As a branded marketing document, a leadership resume can use innovative conventions,
such as sentence fragments that remove the verbs.
Where information is fluent, readers will be more likely to use the associative system; where information is disfluent, readers will be more likely to use the rule - based or analytic system.22 In written materials, fluency can be influenced by aspects of formatting and presentation such as font, color, and spacing.23 Fluency is also a function of readability - related characteristics
such as sentence length and complexity, vocabulary, and grammar.24
However, that legal writing centers may in part draw upon positivist theory does not mean that they should be the remedial writing centers that appeared in universities in the 1940s and 1950s.91 Nor should the law school writing center be offered as a proofreading, cite - checking, or line - editing service for students; though tutors can provide generalized feedback and answer questions on issues of small - scale organization
such as sentence structure and word choice, legal writers must be responsible for the polishing of their own documents, for both professional and ethical reasons.
My firm represents people throughout the San Francisco Bay Area in these matters and also provides help with post-sentencing concerns
such as sentence reduction hearings, early termination of probation hearings, and more.
Writing exercises
such as sentence and paragraph construction using the vocabulary further challenge students to understand the definitions on a deeper level.
For productive written activities, students are given supports
such as sentence frames to help them develop structured academic responses.
In other words, activities based on Neuro Linguistic Programming may not be desirable as this approach to teaching focuses on a «holistic» learning method, which, unfortunately, may not provide all the bits and pieces required to complete the examination exercises
such as sentence transformation.
Those tests measured some important composition basics —
such as sentence structure and the use of transitions.
Today, for instance, there is essay - grading software, commercially available from companies like Vantage Learning or the Educational Testing Service, that can quickly and efficiently analyze pieces of writing on dimensions
such as sentence construction, language, and mechanics.
A scaffold
such as sentence stems, for example, can assist ELLs as they practice speaking.
In reading, educators usually determine the appropriateness of a text based on factors
such as sentence length, vocabulary, readability, skill development, and content.
When other levels of learning are involved,
such as sentence structure and vocabularies, students require help from a professional specialist.
Many lessons cover a range of levels as I teach mixed level classes, I use supportive techniques
such as sentence starters, word banks and peer assessment and self assessment.
The first step is to distinguish between propositions and linguistic entities
such as sentences.
«It's a governor's responsibility to undo unjust acts
such as sentences which are cruel and never should have been imposed,» Roskoff said.
In a discussion paper titled Holistic community justice, the NSW Aboriginal Justice Advisory Council proposes that restorative justice approaches
such as these sentencing options should be available for dealing with family violence.
Not exact matches
It also deals with
such stylistic problems
as long
sentences and the abundance of passive constructions.
A spokesman for the British judiciary told Business Insider that Sikorska's
sentence was «not unusual,» considering the model's «mitigating factors,»
such as her jobs and ongoing education.
It can be a window «into not only memory but also executive function,
such as the ability to plan a
sentence, which you need for the generation of complex
sentences» with multiple dependent clauses.
In just a few
sentences, Minshew creates a bridge to the future, explaining that the new funding will be used to expand to more cities, and build out a new line of services,
such as Coach Connect.
You probably know to use the other person's name first when it comes at the beginning of a
sentence,
such as «Brandon and I put the presentation together.»
Therefore
such matters
as rhythm and alliteration are vital to every
sentence.»
You could also use a service
such as The Readability Test Tool (read-able.com), an alternative to the Flesch - Kincaid tool that's built into Microsoft Word, which provides document - readability statistics,
such as the grade level at which it's written and how many passive
sentences it contains.
The Chinese government continues to impose death
sentences for crimes that don't warrant it under Chinese law,
such as drug - trafficking or financial crimes, and after unfair trials, the report states.
«Sometimes there is a good case for try and - for example, if you want to avoid repeating the word to in a
sentence such as: «We're really going to try and win this one,»» he adds.
If
such holder participates in the next Qualified Financing but not to the full extent of its pro rata share, then only a percentage of its Series A Preferred Stock will be converted into Common Stock (under the same terms
as in the preceding
sentence), with
such percentage being equal to the percent of its pro rata contribution that it failed to contribute.]
WASHINGTON The White House on Tuesday urged U.S. lawmakers to move ahead with legislation to help prisoners prepare for life after release, but stopped short of calling for broader reforms
such as changing mandatory minimum
sentences for drug crimes.
My last
sentence was intended
as a joke and should have indicated
as such, along the lines of «other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?»
