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What Are the Meanings of the Recycling Symbols?
Perhaps the easiest way to live green is to use recycled products and to recycle everything that you can in your day-to-day life. However, it does help if you can properly identify the symbols associated with recycling and the recycled content of the products you're paying your money for.
What Are the Causes of Islamic Diffusion?
The religion of Islam has existed for centuries, with significant spread across much of the known ancient world in the space of three hundred years. The most rapid spread occurred within just 50 years of the beginning of Islam. Much of this spread was due to what is called diffusion, which happened
Gifts for Francophiles
Wondering what to buy for the French lover on your list? Someone who really loves French probably already has a good dictionary and grammar book, so here are some gifts that will really thrill your favorite Francophile.
Doodads, Hoozywhats, and Thingamambobs: 27 Examples of Placeholders
A placeholder (also known as a tongue-tipper) is a word used by speakers to signal that they don't know or can't remember a more precise word for something.
Zeng Jia - Daily Mandarin Lesson
The Mandarin Chinese word for "increase" is "zeng jia." This daily Mandarin lesson has audio files for your pronunciation and listening practice.
250 Topics for Familiar Essays
If you're stuck for a topic for your next essay, here are 250 suggestions to get you started.
What Are the Problems Translating a Japanese Haiku Into English?
The purpose of haiku is to express a brief yet detailed observation about naturecherry tree in blossom image by PHOTOFLY from Fotolia.comA haiku is a specific style of Japanese poem. Haiku are short, detailed observations about nature and the seasons. A true haiku will consist of three...
Faux amis - L
Words that look very similar in French and English might have very different meanings, so watch out for these false cognates.
open class
The category of content words--that is, parts of speech (or word classes) that readily accept new members.
How Does Text Messaging Affect the Ability to Write & Speak in English?
Millions of ludicrous emails are surfacing on the web, sent from students and job seekers to professionals, using made-up words like "i" and "come2u." It may not be the fault of schools, friends or even television, but because of the vastly popular communication craze, text messaging. Text messaging
Indirectness in Speaking and Writing
Indirectness is a way of conveying a message through hints, insinuations, questions, gestures, or circumlocutions.
Hua - Chinese Character Profile
The Chinese character for "speech" is made up of two components - the character which means "words" and the character which means "tongue".
All In The (Language) Family
As Latin was developing into numerous Italian dialects from which Florentine was selected to be the national language, changes were taking place in other regions of what was once the Roman Empire. New linguistic entities were evolving into languages which today are separate and distinct from Italian