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  2. List of common false etymologies of English words - Wikipedia

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    In fact it is derived from Portuguese marmelada, meaning quince jam, and then expanded from quince jam to other fruit preserves. It is found in English-language sources written before Mary was even born. [72] Nasty: The term nasty was not derived from the surname of Thomas Nast as a reference to his biting, vitriolic cartoons.

  3. Signifyin' - Wikipedia

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    Rudy Ray Moore, known as "Dolemite", is well known for having used the term in his comedic performances.While signifyin(g) is the term coined by Henry Louis Gates Jr. to represent a black vernacular, the idea stems from the thoughts of Ferdinand De Saussure and the process of signifying—"the association between words and the ideas they indicate."

  4. Glossary of language education terms - Wikipedia

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    In English-speaking countries, they have integrative motivation, the desire to learn the language to fit into an English-language culture. They are more likely to want to integrate because they 1. Generally have more friends and family with English language skills. 2. Have immediate financial and economic incentives to learn English. 3.

  5. English language - Wikipedia

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    Old English is essentially a distinct language from Modern English and is virtually impossible for 21st-century unstudied English-speakers to understand. Its grammar was similar to that of modern German: nouns, adjectives, pronouns, and verbs had many more inflectional endings and forms , and word order was much freer than in Modern English.

  6. Assault occasioning actual bodily harm - Wikipedia

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    Hobhouse LJ. said of the expression "actual bodily harm", in contending that it should be given its ordinary meaning: We consider that the same is true of the phrase "actual bodily harm". These are three words of the English language that receive no elaboration and in the ordinary course should not receive any.

  7. Legality of corporal punishment in England and Wales

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    Precedent of R v Donovan 25 [1934] Cr App R 1 CCA demands that allegations of s. 47 ABH must be supported by evidence of injury that "must, no doubt, be more than merely transient and trifling". The Criminal Justice Act 1988 provides a good reference for 'transient and trifling' as being an injury only chargeable as common assault.

  8. Vocabulary learning - Wikipedia

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    Vocabulary learning is the process acquiring building blocks in second language acquisition Restrepo Ramos (2015). The impact of vocabulary on proficiency in second language performance "has become […] an object of considerable interest among researchers, teachers, and materials developers" (Huckin & Coady, 1999, p. 182).

  9. Trifling Women - Wikipedia

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    Trifling Women is a 1922 American silent romantic drama film directed by Rex Ingram. It is credited with boosting the careers of its leads, Barbara La Marr and Ramon Novarro . It has been described as Ingram's most personal film.