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Learn, Relax and Enjoy - 106


The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. - Arthur C. Clarke


The illiterate of the 21st Century will not be those who cannot read or write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn. - Alvin Toffler

All I can say about life is, Oh God, enjoy it! -Bob Newhart


Comet  - mass of ice and dust with a long tail, moving around the solar system.
   Origin - Greek “kometes” – long-haired star

Misogyny (mi-soj-uh-ni) – hatred of women – Origin -Greek– misos - ‘hatred’ gune - ‘woman’

Pachyderm (pak-I-derm) – a very large mammal with a thick skin. e.g. an elephant
                                             Origin - Greek – pakhudermos  (thick skinned)
Atrocious (uh-troh-shuhss) – horrifyingly wicked – Latin – ‘atrox’ - cruel


1)What is Ellipsis ? How to use them ?
Ellipsis are used when you are quoting and want to omit words.Eg: “This is the only time…”

If a full stop would ordinarily follow the word omitted, you will the have three dots followed by a full stop. Eg. “I am not interested….”

2)Co-operate, Co-educate, Co-exist, - Are these hyphens or dashes ?
What is the difference between hyphen and dash ?

A Hyphen is a straight line shorter than a Dash (-). It is used to join upward or syllables. It’s only function is to act as a link.
a)The hyphen is used when the word is too long to finish on the line where it started. This, however, should not be done too often.

Eg. I had told you not to disturb the class. Don’t you understand simple English ?

b)The Hyphen links pairs of words used as single words or groups of words.

Eg: Simple-minded; over-heated; home-work; under-nourished; father-in-law; mother-in-law; sister-in-law; brother-in-law; commander-in-chief; never-to-be-forgotten moment; Jack-of-all-trades; Jack- in-the-box etc.

c)The Hyphen is used where a Vowel is followed by another Vowel, in order to keep the pronunciation clear and separate.

Eg. Co-operate, Co-educate, Co-exist etc.

The Dash is longer than a hyphen. Its job is to break – off.
(a)        The Dash is used to mark the begining and end of an interruption.

 Eg. My son--- he will join us soon---would like to meet you .

(b)        The Dash is also used to state a thought that is repeated for effect or emphasis.

 Eg      I marvel at his intelligence --- intelligence he should be  proud of.  



A TIME TO THINK    
What an age we are in .We have  taller buildings but shorts tempers. Wider freeways but narrower viewpoints We spend more but save less. We buy more but enjoy less. We have bigger houses but smaller families, More conveniences but less time: We have more degrees but less common sense
More knowledge but less judgments More medicines but less well being.

We spend too much, laugh too little driver too fast, get angry too quickly, stay up too lake , get up too tired read too rarely, watch too much of TV and pray too little.    We have multiplied our possessions but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom and lie too often. We have learned how to make a living but not a life, we have add ed years to life, not life to years. 

We have been all the way to the moon and back but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbors, We have conquers outer space but not inner space. We have done large thinks but better things, we have spirit the atom but not better things. We write more but accomplish less. Plan more but accomplish less.

We have learnt to rush but not to wait, we have hinges income but lower morals, more food but less appetite More acquaintances but fewer friends. We make more computers told more in formations than  even before but have less communications  We have become large on quality but short on quality the we live in a time of words food and slow digestions tall men and short character, sleep profits and shallow relationships. 

We are in the time of word peace and domestic warfare More desire and less fun : more varieties of food but less nutrition These are the days if two incomes but more devices, of fancies house but broken homes, These are days of quick trips, throwaway morality and pills that do everything from cheer to silence.

THINK – are we becoming modern or just characterless.


I am his tailor              
 A doctor diagnosed a patient’s rundown condition as too much worry over money matters. 
“Relax”, he ordered, just two weeks ago I had  another man here in a state of fear and anxiety because he was unable to play his tailor’s bills. I told  him to forget about pay his tailor’s bills . I told him to . 
I “know “, said the patient looking dejected,  “I am his tailor”.


Some men are born great; some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them
                                                                                                            --- Shakespeare

To gossip is a fault; To libel is a crime; To slander is a sin.

Who brought you here?
A chief guest spoke for one hour and still he had  the desire to speak for some more time. To his surprise he found a person taking out a pistol and loading bullets. 

Anticipating some danger he looked at him and said : “Please don’t shoot me. I will finish in a minute.”

The one with the pistol said: “ Don’t worry. You can speak as long as you want. I will not shoot you. I will shoot the person who brought you here”.
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