

her

Wil

liam

New

ton-

Sm

ith

list

sei

ght

key

feat

ures

.

3.¶

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ton-

Sm

ith

issp

ecif

ical

lyco

ncer

ned

toco

unte

rth

ean

ti-ra

tion

alis

tvi

ews

advo

cate

dby

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nan

dF

eyer

aben

d..

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ton-

Smith

argu

esth

atth

ean

ti-ra

tiona

lists

are

tryi

ngto

fois

tm

uch

too

gran

da

goal

onto

scie

nce.

5.¶

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the

othe

rha

nd,

New

ton-

Smith

iseq

ually

criti

cal

ofra

tion

alis

tslik

ePo

pper

and

Lak

atos

,ar

guin

gth

atth

eyha

veal

sota

ken

too

stri

cta

view

ofsc

ient

ists

atw

ork

6.¶

Thi

spr

agm

atic

line

has,

infa

ct,

been

argu

edby

othe

rph

iloso

pher

sof

scie

nce

7.¶

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cher

argu

esth

atth

isis

the

only

rati

onal

way

topr

ocee

dif

we

wis

hto

live

and

surv

ive

inth

ere

alw

orld

,

8.¶l

’he

philo

soph

erN

icho

las

Max

wel

lw

ants

togo

furt

her

byin

sist

ing

that

ther

ear

eev

enst

rong

ergr

ound

sfo

rjus

tify

ing

mod

ern

scic

ntif

icpra

ctic

e....

9.¶

Max

wel

lca

llsth

is“a

im-o

rien

ted

empi

rici

sm”

and

cont

rast

sit

with

the

“sta

ndar

dem

piri

cism

”of

conv

entio

nal

philo

soph

yof

scie

nce.

10.

¶T

heon

lypo

ssib

lere

cour

seop

ento

are

lativ

ist

atth

ispo

int

isto

argu

eth

atth

esu

cces

sof

ath

eory

does

not

guar

ante

eits

trut

h

How

man

yli

nks

can

you

find

?I

coun

tat

leas

ttw

enty

.

747

1Pa

ragr

aphs

75

Des

ignin

gP

arag

raphs

Rem

embe

rth

atpa

ragr

aphs

repr

esen

tun

its

of

thou

ght

wit

hin

anar

gu

men

t.S

uch

unit

sof

thought

mig

ht

incl

ude

expla

nat

ion,

exam

ple

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scri

ptio

n,na

rrat

ion,

defi

niti

on,

com

pari

son,

cont

rast

,or

anal

ysis

(see

also

Wes

ton

2000

).A

good

wri

ter

wil

lde

sign

apa

ragr

aph

tom

atch

itsfu

ncti

on.

Apa

ragr

aph

ofex

ampl

es,

for

inst

ance

,is

basi

call

ya

list,

wit

hev

eryt

hing

that

impl

ies

abou

tsy

mm

etry

and

para

llel

ism

.A

desc

ript

ion

shou

ldbe

com

pose

din

am

anne

rth

atac

cord

sw

ith

wha

tyo

u’re

des

crib

ing—

for

inst

ance

,w

ork

thro

ugh

avi

sual

desc

ript

ion

wit

hso

me

sort

ofsp

atia

lor

der,

say

from

left

tori

ght

orfo

regr

ound

toba

ckgr

ound

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arra

tion,

natu

rall

y,te

nds

toun

fold

chro

nolo

gica

lly.

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ling

tom

atch

form

tofu

ncti

onis

one

of

the

mor

eco

mm

onw

eakn

esse

sof

studen

tw

riti

ng.

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’slo

okat

som

eex

ampl

esof

how

para

grap

hssh

ould

mat

chfo

rmto

func

tion

.

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mpl

e.O

neof

the

mos

tco

mm

onpu

rpos

esfo

rpa

ragr

aphs

isto

offe

rev

iden

ceby

way

ofex

ample

s.A

par

agra

ph

may

focu

son

asi

ngle

deta

iled

exam

ple.

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ashe

re,

aw

rite

rm

aypr

ovid

em

ulti

ple

exam

ples

:

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wdi

visi

onof

labo

rbe

twee

nsu

pplie

rsan

dcu

stom

ers

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inve

ntin

gin

dust

hes,

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aria

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g,fo

rex

ampl

e,Sy

mte

chSy

stem

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dT

echn

olog

yno

long

ersi

mpl

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uipm

ent

toits

man

ufac

turi

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stom

ers.

