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Reversing name order [closed]
My current task is to create a (programming) algorithm which reverts a name's order. This since my country's formal name-listing order is different from international ones. The standard is often:
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The use of question formation in non-question phrases?
I have read the following text some time ago:
[...]
Only here can you enjoy dazzling entertainment, get the thrill
of your life on the exciting rides, and be face-to-face with some of
the ...
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What are reading comprehesion tools that can generate or suggest plainer language? [closed]
I'm looking for ways to simplify a document for better comprehension after I have already gone through an editing process myself. It could include suggestions easier synonyms, grammar optimization ...
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Opposite of writer's block
I recently experienced a patch where in I just had an urge to write and write. And when I sat down on my laptop, indeed I went on and on writing things I always wanted to. I felt like I experienced ...
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What defines a unique writing style? [closed]
I'm an amateur writer that happens to be a professional programmer.
I say this because I've recently jumped back into a personal research project in which the goal is to automate the de-anonymization ...
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What literary device is being used here?
The beginning of prehistoric wars is a disputed issue between anthropologists and historians.
Source: http://ask.yahoo.com/20070404.html
I was reading that article and I noticed that sentence ...
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Classification of languages according to stress patterns [closed]
While this question is about the English language, it is also about all other languages:
There's a classification of stress patterns in languages whereby languages are one of two possible types.
One ...
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To what extent do English words sound like what they describe?
Is it true that the way languages develop causes the tonal qualities of the words to have a tendency to match the nature of the thing the word stands for?
I am not talking just about obviously ...
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Right format for time of day when corresponding with Germans
I'm writing to some German folks in English, and I'm referring to the time of day -- an event that starts at 10 o'clock in the morning.
I know that if I were writing to other Americans, I'd use 10 ...