Predictive policing introduces a scientific element to law enforcement decisions,
such as whether to investigate or detain, how long to
sentence, and whether to parole.
And in some instances, it has been Scalia and Thomas who have done so more than those who may think of themselves less
as originalists (in one recent case in particular Scalia and Thomas dissented from the majority which held that convicted child molesters could be indefinitely imprisoned despite having fully served their
sentences based on subtle shifts of language and the over-application of prior case law — no one wants a child molester free and about, but
such results focused outcomes are always dangerous).
It was a prison
sentence for some,
such as in the state of Virginia, before this.
(What a v.a.gue and useless term in
such a general
sentence as this!)
Alternative
sentences such as house arrest, electronic surveillance, and community - based work programs keep minor offenders tied closely to the very things that motivate most people to straighten out: their families, jobs, and communities.
If though you're
such a prude
as to stop reading a
sentence the second you see a curse, then I have no interest in really changing your mind anyway.
The first three
sentences of II.3.2 belong with the inserted 3.1 (h), but 3.2 probably initially began with the first three
sentences of 3.1 These
sentences indicate that the «next chapter» will consider
such problems
as «induction» and «general truths» (PR 83 / 127).
Yet,
as his bracketed insertion into the offending
sentence suggests, I made no
such claim.
Make a set of cards with
sentences on them
such as «I did not help Mummy lay the table after she asked me to,» «I took Fred's pencil because I liked it,» «I dropped my dinner plate by accident» «I took Fred's coat, thinking it was mine,» etc..
Whenever he found his speech growing too modern — which was about every
sentence or two — he ladled in a few
such Scriptural phrases
as «exceeding sore,» «and it came to pass,» etc., and made things satisfactory again.
Turning to Christian tradition, we may note that the Fathers and Doctors of the Church are virtually unanimous in their support for capital punishment, even though some of them
such as St. Ambrose exhort members of the clergy not to pronounce capital
sentences or serve
as executioners.
8) The
sentence of death may be improper if it has serious negative effects on society,
such as miscarriages of justice, the increase of vindictiveness, or disrespect for the value of innocent human life.
I mean critics who, like Rainey, love to begin
sentences with formulations like the following: «If it is true,
as the logic of poststructuralism asserts, that every erasure will leave its trace in
such a way that the very thing one is trying to exclude is disclosed
as the hidden center of a contaminated order, then...» Then what?
Each
sentence and each paragraph must be understood
as a contribution to the sense of a complete book,
such as the Book of Jeremiah or the Gospel According to Matthew.
Each biblical statement is a
sentence which must be understood in terms of the vocabulary and grammar of its original language (Hebrew, Aramaic or Greek), but the better modern translations,
such as the Revised Standard Version, have made it possible for one who understands English vocabulary and grammar to read and study the Bible without being seriously misled on most points.
But the correction need not have damned her
as «a minor celebrity,» nor did it deserve
such a sweeping generalization based upon a single
sentence.
It embraces a fruitful abundance of descriptions of God, including all the substantive terms that can legitimately complete the
sentence, «God is...,» beginning with scriptural terms
such as Word, Wisdom, Water of Life, Bread from Heaven, Truth, and Comforter,
as well
as alternative proper names
such as El Shaddai and also El Roi» Hagar's name for God, in the only biblical story where a human being gives God a name.
There are, for example, signals used in animal communication, nonconventional signals which include some gestures, and single - word
sentences such as the word «Tree» used by children in the early stages of language acquisition.
According to Frege, the semantics of sense and reference is primarily a semantics of whole
sentences and not of
sentence parts.2 Every declarative
sentence contains a proposition, and
such a
sentence contains a thought
as its sense (FBH 46).
«It's entirely appropriate that an individual who is convicted of a crime face the appropriate penalty,
such as a lengthy jail
sentence,» said World Relief's Tudi.
The very first
sentence of Whitehead's major philosophical work, Process and Reality, shows clearly that Whitehead presupposed a situation
such as I have just described.
In the passage immediately following his six «
sentence discussion of the Fifth Way, Aquinas explains the connection: «
As Augustine says, since God is the highest good, He would not allow any evil to exist in His works unless His omnipotence and goodness were such as to bring good even out of evi
As Augustine says, since God is the highest good, He would not allow any evil to exist in His works unless His omnipotence and goodness were
such as to bring good even out of evi
as to bring good even out of evil.