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Obermeyer Case Questions 1. Define the key problem discussed in the case that Obermeyer is attempting to solve and what key areas of their business and market did they study? Obermeyer is attempting to solve the key problem of “making supply meet demand”. Because of the variety and...

Hello all and great forum. First post here so be nice lol.Our teacher has assigned an essay on the lord of the flies. We have to form our own thesis' and he has given us topics for guidance. I'm having a little trouble choosing a topic and was hoping to get a second opinion. Here they are, and...

Latinos: Breaking Down Stereotypes The Latino population is growing faster than any other minority in the United States. Nevertheless, with the growing population and acceptance of Latinos, long-standing stereotypes categorize them so that everything makes sense. These stereotypes are assumptions...

Hi Guys, I'm a new member to this forum, but I'm already excited to be a part of it. Anyhow, I'll tell you alittle about myself. I'm a second year journalism major at Michigan State University with aspirations of becoming a NewYork Times writer. One day I hope to publish my own magazines, but...

No - this site is specifically about marking written work. An 'F' paper is a fail. if you google 'faulty diction' you'll come across lots of sites concerned with proof reading, exam and essay marking etc. This is a teacher's correction code for students re: marking...

It would be unacceptable in an essay, but people use that construction. Age has nothing to do with it. I hear people of all ages say "If I would have ...". On the other hand, I never hear anyone I know say the ones marked 1. I'm taking a seat-of-the-pants approach here, giving general...

Hello JT It's your forum, so please free to start a new thread on #2. One thought: I'd've quite liked to go back to your other points after dealing with #2. It's possible that similar questions will arise. So it may be tidier to keep both 'threads' here. But it's up to you. I look forward to...

The Influence of Dadaism with the emphasis on the works of Kurt Schwitters Introduction The reason why I wanted to write about Dadaism and Kurt Schwitters is that I “discovered” Kurt Schwitters on a Compositional forum I attended at my old University. The way of dadaist performance, which may...

Hello MrP History of English Gerunds (quoted from OED) The most notable development of the verbal nouns in form of -ing is its use as a gerund, i.e. a substantive with certain verbal functions, particularly those of being qualified by an adverb instead of an adjective, and of governing an...

The Oxford Dictionary seems to compile words and their usage that are/were used in literature, whatever pedagogic grammarians say about them. My Oxford Dictionary (OED CD version 2.0, 2000) classes "to not do" as "peculiar constructions." It says; "occasionally an adverb or adverbial phrase is...