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... thing more significant : No matter what we see and report , there is always something left out in our reporting ... things or ideas but representations of them . This artifi- ciality is the occupational hazard of language . You or I ...
... thing more significant : No matter what we see and report , there is always something left out in our reporting ... things or ideas but representations of them . This artifi- ciality is the occupational hazard of language . You or I ...
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... things that are absent as though they are present . Our minds , through the use of symbols , can handle dollars , pounds of apples , oceans of water , and billions of stars without having these things physically present . We are able to ...
... things that are absent as though they are present . Our minds , through the use of symbols , can handle dollars , pounds of apples , oceans of water , and billions of stars without having these things physically present . We are able to ...
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... thing in a different context . Language should be perfected so that each thing would have its own meaning . " This seems ideal . However , there is an insurmountable problem because there are an infinite number of things and experiences ...
... thing in a different context . Language should be perfected so that each thing would have its own meaning . " This seems ideal . However , there is an insurmountable problem because there are an infinite number of things and experiences ...
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WHAT TECHNICAL WRITING IS | 3 |
IN FACTUAL COMMUNICATION DISCUSSION PROBLEMS | 14 |
HISTORIC ORIGINS OF SCIENCE HOW MAN LEARNS | 24 |
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