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Re: 2 passages

Clive — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:45:36 GMT

Hi,

I have two questions so far regarding two passages. These passages both seem to be written in a very oldfashioned style of English. Do you know the date they were written?

1. The difference between the most dissimilar characters, between a philosopher and a common street porter, for example, seems to arise not so much from nature as from habit, custom, and education.

--Is a "street porter" someone who carries people's bags or someone in charge of the entrance to a building or someone else?It means someone you pay to carry stuff from one place to another. That's his job.

Today, in Western cities, we don't really have 'street porters'. We use couriers, moving companies, UPS.

2. When they came into the world, and for the first six or eight years of their existence, they were perhaps very much alike, and neither their parents nor playfellows could perceive any remarkable difference. About that age, or soon after, they come to be employed in very different occupations. The difference of talents comes then to be taken notice of, and widens by degrees, till at last the vanity of the philosopher is willing to acknowledge scarce any resemblance.

--I don't understand the part in bold. Could you make it clearer to me? It's very hard to follow the writer's thought. Possibly more context would help.

the vanity of the philosopher someone who is proud of their skills in thinking and umderstanding

is willing

to acknowledge scarce any resemblance. to admit that there is almost no resemblance between the two children, that they are almost completely different.

Best wishes, Clive

Re: need your correction

CalifJim — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:04:20 GMT

This is my guess of what you're trying to say.

I checked with Ada, and she said she is going to the plastic injection factory today to investigate why there's a color difference between the unit and USB cover. Therefore, the scheduled goal of June 19 is no longer reasonable. I will keep in touch with her for the latest updates.

Re: Kindly check these sentences

Creativeguru — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:45:35 GMT

Thanks a lot kindly explanation why till-date is incorrect. basically what is the difference between till-date and to-date?

Re: Tenses

Doll — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:54:33 GMT

My try:

Uses of phrase "found out":
(the city is going to raise taxes and the action of raising taxes hasn't iniitated.)
1) I found out that the city is going to/will/is planning to raise taxes.
I don't see much difference with this:
I found out that the city ~~would~~ will raise taxes. The choice of tenses here depends on the meaning you want to give us. If you mean that there is a more planning in this situation, "going to or planning to " can be used. But I prefer "will" with find out because "will" means something more immeadiate or something decided or learned at the time of speaking.

(It's news that my friend is going to get married and he hasn't married.)
2) I found out my friend is going to/will/is planning to get married.
I don't see much difference with this:
I found out my friend ~~would~~ will get married. Hmm, here you know that he is going to get married. You have an initial informationa bout this so planning to or going to will be more proper.

Use of word "said":
3) My friend said that the city will/ is going to raise taxes.
I see a difference with this and the sentence below seems to be OKbut not as good as the above sentence Why? Is that because raising taxes is still in a planning stage and has not been instituted?
My friend said that the city would raise taxes. I would say that this sentence is wrong. "said that, found out that" is a past tense in form but their meanings is relarted with present events so you shouldn't use a past tense if you are talking about a present event. The difference between will and going to is simply can be explanied as I told you before. If you want a detailed information, search them in the search box above. You will find threads discussing it.
4) My friend said the city will/is going to raise taxes after July 7th.
My friend said that the city would be raising taxes after the date of July 7th.?? -- how would you rewrite this with shifting-back the tense when a future date is involved.

Hmm, it is simple. Changing the tenses will help you. My friend said that the city was going to/would raise taxes after July 7th. (Reported speech) You report the news to your friend so there is nothing wrong with tense change.

Re: tense - why wrong?

CalifJim — Fri, 30 May 2008 18:48:07 GMT

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A job applicant using the sentence, "I like employers that (instead of who) take good care of their employees", is facing a risk of his/her application being turned down should his/her prospective employer consider such use (of 'that') as inappropriate; and the applicant will be left with no chance to defend himself/herself since normally no reason will be given for the rejection.

This claim is outrageously "over-the-top"!!! No employer in his right mind would reject a candidate on the basis of a single word. Employers are much more interested in whether the candidate can do the job. Word choice is not at issue in 99.9% of jobs typically available to job seekers. (The 0.1% represents jobs as editors and the like.) Barely a single employer in ten thousand is even aware of a difference between who and that in the context referenced -- and even those would have to have the issue specifically brought to their attention before they might notice that the prospective employee had used one or the other in the context of an interview.

Re: Is there a difference between a word for word translation and literal translation?

