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Nominalization - Forming a noun from a verb or adjective

ex. Truth --> True

By deleting the presence of a human agent within a given sentence, it can assist in maintaining an impersonal tone, hence it is associated with academic writing.

Some writers believe that one of the key strategies for achieving information density in academic writing as well as objectivity is through nominalization.

Nominalizations significantly increase the general volume of information in an economical way and contribute t

... In the distance, he vaguely sees a girl smiling ...,

It was just a flash back of thoughts, the girl smiling was his wife twenty two years back, he recalled the memory of her, she didn’t change a bit during their long time of marriage, she stayed the same.

How come he got so blind? When did he realize that he forgot to treasure her? How could he forget what a unique woman, wife and mother she was? How could he forget what was the most important in his life, his wife and their two children?

How d

          Once a member encouraged me to write a blog, actually it's long time I don't post any but I felt lazy or simply didn't know what to write about. 'Just look around you' she told me, so I'll describe the social environment I feel sometimes with a sort of funny story. You can judge it after reading...

"...This morning I woke up, opened my bedroom window and saw everything was covered by a thick layer of snow, how beautiful...!! I was happily watching the view and couldn't help going out an

Have you ever heard the term family man? HIs wife is a career woman meanwhile he becomes a husband who stays at home does then laundry cooks takes care the kids etc.

If you are a family man do you feel proud or ashamed? Please share your experience...

 1. Suppose you meet an old friend you haven't seen for a long time.

2.You go into a railway station where every seat is occupied except one, and a woman has a parcel on this.

3.You bump into a woman in the street and she drops one of some parcels.

4. You have lost your way in the London Underground.

5.You are looking for somewhere to have lunch.

6.You meet a friend who invites you out to lunch.

POSSIBLE ANSWERS

"Hello!How are you? It must be ages since we met." 

"I haven't seen you for ages."

"How very

       Once up on a time there was a giant oak tree which grew besides a river. one day a rainstorm broke out and uprooted it. While it was floating down a river, it noticed some reeds which were growing near the bank, and cried out of them, "My Goodness"! How did it come that such small plants as you have managed withstand the rainstorm, while i haven't?

       "It was easy enough", answered the reeds. " Why did you stand stubbornly stiffly against storms as you did? look at us, we bowed down to

Dear Alex

It's me your secret girl friend Aqua Baby as know as Aquarius Baby. How are you my LDR long distance relationship? How is your wife and kids? I know we have platonic love. Well I always fight with my ex Arief and my husband Andre. Maybe it is destiny that they are business partners. Arief has a law firm and he is also a judge in Jakarta. Andre and I live with my son Mario. I named Mario because I really like playing Mario Bros in Time Zone. I can't type too long there is Korean Drama th

Sometimes we find an incredible lesson from the things around us without any awareness. It needs time to contemplate in while and connect it with our life experiences and thoughts. The lesson starts from here.

At that morning, I saw an old woman who was selling vegetables (in the market on the edge of the main street, unfortunately). She sat there behind her stuffs and relished drinking her tea. It looked like that her tea was the most delicious one and as if she savored it in the luxury cafe. Th

Every educated individual should know at least one foreign language. However, modern life is too busy and it’s so hard to find time for mastering new skill. The great news is that emerging technologies allow people to learn a foreign language online in the most time-saving and convenient way.

So, you should forget all those excuses, which you used for years, and dive into your studying. Let’s consider reasons, why online courses will be beneficial for you.

1. Save your time

When you study from home, y

This is how I like to learn: making mistakes. Yes, I know that there are a lot of mistakes in my English writing, but this is just the beginning, so it doesn’t matter, at least not for me. I like to face errors as they represent the boundaries of fear. If I didn’t even try, due to my own insecurity, I wouldn’t do anything, I wouldn’t be writing right now. So I’ll keep on going. And if anyone wants to point me out a mistake, I’ll be grateful.

Agustín Rodríguez Cuesta

1. Life is not miserable
2. Life is not a pain
3. Life gives you an opportunity to grow yourself. 
4. Life gives you the challenge to conquer your fear to break the obstacles.
5. Life makes you ashamed sometimes to make you stronger than you think.
6. Life gives you the pain to overcome your sadness and to make you more confident than you think. 
7. Life is a beautiful segment which can be divided into three parts childhood, young, adult. 
8. Life always teaches you based on your attitude. you will get more respect and respon

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The morning is so gloomy, and he is in a deep sleep. He wakes up when the sun shines right above the head. Finding his wife and his daughter no more around him, he recalls everything happened all of a sudden yesterday. He closes his eyes for a few minutes more. Afterwards, he gets up, throws on his only black jacket, takes the car key, and hits the road. Crazily thinking of committing s

Choosing a right academic course can be hard when you just passed your 10th with excellence. Yes, you heard it absolutely right. With an excellent result in the 10th grade, you will never want to make a wrong career choice. In most cases, parents indulge so much in selecting the subjects for their children by choosing subjects with the high marks instead of judging the subject knowledge and interest of the kids.

This is an alarming time for both the children and the parents. Let us understand, ho

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The morning is so gloomy, and he is in a deep sleep. He wakes up when the sun shines right above the head. Finding his wife and his daughter no more around him, he recalls everything happened all of a sudden yesterday. He closes his eyes for a few minutes more. Afterwards, he gets up, throws on his only black jacket, takes the car key, and hits the road. Crazily thinking of committing suicide, on a highway, he very fast drives his car. From afar, he vaguely sees a girl smiling, asking for hitchi

Hiya folks,

Got another one for ya. Let's see who's gonna be this month's winner. 

For all the newbs out there:

The rules are simple.

1. Look at the picture.

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ARE YA LOOKIN'?

Good.

2. Guess what kind of an idiom and/or expression I'm lookin' for.

Good luck!

get someone's goat

informal irritate someone

The morning is so gloomy, and he is in a deep sleep. He wakes up when the sun shines right above the head. Finding his wife and his daughter no more around him, he recalls everything happened all of a sudden yesterday. He closes his eyes for a few minutes more. Afterwards, he gets up, throws on his only black jacket, takes the car key, and hits the road. Crazily thinking of committing suicide, on a highway, he very fast drives his car. In the distance, he vaguely sees a girl smiling..........

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As you must have seen (at least some of you), I started writing a long time ago.  And this feels like to start all over again to me. That is the main reason for me to be writing about nothing at all. I mean, I’m not writing stories yet, but when I started writing in Spanish, I didn’t either. It was like this, addressing thoughts, reflections, and feelings without not attempt to reach any kind of poetic quality. So, I will keep writing and posting texts like this no matter what. It doesn’t matter