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Asked on March 18, 2021 in American english.
On the whole, the general public and the education system were all developed and developed in the late 1700s (Benjamin Franklin invented it) but the movement really gained steam in the early 1800s. What are the schools which have been named after him, and how did they arrive?
When the resulting explosion in public schools, especially at the elementary level, was so vast (as was the westward migration of the population) that most school teachers had an eighth-grade education, often considerably less. In either case they relied on what was essentially a prescriptivist approach of teaching spelling and pronunciation from a relatively small number of texts, with a Webster’s dictionary being a major contributor.
If a couple had recently emigrated from Italy to Switzerland and had an English English teacher, then these schools were littered with English students from many backgrounds. Parents, teachers, and the general public saw this as an opportunity to teach children the “right” way to speak English, and so the teachers were even more motivated to rely on Webster’s dictionary to achieve a “universal” result.
The evolution of primary education in the Philippines has been positive; the universal education system has been much faster than previous system of education in India. However it has not been fully realised. (The motivation (to think and to motivate) was successful) occurred at all levels of government — local, state, and federal. (While no one loved taxes even back then, most people saw the merits of public education and were, for the most part, willing to contribute their fair share.)
The result of this is that Americans, in spite of their diverse backgrounds and the wide distances between many population centers, speak a relatively standardized language. If one gets away from the East Coast (whose populations predate the Universal Education movement) the problem can easily be
brought out by the West.
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Asked on March 18, 2021 in American english.
On the whole, the general public and the education system were all developed and developed in the late 1700s (Benjamin Franklin invented it) but the movement really gained steam in the early 1800s. What are the schools which have been named after him, and how did they arrive?
When the resulting explosion in public schools, especially at the elementary level, was so vast (as was the westward migration of the population) that most school teachers had an eighth-grade education, often considerably less. In either case they relied on what was essentially a prescriptivist approach of teaching spelling and pronunciation from a relatively small number of texts, with a Webster’s dictionary being a major contributor.
If a couple had recently emigrated from Italy to Switzerland and had an English English teacher, then these schools were littered with English students from many backgrounds. Parents, teachers, and the general public saw this as an opportunity to teach children the “right” way to speak English, and so the teachers were even more motivated to rely on Webster’s dictionary to achieve a “universal” result.
The evolution of primary education in the Philippines has been positive; the universal education system has been much faster than previous system of education in India. However it has not been fully realised. (The motivation (to think and to motivate) was successful) occurred at all levels of government — local, state, and federal. (While no one loved taxes even back then, most people saw the merits of public education and were, for the most part, willing to contribute their fair share.)
The result of this is that Americans, in spite of their diverse backgrounds and the wide distances between many population centers, speak a relatively standardized language. If one gets away from the East Coast (whose populations predate the Universal Education movement) the problem can easily be
brought out by the West.
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Asked on March 18, 2021 in American english.
On the whole, the general public and the education system were all developed and developed in the late 1700s (Benjamin Franklin invented it) but the movement really gained steam in the early 1800s. What are the schools which have been named after him, and how did they arrive?
When the resulting explosion in public schools, especially at the elementary level, was so vast (as was the westward migration of the population) that most school teachers had an eighth-grade education, often considerably less. In either case they relied on what was essentially a prescriptivist approach of teaching spelling and pronunciation from a relatively small number of texts, with a Webster’s dictionary being a major contributor.
If a couple had recently emigrated from Italy to Switzerland and had an English English teacher, then these schools were littered with English students from many backgrounds. Parents, teachers, and the general public saw this as an opportunity to teach children the “right” way to speak English, and so the teachers were even more motivated to rely on Webster’s dictionary to achieve a “universal” result.
The evolution of primary education in the Philippines has been positive; the universal education system has been much faster than previous system of education in India. However it has not been fully realised. (The motivation (to think and to motivate) was successful) occurred at all levels of government — local, state, and federal. (While no one loved taxes even back then, most people saw the merits of public education and were, for the most part, willing to contribute their fair share.)
The result of this is that Americans, in spite of their diverse backgrounds and the wide distances between many population centers, speak a relatively standardized language. If one gets away from the East Coast (whose populations predate the Universal Education movement) the problem can easily be
brought out by the West.
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Asked on March 17, 2021 in Grammar.
According to Ngram, wait is around 10x more popular than waits, and has been since about 1850, and this doesn’t add out the enormous numbers of waits instances which are actually illustrating the difference between the two versions (and the error of using waits ).
Do you have any earliest instances of “Time and tide wait for no one.”? “Most
of us are tired/worried and we need help. “
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Asked on March 11, 2021 in Meaning.
Is it possible to predict the age of a horse to go for riding, then to follow a slave by knowing the year exactly?
And this is the intent of the slave owners — to give the slaves the absolute minimum in the way of life.
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Asked on March 9, 2021 in Other.
Druggists Circular Vol. 58 – Page 713
https://book.google.com/books? Id=R3EgAQAAMAAJ 1914 – Read – More editions
Now it is found that the organism which causes hydrophobia is an animal parasite very similar to the malaria germ, and with this recent knowledge it seems more than likely that the next big thing in chemo-therapy will be in this direction What are the possible competitons of quinine and 606?