Philip — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:50:29 GMT

1. I'm not aware of a term for the difference between the two. Just use the two terms.

2. You might say 'liberal', 'free' or 'up-to-date/modern/vernacular'.

Re: difference between 'allow' and 'allow for'

Avangi — Sun, 25 May 2008 05:31:20 GMT

Hi Sebastian,

allow = permit allow for = accomodate / make provision for

Probably both would work in both of your examples.

allow / allow for connection = enable connection to be accomplished / performed

I'm having bad luck thinking of cases where both would not work.

The assembly dimensions fail to allow for expansion.

Mama don't allow no singin' around here.

To "allow for" is to plan ahead for some eventuality. "This board doesn't allow me to add more memory." "The board designer didn't allow for memory expansion."

Best wishes, - A.

Re: correction 3

New2grammar — Sun, 18 May 2008 18:26:24 GMT

Wow. Your corrections make the passage alive. I really tried hard to make it alive and natural but clearly, it's no where close. I need to read a lot more.

As usual, I'll follow up with a couple of questions to make sure I understand the corrections. Herea re my questions

The officer walked up to my window and asked,

1. Why does "walk over" sound to you? Poor choice?

He hesitated for so long that I thought he had somehow read my sarcastic thoughts on my face

2. Can I use 'for a moment' if that's really what happened? How would you change the sentence to accomodate" for a moment."

3. What's the difference between a tag number and a plate number? Why is tag number prefered in this context?

Thanks in advance!

Re: One more help please

Mister Micawber — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:07:13 GMT

1. Could you please send us the vessel routing for *** ?

2.  I would like to show you the difference between Seaway B/L and B/L, the details are as follows:
    - Seaway Bill of Lading â the consignee does not request this document and can collect the goods at the destination; this document is such as a telex release document
     - Bill of Lading â the consignee requests this document to release and collect the goods.
     Please contact us again if any point is unclear.

3. To recap our conversation, your US office missed stamping the company seal on the document. Could you please help to add it on and return it to us?

4. Is there any update? Please confirm.

5. 700 pcs will be returned to you soon. Please confirm that you are bearing half of the ocean freight charge of US$ 200 on the last return shipment.

Grammar gurus, criticism needed.

lochel — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:56:28 GMT

Hi, guys. I'm not worried about facts here, rather grammar.

I love you all!

Abstract

A continuous fight for comfort is the struggle of life, and humans alone are in the superior position. This, however, does not equate to superior comfort. The choices we make ultimately predetermine our lives, and knowledge, singularly, is the panacea of human afflictions. This paper will investigate the choices made regarding American prison systems and demonstrate their conflicts with knowledge in an effort to bring to light the injustice the mentally ill are forced to suffer. The investigation will then continue and trace the deleterious effect of these choices on society as a whole and explore how society copes with these choices.

Predisposed To Prison

Within the past century and a half humans have excelled rapidly. Many pieces of lifeâs puzzle have been put in place and the human brain is the vanguard of the movement. Neuroscience is a relatively new field of science which is devoted to the study of the nervous system and has already unraveled many age old questions. Psychology, the scientific study of behavior and mental processes (Myerâs, p. 5) is another relatively new field of science. It is a powerful tool that has enabled scientists to recognize different types of mental illness and their reciprocal relation between nature and nurture. The discovery of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) introduced genes to science and through subsequent discoveries the functionality of genes are being mapped. Despite all of these advancements in understanding, a large number of people are imprisoned for being mentally ill.

Approximately 16% or nearly 500,000 people in U.S. jails and prisons are diagnosed with mental illness (The new asylum, 2005) and require special attention. However, many of the nationâs psychiatric hospitals are shut down leaving prisons as the only viable option for the mentally ill. Most of these people have had no control over their conditions. Many of them are the victims of severe trauma, usually in their homes and especially in their childhood, while many others are as guilty as receiving their genes from their parents. This injustice is most obvious in the discriminatory handling of such individuals. It would sound absurd to imprison a person with a developing illness resulting in a physical disability, but this is exactly what is done to those who are mentally afflicted.

Neuroscience offers a necessary perspective into the erroneous logic of the prison. Neurons are the constituents of the entire nervous system which is composed of the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system (PNS). An individual neuron is a fairly simple cell which consists of a cell body, dendrites, and the axon with its terminals. Although there are different types of neurons, they all perform the same basic function. Dendrites extend from the cell body and receive messages through the intake of neurotransmitters from sensory receptors or other neurons. These messages are forwarded to the cell body where the decision making takes place. At this point the cell will react with an all or nothing response. If the cell is stimulated, it will release a brief electrical charge called the âaction potentialâ. This charge travels down the neurons axon to the axon terminals and triggers the release of neurotransmitters which will traverse a microscopic space called the synaptic gap and bind to receptor sites on other neurons, glands, or muscles.

