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... describe your role here . 2. Did you have difficulties " coming to language " as a child ? Do you remember re- sorting to protective silence because of your accent , a different primary language , or a different cultural identity ? Did ...
... describe your role here . 2. Did you have difficulties " coming to language " as a child ? Do you remember re- sorting to protective silence because of your accent , a different primary language , or a different cultural identity ? Did ...
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... describe people as individuals , not as members of a set . Gender Role Words 42 Certain sex - linked words depend ... describe a woman as unwomanly is a contradiction in terms ; if a woman is doing it , saying it , wearing it , thinking ...
... describe people as individuals , not as members of a set . Gender Role Words 42 Certain sex - linked words depend ... describe a woman as unwomanly is a contradiction in terms ; if a woman is doing it , saying it , wearing it , thinking ...
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... describe any member of such groups ; and it issues a similar warning against using words like " gorgeous " and " petite " to describe women . As euphemism proliferates with the rise of political correctness , there is a spread of the ...
... describe any member of such groups ; and it issues a similar warning against using words like " gorgeous " and " petite " to describe women . As euphemism proliferates with the rise of political correctness , there is a spread of the ...
Contents
Simplicity WILLIAM ZINSSER | 13 |
Freewriting PETER ELBOW | 19 |
Revising Your Own Manuscript | 28 |
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