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Spell well.

a-cco-mmo-date should accommodate two c's and two m's.

Acknowledgment has no e' in U.S and it is Acknowledg-e-ment in Britain.The case is same with
Judgment.

Embarrass has arrass.

Harass has arass.

There should not be any inadvertent use of a' in inadvertent.

Able is indispensable in indispensable.

Liaison has two eye's.

Its occasion and occurrence.

Separate

Supersede

verbal statistics.

In English every new word is found for every 98 minutes.
Isn't that interesting?

Some Common Misspellings

With so many words in English, misspellings are common. However, misspellings also make you look bad - to clients, colleagues, and friends.


Allright – should be " all right "

Depandable – should be " dependable "

Indapendant – should be " independent "

Reccomend – should be " recommend "

Responsable – should be " responsible "

Seperate – should be " separate "

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And explore the world of words.

Disaster Story

Aster means Star in Greek.

Disaster:
In Roman mythology it was believed that something bad happens because of the fault in their
zodiac stars.
And so came the word disASTER , which means something worst has happened.

Asterisk:
Asterisk * Doesn't that look like a star....and hence came the word ASTERisk.

Asteroids:
Star like objects in space.
so came the word....ASTERoids.

Relplace confused--->flummoxed

‘flummox' use it man...Redefine Indian English

The first syllable rhymes with the words ‘plum’, ‘glum’, and ‘slum’; the ‘o’ in the second syllable sounds like the ‘a’ in ‘china’. The final ‘x’ is like the ‘cks’ in ‘sucks’, ‘bucks’, and ‘ducks’. The word is pronounced ‘flumex” with the stress on the first syllable.

This is a word that is mostly used in informal contexts. When you are flummoxed by something, you are bewildered or confused by it. In fact, you are so confused you don’t know what to do.

As expected, the Minister was flummoxed by the questions posed by the reporters.

Uppercase for I...ever reasoned?

Why is the word ‘I’ always capitalised?

I understand that English is the only language where the pronoun ‘I’ is always written in the upper case; in most other languages spoken in Europe, it is written in the lower case. I guess this goes to show that the English have a big ego! Just kidding! The only explanation that scholars have for this is that when the Old English ‘ich’, meaning ‘I’, was reduced to ‘i’, it was thought to be too small to be considered a real word. Also, printers and scribes were worried that ‘i’, when written separately, would get attached to the word before or after it. Since they didn’t want this to happen, they began to capitalise the word.

Peruse-careful Browse-casual

What is the difference between ‘peruse’ and ‘browse’?

‘Browsing’ is something that we normally do when we are in a bookshop. Before we decide what to buy, we invariably take a look at the books and magazines available. Sometimes we read the blurbs, at other times, we sample a paragraph or two in order to decide whether the book is worth buying. When you browse through a book or magazine, you look at it in a very casual way; you do not read it carefully.

*He was browsing through the sports section when the phone rang.

*Could you browse through the first draft and give us some feedback?

‘Perusing’, unlike ‘browsing’, suggests very careful reading. When you peruse a document, you go through it very carefully. You examine the document in detail; you read each and every word.

*The CEO perused the ten page document before signing it.

Don't tell Mug up

‘academic bulimia’?

First, let’s deal with the pronunciation of ‘bulimia’. The ‘u’ in the first syllable is like the ‘u’ in ‘full’, ‘pull’, and ‘bull’. Some people pronounce the first ‘i’ like the ‘ea’ in ‘feat’, ‘meat’ and ‘seat’; others pronounce it like the ‘i’ in ‘it’ and ‘bit’. Whether you pronounce the word ‘bu-LIM-ia’ or ‘bu-LEEM-ia’, the stress is on the second syllable. These are just two of the ways of pronouncing the word.

Bulimia is a disorder. Some people have a craving for food, and when they eat, they proceed to stuff themselves. Once they have finished eating, they usually rush to the bathroom and force themselves to vomit. This act of eating enormous amounts of food and then proceeding to vomit everything is called ‘bulimia’.