In other words; the external world that is conveyed through the five senses is nothing more than neurons sending and receiving neurotransmitters. All human perceptions, thoughts, actions, and reactions are the result of an extraordinary complex network of neurons; neurons are the captain of the ship that every man is. The human brain comprises approximately one hundred billion neurons. The development of the networks created within the brain is subject to many external factors, however. This is where the reciprocal relation between nature and nurture displays its force.

Among many, experiments done on rats by Mark Rosenzweig and David Krech (Myerâs p. 79) clearly show a difference between rats in isolation and rats in a social environment. The experiments performed demonstrate the importance of experience for brain development. Neurons from the brain of a rat in isolation lack the complexity that neurons of rats in a social environment possess. By simply isolating a rat from other rats, its brain development is stunned and becomes severely limited. So great is the significance of socialization for brain development that there is an observable difference in brain mass. Rats in a communal environment develop a heavier, thicker brain cortex. Also, there is a noticeable difference in behavior. It is possible to distinguish an impoverished rat from other rats by observing its activities and curiosity.

Mental trauma on the other hand not only limits the development of the brain, but also has the effect of causing âmiswiringâ of the brains networks. A mentally traumatized personâs perception of the world is abnormally formed. Their neurons are networked for survival in a traumatic environment. From a natural point of view survival is most important and when nurture forces nature to survive in extreme cases, extreme behaviors result. The problem becomes apparent when the environment changes and the traumatized individual is introduced to an environment which may not be as harsh to live in. This is usually the case when the individual reaches adulthood and this is where the real hardship just starts. In many cases children who are traumatized grow up to be criminals. Once they are adults society holds them responsible for their actions regardless of their past. They are then imprisoned and isolated. This is an ignorant approach which does not provide a solution.

People who have been traumatized or were born with a genetic problem resulting in mental illness are handicapped. They have very little or no control over their own actions. Their neurons are not networked properly. They do not have the same decision making power as the average man, and are susceptible to harming themselves or others. In short, they do not live in the same world as the rest of humans do.

Isolation has been the method of choice throughout history due to ease of implementation and more importantly the lack of understanding of the deleterious repercussions of this method. Isolation is not a remedy, rather the contrary. Social deprivation has many known adverse effects on the human psych and is another manner of traumatizing people. Weather behavioral problems among the human species are genetic, nature, or nurture related or some combination thereof, how these problems are dealt with should be the center of attention. Almost all prisoners are released back into the public. When the mentally ill are released into the public without proper help, they are bound to return to the prison to endure more isolation before the whole process is repeated.

The big picture which often is not realized is even more troubling; releasing mentally ill people who are unstable into the public leaves the public exposed to the risk of trauma. Although adults are not as vulnerable as children, trauma will still have its effect. For example, when a loved one is killed by a person who has not received the necessary medication or help to stabilize his or her condition, the loss is quite traumatic. Also, trauma has an accumulative nature which effects society as a whole through social interactions. Considering how destructive trauma can be to the human psych, by observing its symptoms directly from the traumatized, a vivid picture of the danger society is placed in is portrayed.

Conclusion

It is understanding that leads to the awareness that ignorance is not bliss, rather a tragedy. The wellbeing of any person highly depends on the environment that individual is in. Being mindful of others is a great way of creating a better environment. Circulating the mentally ill among the public is not conducive to the wellbeing of society. It is not possible to shield oneself from the suffering of others nor is it possible to ignore it. Humans are extremely social creatures, hence one mans suffering becomes every mans suffering. It is important to consider how humans network and how these networks connect people all around the world. Especially in this day and age, with the help of technology, there is such great diversity. People are able to move around more and everyone can somehow relate to everyone else.

It behooves every man for the sake of himself to look at those less fortunate and advocate their wellbeing also. Today, many types of handicap are acknowledged by society and much effort is expended in an effort to provide them with comfort and care, but those who are mentally ill are still ignored largely and current resolutions have predisposed them to prison. Investing on psychiatric hospitals should be a priority of this nation presently. Prisons are no substitute for psychiatric facilities and the care provided for the mentally ill in prisons is not adequate. Over all, a change in the system is needed and intelligent choices have to be made to accommodate these less fortunate people.