enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Tattersall (cloth) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tattersall_(cloth)

    Tattersall is a style of tartan pattern woven into cloth. The pattern is composed of regularly-spaced thin, even vertical warp stripes, repeated horizontally in the weft , thereby forming squares. The stripes are usually in two alternating colours, generally darker on a light ground. [ 1 ]

  3. Tattersalls - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tattersalls

    George Tattersall (1817–1849), a son of the second Richard Tattersall, who was a well-known sporting artist. [2] Tattersall, a type of cloth named after the business, [5] used commonly in modern shirts. During the 18th century at Tattersall's horse market blankets with this checked pattern were sold for use on horses. [6]

  4. Community unionism - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_Unionism

    Tattersall Power in Coalition, Chapter 1 includes an overview of the history of the term and a definition of community unionism, ISBN 978-0-8014-7606-8. "Forms of Solidarity", Article on Community Unionism, by Carla Lipsig-Mumme of York University. One of several articles beginning critical writing on community unionism internationally and ...

  5. Glossary of literary terms - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_literary_terms

    Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...

  6. Composition studies - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composition_studies

    Second language writing is the practice of teaching English composition to non-native speakers and writers of English. Teaching writing to ESL students does not receive much attention because even in ESL classes teachers focus on speaking, listening, and reading, not just writing.

  7. Tattersall - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tattersall

    Jonathan Tattersall (born 1994), English cricketer; Kathleen Tattersall (1942–2013), British educationalist; Mark Tattersall (born c. 1984), British journalist; Philippa Tattersall (born 1975), Royal Marine officer; Richard Tattersall (1724–1795), founder of racehorse auctioneer Tattersalls; Roy Tattersall (1922–2011), English cricketer ...

  8. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/...

    An article suffering from such language should be rewritten to correct the problem or, if an editor is unsure how best to make a correction, the article may be tagged with an appropriate template, such as {{Peacock term}}. Puffery is an example of positively loaded language; negatively loaded language should be avoided just as much. People ...

  9. Comprehension approach - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehension_approach

    An advantage of the comprehension approach of language learning is the fact that when the learner eventually understands the meaning and the correct application of the words, the language will sound more effortless when he or she speaks it in contrast to other forms of language learning, which may result in more stilted efforts.