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The encapsulation of the fact that individuals who know more, make better decisions, and live better.
Know more know better is a great idiom. I tell it to my students to encourage them to study. Know more live better is an extension of that idea.
by but for September 25, 2018
"Know more know better" is a great idiom. I tell it to my students to encourage them to study. "Know more to live better" is a counterpart.
by but for September 25, 2018
A dialect which uses the brief versions of expressions and is based on the "Prolix, and Concise, Sets of Words" handbook.
Identifying and listing the prolix and illogical English expressions and their concise counterparts, a scholar realized that many who use the brief expressions speak in the Brief English dialect, which unlike other dialects focuses not on which words are said, not how they are said.
by but for March 13, 2019
Sex is the reproductive act.
Calling the reproductive act "sex" leads young people to engage in sexual intercourse mostly oblivious to the main possible consequence—creating a new life.
by but for December 3, 2017
The fact that flight rhymes with fight may be why the term "fight or flight" is used. As clever and useful as it is, it is not factual. Thus,"fight or run away" might be a better way to express that unique state.
by but for February 5, 2018
A new genre which contains characters, places, things, activities, events, and relationships which could not exist anywhere, primarily because they do not adhere to mathematics, science, logic, or reason and are simply impossible, but worthy of consideration. Its dialogues and/or monologues can be nonsensical and may contain non-sequiturs.
Inspired by the things and situations Dali and other surrealist painters and artists depicted starting in the 1920s, and hoping to surprise readers and sell many books, the writer began to invent and insert some surreal-fiction characters, places, things, and events into her story.
by but for October 3, 2017