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Upper-intermediate English

Upper-intermediate English

7 Ways to Be Insufferable on Facebook | Wait But Why The memory is vivid. New Year's Day, 2013. I'm going about my afternoon pleasantly, when I open my email and a friend has forwarded me what she calls a particularly heinous Facebook status from her Newsfeed, written by someone we'll call Daniel. 2012 was a biggg year for me. By the time I finished reading, I realized that my non-phone hand was clutching tightly to my forehead, forcefully scrunching my forehead skin together. It was everything bad about everything, all at once. But instead of distancing myself from the horror, I soaked in it. It made me think about what makes terrible Facebook behavior terrible, and why other Facebook behavior isn't annoying at all. To examine this a bit, let's start by discussing the defining characteristics of statuses that are not annoying. To be unannoying, a Facebook status typically has to be one of two things: 1) Interesting/Informative 2) Funny/Amusing/Entertaining You know why these are unannoying? 1) Image Crafting. 2) Narcissism. 5) Loneliness.

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Are language cops losing war against 'wrongly' used words? 20 April 2012 Last updated at 00:54 GMT By Kate Dailey BBC News Magazine Language enthusiasts bemoan the way words are being misused. But are the meanings they view as improper destined to take over? The editors of the Associated Press (AP) Stylebook announced that after careful consideration, they had changed the usage rules for the word "hopefully". The AP Stylebook is one of the premier guides for American writers and copy-editors, and its rules dictate how the vast majority of newspapers and magazines use words, phrases, grammar and punctuation. Before the change, "hopefully" could only be used to mean "in a hopeful manner". Though the AP Stylebook is primarily used in the US, the question of what words can be used in which ways is a universal one. The use of "hopefully" is no longer as controversial as it once was, there exists no shortage of words that trigger arguments amongst language formalists. Continue reading the main story Once and future words The rules are, there are no rules

Breaking News English ESL Lesson Plan on Heroin Stepfather A 35-year-old American man has been arrested on drugs charges after his five-year-old stepson took 50 packets of heroin to school for a "show and tell" presentation. The drugs had a street value of around $500. The Connecticut Post newspaper reported that the man, Santos Roman, was charged with risk of injury to a minor, possession of narcotics, sale of narcotics and possession of narcotics within 1,500 feet (457 metres) of a school. He is being held by police in lieu of a $100,000 bail bond. The boy has been placed in state care in Bridgeport, Connecticut while police try to find other family members to look after him. They have requested relatives to come forward. The Connecticut Post says the boy attended his kindergarten at the Barnum School as usual on Monday. 1. 2. Have a chat about the topics you liked. 3. 4. 5. 6. 1. 2. 3. GAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text. LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps 1. Share your findings with your partners. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4.

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