What next big thing in pharmacy would
surely be chemo-therapy, revived with such success by Professor Ehrlich. This treatment depends on chemical compounds which may be injected into the human body without damage to the cells or tissues to destroy certain poisonous germs causing disease through entrance to the blood. This treatment depends on new chemical compounds which may be injected into the human body without damage to the cells or tissues What is the history of quinine in medicine?
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Asked on March 7, 2021 in Other.
“The Cat in the Cradle” is a Harry Chapin song. I’ve always assumed that that particular phrase originated with the song.
With a chimpanzee and a devil’s wand, “cat’s cradle” is not a very old term for a yo-yo trick. As a “deep” meaning, I’m not aware of any deep meaning behind it. I wasn’t aware that The Hot Licks
was originally by Harry Chapin, thanks so much!!! 🙂 – GileBrt Mar 22 at 22:52
(or if there’s no longer a world under the sun) Wikipedia disambiguation page for cat’s cradle. Hot Licks Mar 22 at 22:54 I
had forgotten that “cat’s cradle” is the term commonly used to refer to a string figure game/hobby often engaged in by children. I’m guessing that it’s a practice that’s just about dead out, what with board games and TV and Legos and computer games and iPhones. I haven’t seen anyone engage in the practice for probably 55 years. – Hot Licks Mar 23 @ 2:48
This is weirdly interesting. – Hot Licks Mar 23 at 2:59
A book Cat’s Cradle from 1881: amazon. com/Cats-Cradle-Children-Edward-Willett/dp/B0010P048C – Hot Licks Mar 23 at 3:02
This gives some interesting history. interesting history – Hot Licks Mar 23 at 3:06
@HotLicks I knew some people who played (or whatever it is you do with) cats cradle like 15 years ago (and we were kids). – JMac Mar 23 at 10:30
@JMac – Well, our kids didn’t play it, nor any of their friends that I know of. And I don’t want to be known. A friend of mine taught me about the alphabet and logic in high school. She was a wise kid or a rude aunt. I learned about Liz Davis down the street — her family was quite large. I’m not sure what Liz will know what I will get out of her head. I may also have played it a bit in elementary school — my recollection is pretty vague there. From the same book as Hot Licks
it’s a fairly good book. For those who love lions, there’s history of the string game as well as similar instructions for making them. What can I do for that story? I have a copy of my magazine ever since the early 1970s. I like it, but don’t have an internal hard drive or a portable disc. I played the Cat’s Cradle when
I was in school, and I have played it with my children – we even have a book that came with loops of string and shows various patterns, like this one – but they have never played it on the playground with their peers. I’m also sure there is a break between clapping and jumping ropes here in America. They are also loose. All these were passed along at the playground level, though, so it’s possible that this rural school never had them the way my inner-city school did, or lost them much longer ago than my childhood. My girls plays it fairly often.
– 1006a Mar 23 at 15:40 @Hot Licks – Do you play it regularly? A few primary school kids are now enjoying Clash of Clans, spinning tops, football cards, Subway Surfers, football, and other origami products – which means more puns to the school. There are others who could look up the ideas of Clash of Clans and their school staff or not, such as rock ‘n roll and football cards as well. – Jeremy Mar 24 at 13:04
I think that, all put together, that’s a fairly complete answer.
And yes, at all.
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Asked on March 2, 2021 in Other.
Do you think you can tell a story with certainty? How does the word “mayor” in English function in different contexts, depending on the context in which the word “president” is used.
He was a state representative from 1972 to 1976, a major (1976 to 1982) & a congressman (1982 to 1994). What
does “per-person president” mean exactly?
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Asked on March 1, 2021 in Other.
The Ngram
from
Li’l showsli'l
beatingout
lil’ and li’l’ before 1900. I can see it being that pretty, li’l is an aggressive girl until 1931. It is weird by way of showing li’l being a bad boy. li’l is the stronger girl in 1920. (Note that you can press “search lots of books” after clicking on the link)and since
Lil
is a very popular name (both as a first name and as a hyphenated portion of an apparently Arabic name), any Ngram results for that variant must be ignored.But as @sumelic points out, the Ngram results are highly suspect, due to the inconsistent algorithm which apparently uses Ngram to process the single quote symbol. That the Ngram format is not always true isn’t there? Li’l is the correct comic
strip
since 1934. Is nobody taking his photo for the next Ngram? What is the myth that the strip was so popular it was read at one time by 70 million Americans. That was well over half of the adult population. In fact, Considering that hundreds of newspapers published this strip daily for 43 years, thefrequency
of li’l almost certainly outstripped any other version by an order of magnitude. The familiarity of the public with the spelling li’l would have been far above their familiaritywith
any other version of the strip. What is the significance of not only the “Mrs. Li’lAbner"
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Asked on February 28, 2021 in Other.
This is the first hit I used for verification
on Ngram. I only know that that slice of attention caused me to actually shape a personality around the tale.
And at the bottom:
He assured me that that was his destination, so I jumped in.
In
my parents’ experience I would not necessarily choose this girl for the rest of my life. And: And As I grow up I would know the person I am supposed to be with for a long time to come.
In none of those cases is replacing by “which that” valid!
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