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2 Citations From the deepest cocles of my soul? What the hell is a weirdNano? What?s nano, what makes me think it?s so damned weird? Why would you care? Who am I that would purport to offer up a fruitless definition, and then to further expect that it could withstand the all-gazing and hyper-discriminant eye of these internet traffiks? What ignorant little bird told me that a foolish venture such as this would do anything but wither and die, more tire-fodder on the internet super highway? It was a bi, technorati.comFrom the deepest cocles of my soul? What the hell is a weirdNano? What?s nano, what makes me think it?s so damned weird? Why would you care? Who am I that would purport to offer up a fruitless definition, and then to further expect that it could withstand the all-gazing and hyper-discriminant eye of these internet traffiks? What ignorant little bird told me that a foolish venture such as this would do anything but wither and die, more tire-fodder on the internet super highway? It was a b, technorati.com
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Cryptomnesia? or ?concealed recollections? 1 Citation Well, isn?t that nice. Unconscious plagiarism is valued as wrong by people who only see black and white. ?Wrong? in the sense that someone is taking credit for something that was generated or created by another person and the interloper was not giving credit for the source of the new idea or ?thing.? Do you know who wrote the ?Dick and Jane? book series or what the best way is to grill lobster tail? How about the basics of the scientific method or the definitions of reinforcement or p, technorati.com
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1 Citation Marriage of Poet & Verse Sing, strangled sisters! sing the muses home from Olympus sing the muses home to Olympus sing the moon her new orbit sing me home to salvation, Oh Eden! take me back to thy bosom though fallen, I blame thee no longer thy fruits I grant clemency shall taste again those delights your wondrous innocence Father Adam, has thy wife strayed-or thee? Shall we all then suffer such ignorance having so lately having tasted of the fruit of Knowledge of good and evil never enough the, technorati.com
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1 Citation I?ve been getting mixed signals. Well, mixed metaphors. I?ve been encountering them with what seems like increasing frequency in both my editing work and in a lot of what I?m reading elsewhere. Over the last week or so I?ve been keeping a record of any examples I happened to come across in the manuscripts I?ve been editing (a couple of which I?ll use here), and I?ve also just dug up a couple of other examples from the internet ? one from a well-known news site, the other from a random online ex, technorati.com
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Guest on Charlie Rose Show mistaken as a ?painterly speaker? 1 Citation Charlie Rose on asking an expert on China to describe the host of the Olympic Games and the world?s third largest economy: ?I know you can?t speak with a broad brush ?? That is correct, Charlie. In fact, no one can speak with a ?broad brush? which is used for painting, not speaking. The correct verb even for a figure of speech would be ?paint? or perhaps ?make strokes? in describing China while using perhaps ?colorful? words which provide ?texture? and therefore a better ?picture? of the As, technorati.com
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A shiver down the backbone of business 1 Citation One of our news stories today included the following quote: News of massive cuts in much-needed road and rail infrastructure projects will send a shiver down the spine of an industry that forms the backbone of business in the country A shiver down the spine... the backbone of business... is this an extended metaphor or just a mixed one?, technorati.com
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A Writer?s Expressions: Word Play and Language Usage 1 Citation Writer?s often use expressions to convey meanings or show comparison between two things. Words and language can be used figuratively or literally. Figurative language can be a powerful tool the writer draws upon to evoke images in the mind of the reader. Writers often use figurative language in comparing two things which are unrelated, unnatural and uncommon so it sticks with the reader. Writers use metaphors and similes in their work, not only to enrich their writing, but to help the reader, technorati.com
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