Qu: Should the legal driving age for obtaining a learner’s permit be increased to 18 years old? A question commonly thrown around between road safety groups and the government is about the legal driving age. Some say that the legal driving age should be raised to 18, whereas others say it should be kept at 16 years. The majority of accidents involving young people all revolve around kids who have only just gotten their P plates. Accidents like these most likely occur when the driver is with friends
In David Wagoner’s poem, “My Father’s Garden”, the speaker describes his father’s job as a fruitful gardener that his father find very productive but does not finally yield anything of value. Through the use of vivid imagery, we are presented with two contrasting outlooks on life. In four stanzas, Wagoner’s use of imagery and metaphors shows us what he thinks of his father’s job, his education and subsequently, the choices his father has made throughout his life. We are first presented with image
Although abbreviations are an extremely common thing which are used every single day throughout the medical field, it does not mean that they are always a helpful thing. Health care professionals generally use abbreviations during their work days to try to help them do things a bit more quickly so that they are able to move on to the next patient faster. One of the most common problems with using abbreviations is that it can sometimes be very difficult to decipher another person's handwriting. When
communication; in a form that uses abbreviations to quicker the process. This is not famous way of communication between the teenagers only, text messages have gained there value in business too. It allows person to reply according to their connivence and does not make them to have to call. Too make the process of texting fast, people use language of abbreviation; “textspeak”. People argue on positive and negative affects on student’s writing skills due to such use of abbreviation. Reality is that, there is
considered an abbreviation, an abbreviation means a smaller version of a word or phrase. For instance, the word average is abbreviated avg. There are many different types of abbreviations, which include: Here is a list of abbreviation types: Acronym, initialism, etc. An acronym is an abbreviation formed from the first letter or letters of a series of words, like AIDS, NAACP. When people are not familiar with abbreviations with in a sentence or phrase it can create chaos. Text messaging abbreviations can
As I was working on the daily crossword a few months ago, I came across the clue "Egyptian beetle." I pondered over this clue for a few seconds, staring at the small black and white boxes on my computer screen and thinking back to all of the Egyptian documentaries and The Mummy movies I watched as a child, and yet I could not think of any six letter word to satisfy this clue, but fortunately, I knew who could. I quickly instant messaged my Egyptian friend and asked him if he knew the answer. I excitedly
Eliminating abbreviations can reduce errors in the healthcare profession when it comes to medication errors, patients dealing with a life threatening medical error, and similar abbreviations. Many medication errors occur due to abbreviated words symbols, and dosage that cant be read and become misunderstood. These mistakes can cause harm if no one notices it. Many patients end up with a life threatening problem due to a medical error. A nurse might give the patient the wrong dose because of the handwritten
Crystal’s statement that texting can benefit the language and improve reading and writing skills. Crystal discusses diverse studies on the relations between texting and literacy in pre-teenage children. Crystal’s results revealed that “The more abbreviations in messages, the higher they scored on tests of reading and vocabulary. The children who were better at spelling and writing used the most textisms. And the younger they received their first phone, the higher their scores.” (345). His results support
Cullington did a research on, if texting affects writing. Texting is an easy and common way to communicate these days, from businesses to teenagers. Everybody uses abbreviation of some words or sentences in texts to quicker the communication. Texting escapes people from making calls. “Textspeak” (130) is a term used for the new language of abbreviations, symbols and acronyms. People argue on the positive and negative affects on students writing skills due to this new language of texting. Truth is that texting
mining algorithm to detect abbreviations challenge in biomedical texts Abstract One of the grounds raised in the last few years is the search and extraction of data from biomedical literature. The size and growth of the biomedical literature has created new challenges. Text mining techniques will pave the way to answer this question. Just extracting the definitions for abbreviations and biology is very essential. One of the challenges is a high rate of new abbreviations which introduce, develop and
As stated in the article, “2b or Not 2b” by David Crystal, people believe that texting is not a natural form of communication and that it is wrecking our language. Although some people may agree with this idea, studies have challenged this opinion. Rather than fearing the consequences of texting, people should embrace this evolution and understand that this new form of communication may actually provide benefits to literacy. This author once stated, “there is no evidence that texting teaches people