It should be noted, however, that participants had the option to indicate that they did not know the word or its meaning, which explains why some words had a low number of ratings. On average, there were 0.64 "don't know" responses for each word (range = 0–18, SD = 1.73). The ...
I found them as I came on a trailblazing vision of one of their offshoots, the liminal chameleon contronym—a compact of a single word admitting of two senses that contradict each other. The latter being the epitome of contradiction, what’...
So you can see that one meets all kinds of people on a U.S. college or university campus. Now that you have some general idea of differences in the student population, I’d like to talk a few minutes about what I think an average student is and then discuss with you what a typical...
For example consider 'grave', 'game' and their wide-spread adverbial forms: 'graveLY', 'gameLY'. Now how come that 'hardware' and 'software' adverbials don't have (in SOED, HERITAGE) green light?How about 'number' and 'numberLY' (SOED is silent), while 'name' and 'nameLY', 'word...
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So we’re not a commune in the sense that all of us live together in the same place. There are some members who like to travel, others who stay at home. Everyone is free to live in whatever way they like. Our slogan is “Do Whatever You Want, Don’t Do Whatever You Don’t ...
In Syria, more than 4.7 Million people have fled from the country and there are more than 13.5 million people still living there that are in need of assistance. In countries like Malawi, Burundi, Liberia, Madagascar, and other countries, people have to leave because they don’t have enough...
When one first thinks of Greek life or a sorority the only thing that comes to mind is the social aspect. Most people don’t think of sororities as social institutions that envelop their own culture, with mannerisms, languages and customs that are unique to each individual organization. Howeve...
. But, the word that I've had to look up how to spell the most is "souvenir." I have spelled it so wrong that even spell-check couldn't figure out what I was typing! I have NEVER spelled it right on the first try.Is there a word that you still have a tough time with, no ...
we found that participants with an excessive number of ratings exceeding 25 were indeed unusual. In fact, an excessive number of ratings exceeding the participant’s age, excessive number of ratings exceeding 25, and excessive number of ratings of “0” (representing “I don’t know the word...