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communication
tip "Misplaced
modifiers": A misplaced modifier is simply a word or
phrase describing something but not placed near enough the word it
is supposed to modify.
Incorrect - "I had to take down
the shutters painting the house yesterday." It sounds like the
shutters painted the house! Place the modifying phrase painting the
house near or next to the word it is meant to
modify. Correct - "Painting the house
yesterday, I had to take down the shutters." word/phrase "Floccinaucinihilipilification": The
act of estimating something as worthless.
With 29 letters, this is the longest non-technical word in
the first edition of the Oxford English
Dictionary. This gigantic word is actually an aggregate of Latin
forms. - "flocci" is from the Latin floccus, and is related to
the verb floccipendo which means, literally, "to give the value of
a bit of fleece" or "to takelightly".
- "nauci" is a word meaning "few" or "almost nothing".
- "nihil," like in anihilation, is the Latin word for
"nothing".
- "pili" is the plural form of the word pilus, the Latin word for
"small hair," but in this case meaning "trifle".
- "fica" is from the verb facio meaning "to do" or "to
make".
- "tion" is a standard English nominalization
form. E.g. US Senator, Jesse Helms, in reference to the
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: "I note your distress at my
floccinaucinihilipilification of the
CTBT". commonly confused
"Specially, Especially":
Both words can mean "particularly". However,
specially is more commonly used to mean "for a
particular purpose". Especially is used when you
mean "to an outstanding extent," "mainly" or
"unusually". E.g. "Equipped with low lighting, the office was
specially designed for her needs."
E.g. "He made an
especially thought provoking point." do
you know? i About Scott's
law: Scott's Law, The "Move Over" Law, mandates that
when approaching any police or other emergency vehicle stopped
along the roadway, you must: • proceed with due caution
• change lanes if possible
• reduce your speedScott's Law was named after Lieutenant
Scott Gillen of the Chicago Fire Department who was struck and
killed by an intoxicated driver while assisting at acrash on the Dan Ryan
Expressway. A person in
violation of Scott’s Law commits a business offense punishable by a
fine of up to $10,000. |
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