CharityG’s blog

Sorry, I can't....

2008-04-11T00:37:33Z

We have all been in that situation where we really don't want to do something, but instead of flat out saying no we just comply or make up some excuse. Well, on wed night this exact thing happened to me! It was roomates birthday and we all went to...

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I burnt the chicken!

2008-04-10T03:27:20Z

Well yesterday in class we had a sheet of really exercises, and little did I know that later that night I was going to have a dilema very similar to "John told Steve he won the prize". So last night I was trying to be little miss domestic and deci...

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Doctor visits

2008-04-05T23:25:22Z

So, I recently went to the doctor for a sickness and while I was there I realized how many maxims there are in a simple visit. For one, Some people do not exactlty tell the whole truth when they visit the doctor for personal embarassment issues. T...

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Gatekeepers!

2008-04-04T19:26:39Z

Leslie's post made me realize that in my job I ALWAYS have to show negative politeness. I am currently an intern for Aflac insurance, but I am liscensed to sell as well. When I am out cold calling on businesses I must keep use negative politeess a...

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Airline gestures.

2008-03-21T17:33:57Z

Since spring break has just past, I have some really good examples of spatial expressions in sentences; more specifically gestural expressions. The airlines use gestural expressions in every single flight. I am sure we have all noticed, but until ...

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Akward?

2008-03-21T17:28:20Z

The subject of this post has to do with more semantics than pragmatics however I couldn't pass up on the opportunity. Last night I was watching TV... Bravo to be more specific. A commercial came on for the new TV show "Make Me a Supermodel". In t...

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Long vs. Short

2008-02-28T23:57:51Z

Luckily today during our test, I had time to try and figure out the extra credit. I think I succeeded. In the second part of the short answer, she wrote, "How LONG does our SHORT answer have to be?" To me, this is a paradox because the whole conen...

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Aspectual Characteristics

2008-02-28T02:06:45Z

I am still stuck on the example we had in class regarding the verb 'to like'. I understand that in order to use the present progressive form "I am liking", there must be boundaries in order to be appropriate. However, in our generation I feel this...

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I Believe...

2008-02-22T03:07:35Z

Think of these sentences for a minute... "I believe in our team." "I believe in God." "I believe in love." Most would perhaps use "believe" and "know" interchangeably. I would in most situations, however the word "know" is considered to be a stat...

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I caught myself in a tautonym!

2008-02-22T02:59:21Z

Today I caght myself mid sentence in a tautonym. Although redundance is old news for our class, I still wanted to share this common example. As we all know there was an ice storm passing through today, well earlier this afternoon I asked someone t...

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