Vocabulary

Astronomy Glossary

Astronomy Listening Resources Careers in Astronomy   Astronomy Reading Resources Careers in Astronomy A day in the life: Astronomer A day in the life: Astronaut   Astronomy Grammar Resources Online ESL grammar checker   Astronomy Vocabulary List antipodal Relating to or situated on the opposite side of the earth. asteroid Minor planets, especially those of

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Anthropology Glossary

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Accounting Glossary

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Academic versus Conversational Vocabulary Differences

There are “extensive linguistic differences” between different registers of English (Biber et al., 1999, p.9). Academic and conversational registers reveal a complementary frequency distribution of vocabulary and grammatical forms. Some of the principle differences are as follows: Vocabulary Differences Arranged by Parts of Speech Nouns Conversation has a lower density of information and therefore fewer

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