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sign

san

dov

erse

esth

eir

man

ufac

turi

ngpr

oces

ses

asth

eyus

eth

eeq

uip

men

t.In

Abe

rdee

n,Sc

otla

nd,

oil

com

pany

cust

omer

ssu

chas

BP

(Bri

tish

Pet

role

um)

and

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oco

wor

kw

ithsu

ppli

ers

such

asen

gine

erin

gfi

rmB

row

n&

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tto

reth

ink

the

supp

lych

ain.

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osab

eth

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sK

ante

r,W

orld

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ss)

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enpl

ace-

nam

esar

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from

mis

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ings

orm

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ders

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ings

—no

tabl

yth

eW

est

Indi

es,

whi

chof

cour

seha

veno

thin

gto

dow

ithIn

dia.

The

ysi

mpl

yre

flec

tC

olum

bus’

star

tling

inab

ility

tode

term

ine

whi

chhem

isp

here

hew

asin

.Y

ucat

anin

Mex

ico

mea

ns“W

hat?

”or

“Wha

tar

eyo

usa

ying

?”—

the

repl

ygi

ven

byth

ena

tives

toth

efir

stSp

anis

hco

nqui

sta

dors

tofe

tch

upon

thei

rsh

ores

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hete

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utch

issi

mila

rly

base

don

ato

tal

mis

appr

ehen

sion

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com

esfr

omD

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ch,

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erm

an,

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the

erro

rha

sbe

enpe

rpet

uate

din

the

expr

essi

onP

enns

ylva

nia

Dut

ch—

who

are

gene

rally

not

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chat

all

but

Ger

man

.(B

illB

ryso

n,Th

eM

othe

rT

ongu

e)

Des

crip

tion.

Incr

afti

nga

desc

ript

ion

ofso

met

hing

—a

pict

ure,

abuil

din

g,a

scen

e,an

even

t,or

anyt

hing

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ha

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ses

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1990

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ons

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com

mon

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mar

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um

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mn

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ize:

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kA

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nni

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mor

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list

of

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poin

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ees

say

cove

red.

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ter

endi

ngs

prov

ide

am

easu

reof

ord

eran

dem

phas

is,

enco

ura

gin

gth

ere

ader

tolo

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kon

the

wh

ole

argum

ent,

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var

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spi

eces

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ndth

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est

endi

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man

age

tolo

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ard—

dra

win

gso

me

Beg

inni

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and

Endi

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83

larg

erco

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ting

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ific

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oran

op

po

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arch

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ood

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ith

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gges

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ore.

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revi

sion

ofth

eab

ove

exam

ple

reac

hes

for

such

anel

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t:

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kA

nton

yse

ems,

atth

ebe

ginn

ing

ofJu

lius

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ash

allo

wan

dun

impo

rtan

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arac

ter.

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byth

een

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play

heha

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akes

pear

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low

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tose

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neat

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sm

ask?

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was

his

love

for

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sar

genu

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port

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tic?

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espe

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pose

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tions

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lius

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er.

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sing

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cle

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firm

ness

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me

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whe

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egun

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Don

ne(1

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1631

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ofth

ebe

stw

ays

toen

dan

essa

yis

bycl

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rcle

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retu

rnin

gat

the

end

tow

here

you

bega

n.R

etur

nto

the

stor

y,ex

ampl

e,quota

tion

,or

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like

that

you

used

inyo

urin

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on.

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sim

part

sa

sens

eof

ord

er,

eleg

ance

,an

dco

ntr

ol

toan

essa

y.

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emb

erin

gho

wyo

ust

arte

dw

hen

you

fini

shsu

gges

tsyo

u’ve

been

payi

ngcl

ose

atte

ntio

nto

yo

ur

argu

men

t:th

atm

akes

your

read

erm

ore

incl

ined

todo

the

sam

e.H

ere’

san

exam

ple

from

anes

say

onS

hake

spea

re’s

Cor

iola

nus:

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inni

ng“B

oyof

tear

s;’

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idiu

sta

unts

the

Rom

ange

nera

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orio

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sne

arth

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spl

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vehe

men

ceof

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iola

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onse

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ests

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idiu

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shi

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mar

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hing

chil

dis

han

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out

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fier

cely

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dw

arri

or.

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ing

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the

end,

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iola

nus

has

thro

wn

away

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old

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tity

but

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new

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asw

ell.

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“boy

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ars”

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ftw

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sim

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ure

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ion

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ail

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and

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call

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ethi

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me

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rou

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vish

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amia

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n.“T

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