“Miscommunication”
Problems in every society usually derive from one specific thing. Miscommunication. How many times have you gotten in an argument or a disagreement with someone over what someone said, and then you later found out that that person meant something completely different from what was running through your head? How many times have you gotten off the phone with someone—someone important, --and wondered, what in the world were he or she talking about? I often get this feeling after class.
Now, have you ever looked—I mean really looked at the English language? It is a very confusing language and it’s no wonder so many other people have so much trouble understanding it. Have you ever talked to someone from a foreign country and you’ve had to rephrase the entire thing you were trying to say because they didn’t understand? That’s exactly what I’m talking about.
Let’s start with something simple. Oxymorons. Let’s say you’re getting ready for a job interview and as you’re leaving the house, someone yells out behind you, “Just Act Natural, you’ll be fine.” You get in the car and the only thing you get on your mind is “acing natural.” A person can’t act and be natural at the same time and the entire time you’re driving to the job interview, you’re thinking, what can I do to act more natural. That, my friend, is an oxymoron and can easily be mis-interrupted. You’ve heard of them before. They can easily be defined as a couple of words contradicting one another but used as a fixed expression. A couple of examples, found missing, same difference, good grief, and airline food.
Expressions such as these can cause miscommunications, misunderstandings, and basically just a lot of confusion.
Have you ever been watching the news or Sportscenter® and they show a clip with the small title of “taped live” down in the corner? How can something already have been taped and yet they’re showing it over live television?
Our government seems to enjoy these phrases quite a bit. In our government, they have many divisions called government organizations. Tell me if I’m wrong but I believe the government is an organization itself. How can they call them government organizations if the government IS an organization? That’s like saying organization organization.
We also have a division we call the Peace Force. How can a person force peace without destroying the entire definition of the word?
The digestive process begins in the mouth, known as the oral cavity, where food enters. Chewing breaks the food into pieces that are more easily swallowed, while saliva mixes with food to dissolve food molecules. After that the tongue pushes food toward esophagus. The esophagus is a muscular tube extending from the pharynx to the stomach. By means of a series of contractions, called peristalsis, the esophagus delivers food to the stomach. The stomach secretes acid by tiny glands. At the same time that protein is being digested with the enzyme pepsin to break down protein into smaller molecules. Beside these muscles of the stomach contracts rhythmically to squeeze food. All the directions the food becomes thick liquid like milk shake. Then the food arrives in the small intestine from the stomach through the opening of the pyloric sphincter. The pyloric sphincter muscle is the furthest part of the stomach that connects to the small intestine. The food fully digest and absorp nutrients in small intestine with the aid of liver, gall bladder, pancreas. So the digestive system is very necessary for
Short Answers: define and give an example in two or three sentences (5 points each).
364) - This leads to the confusion of a statement's meaning. Due to a phrase being unclear, it can be interpreted with many different meanings.
Furthermore, “troublesome words are those whose meanings appear to be simple, like “true”, “false,” “fact,” “law,” “good,” and “bad””(Postman 24). These words leave the reader with ambiguity. They could be interpreted in many different ways and often creates problems for the reader. Complex words with single, more concrete definitions are much easier to understand.
o An example is “business is business.” The 1st business invokes denotes the transaction under discussion and the 2nd invokes the connotations of the word.
For example, using sarcasm †̃well thatâ€TMs just greatâ€TM most often used in a sarcastic tone but taken literally it would be interpreted as amazing. The language we use can be confusing we must adapt our verbal communication accordingly.
During digestion, the body breaks down food into smaller molecules that could then be used by the body’s cells and tissues in order to perform functions. This starts off in the mouth with the physical movements of chewing and the chemical breakdown by saliva. Enzymes in the stomach break food down further after traveling from the mouth through the esophagus. The food from here then moves into the small intestine, where pancreatic juices and enzymes dissolve proteins, carbohydrates, and fibers, and bile from the liver breaks down fats into these small molecules. Any portion of the fibers or food that were unable to be broken down are passed from the small intestine to the large intestine, which is where the digestive tract transitions into the excretory tract, then the colon and out of the rectum. Any liquids that have been stripped of their nutrients by the body proceed from the stomach to the kidneys. In the kidneys, sodium ions (Na+), uric acid, and urea are exchanged with water, which moves urinary bladder and is excreted through the
The human digestive system is a bodily process made up of many systems, organs and substances that break down food both physically and chemically for use by the body. But what exactly is human digestion and what happens to food as it moves through the digestive system? “…[digestion] is a group of organs working together to convert food into energy and basic nutrients to feed the entire body” (Tim Taylor). There are three major bodily mechanisms that contribute to the process of digestion. The first mechanism is the breakdown of food, the second mechanism is the process of extracting nutrients from food, and the third mechanism is excretion, or the body’s natural waste system. Each mechanism uses specific bodily organs and chemical compounds to assist in the digestion process. Organs such as the mouth, tongue, throat, liver, esophagus, gallbladder, pancreas, small and large intestines, rectum and anus are all key to the digestive process. These organs and mechanisms come together to convert the food humans eat into energy and nutrients that the body uses to sustain life, and to get rid of unnecessary waste that could be harmful to the body. Although the removal of waste from the human body can be an awkward subject to discuss it is an important part of the digestive system because if left in the body this waste would eventually poison us. The digestive system is interesting, complex and truly important to our daily lives. Without the digestive system energy and nutrients vital to the body could never reach body cells and a person wouldn't be able to do all the things they like to do, such as study, play sports, and hang out with friends.
In society today, there are not many people going into physical therapy as a career. People showing that therapy is not important to have in a hospital. Many people are not understanding the importance of having a physical therapist after surgery or any physical accidents. However, you should reconsider physical therapy as a job because it promotes the patient’s ability to move, reduce pain, restore function, and prevent disability. Mostly people, like to make people happy and help out on their lives. You just have to consider on how doing the job, follow rules of being one, and how to be certified. United States v. Bajakajian, 1998.
when you construct sentences or words, or make up words for example: Where da boo-boo?
not really understand their meanings as well as their source. In most cases we give wrong
...ould happen in environment from schools to hospitals to offices, an example can be an incorrect mode which means if in an office there was an email that was sent to an employee that was tersely worded so this made the reader to believe that he/she was being reprimanded, when it had really meant to mean a simple meant to communicate a bit of information.
...rue or false. Also, some words have factual meanings along with normative components that can be used either way.
A clever choice of words can make things seem different than they are. For instance, during the Vietnam War, the Defense Department of the United States. States used many misleading phrases in news reports. Instead of "forced" transfer of civilians" they said "relocation", and instead of "lies" they said "elements in the credibility gap." Cirino 18:
this leads me to my next question: how does one know if the words mean