Academic bulimia is something that we Indians specialise in. What is it that we do during the time of exams? We usually mug up the answers to all possible questions, and the following day we reproduce everything we have memorised; most of the time, with little or no understanding. This ability that we have to ‘disgorge’ answers is called ‘academic bulimia’.

Don’t be fooled by his marks. He doesn’t know a thing. What you see on paper is academic bulimia.

Synonymous with Stupid things.

What is the meaning of ‘it’s your funeral’?

This is an expression that is mostly used in informal contexts. When you tell someone that it’s his funeral, what you mean is that the thing he intends to do is rather stupid. In other words, it’s your way of warning the person that he has made a wrong decision, and he is the one who is going to suffer the consequences.

*You want to go for a walk at this time of the night? It’s your funeral.

Courtesy-Know Your English-The Hindu.

Depromoted or Demoted

Is it okay to say, ‘He’s been depromoted’?

No, it isn’t. Although ‘depromoted’ is a possible word, it does not exist; no dictionary lists it. The word that you have in mind is ‘demoted’. When you ‘demote’ someone, you lower his rank or position.

After the trial, my cousin was demoted from colonel to captain.

Courtesy : Know Your English -The HIndu

Logology.

Good SOP

What the statement of purpose is not

• Many students (particularly foreign students) think that the statement of purpose is about character. While honesty, sincerity, conscientiousness, etc. are important attributes, I assume students with good academic records applying to graduate school have these traits.
• Many students think that the statement of purpose should be an autobiographical sketch. Believe me, the story of your first computer when you were 10 years old and how it inspired you to devote your life to Computer Science does not make particularly interesting reading, nor does it tell me the things I want to know.

Questions that your statement of purpose should answer

When I read a statement of purpose (which I think is one of the most important parts of a graduate application), I have the following questions in mind. Don’t structure your statement with these questions! (I can just see the applications pouring in now with my questions used as section headings.)

Your statement of purpose should be a cohesive piece of prose. (Some use of section headings is OK, but not with my questions.) It should present yourself to the reader. One way you can think of your statement is as an extended (and somewhat more formal) answer to the interview question, “Tell me about yourself…”

While some of my questions below can (and should) be answered directly, the rest should be addressed by relating relevant experiences and accomplishments.

• Why do you want to get a PhD (or MS)?
• What are your research interests? Be as specific as possible, but keep in mind who will be reading your application.In the Rensselaer CS department, research groups read applications — the one(s) you specify on your application. At other schools, a department committee may read all applications and decide upon admissions on behalf of the whole department.For the Rensselaer CS department, unless you are an exceptional student with a broad range of experience/accomplishments,

  you should target your application to just one research group — a student who specifies interest in robotics and networking, for example, may not be taken seriously by either group.Multiple faculty within a research group will read your application.

• Why are you interested in these research topics? Don’t write an autobiography!
• Do you have the motivation/perseverance to complete a PhD?
• If you have an undergraduate degree in something other than Computer Science or Computer Engineering, then another question is: do you have the background to pass the PhD qualifiers?

The statement of purpose is also an opportunity to describe some of your accomplishments and their significance. The reader will not be familiar with the programs, competitions, examinations, etc. for all parts of the United States, not to mention other countries.

Other things to keep in mind

• Format: Single spaced (or maybe even “one and a half” spacing, but definitely not double spaced) with at least a 10 point font and reasonable margins (at least 1 inch on all sides, preferably more on the left and right with a 10 point font).
• Length: Definitely not more than 2 pages! (Who has time to read more than that?) When I was applying to graduate schools, I was advised to keep my statement of purpose to a single page. I now think that this was not good advice — one page tends to be too short if you’re covering everything you should.Don’t try to “cram” more into your two pages using typographical tricks (line spacing, font size, margins, etc.) You’re not fooling anyone. Inability to write a concise statement of purpose indicates a lack of critical thinking skills.I should duly note that most undergraduate Computer Science students confuse “concise” with “short”. “Concise” means that you have given thought to the composition of your statement to make it a clear and cohesive piece of prose (with a natural/logical flow) that covers all the necessary points and doesn’t cover unnecessary points. “Short” pieces of writing are usually too short because they omit important points, aren’t cohesive, etc.
• Spell check it! Get someone else to proofread it!

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