Sentence meaning

If your audience doesn t know that AKC stands for American Kennel Club, you ve lost them. Even if your reader knows what AKC stands for, they still may not know what this sentence means. 

Grice, H. P. Utterer s Meaning, Sentence-Meaning, Word-Meaning. Foundations of Language 4 (1968) 225-242. 

The symbols that we are going to discuss are as follows and y. The symbol is used to signify integration over a closed surface area and the symbol Jy is used to signify integration over a volume. But, what does this sentence mean exactly ... 

Remember that it s not enough for you, the writer, to understand what your sentences mean—your readers must be able to follow your ideas, too. When in doubt, always revise your writing so that it is clear, concise, and inviting. (For more help, turn to Chapter 5, on revision.)... 

The above exemplifies two related issues (ef. Davidson, 2001, essays 9 to 12). First, the interdependence of belief and meaning what someone believes when she assents to some sentence depends on what the sentence means for her. Second, the associated problem of interpretation if we only know which sentences someone assents to, and we cannot assume identity of meaning, then how are we to find out what her sentences mean and what she believes My methodological criticism of a lot of research into children s thinking is that this problem of interpretation, despite quite common implicit recognition, is hardly ever explicitly mentioned, let alone properly solved. Reports in which intuitive theories are formulated, without further clarification, in terms fliat are also in use in science, cannot be expected to have solved the problem. 

Phrases such as strong suspicion and impaired fertility are not quantitatively defined, leaving the definitions open to interpretation. Is impaired fertility a decline in sperm motility (e.g., 200 ppm), or a complete lack of reproduction (750 ppm) Should this even be relevant if the exposure concentrations are no higher than 20 ppm Also, note the requirement that the impaired fertility should be in the absence of other toxic effects, but what does the rest of the sentence mean Lawyers have interpreted it to mean that the impaired fertility must be a direct effect on the reproductive system, not a secondary response to another primary effect. For example, an effect on the adrenal glands to increase the secretion of epinephrine may be a primary effect, but this has a secondary effect of increasing the heart rate. 

Thus, there is a great deal of substance to this book on the electrochemical promotion of catalysis. But the joy is that it has been set down in a very lucid way so that I seldom had to pause to scan a sentence a second time for meaning. 

The successful applicant will, of course, be notified by mail or phone about the decision. All the others must also be told as soon as possible. A simple form letter is all it takes. An applicant goes through much work preparing an application and deserves the courtesy of a reply. Far too many employers, often smaller ones, ignore this. Often such a letter includes the sentence Your application will be kept on file in case future openings should materialize. Such encouraging words should not be used unless the employer really means them. If an employer indeed does keep an active file of applications, the letter should clearly state the length of time such applications will be held. 

We mentioned before that enantiomers are two compounds that are nonsuperim-posable mirror images. Let s first clear up the term enantiomers, since students will often use this word incorrectly in a sentence. Let s compare it to people again. If two boys are born to the same parents, those boys are called brothers. Each one is the brother of the other. If you had to describe both of them, you say that they are brothers. Similarly, when you have two compounds that are non-superimposable mirror images, they are called enantiomers. Each one is the enantiomer of the other. Together, they are a pair of enantiomers. But what do we mean by nonsuperimposable mirror images Let s go back to the brother analogy to explain it. 

Nurse You say trivial exactly what do you mean You are saying that you require DNA replication for growth. What do you mean by that sentence ... 

The authors use quotation marks to denote citations of typical terms and sentences that are commonly used by business people but do not always have the exact meaning in the world of science, e.g., optimization does not always mean the same for business people as for mathematicians. 

Some infinitives seem to improve on being split, just as a stick of round stovewood does. I cannot bring myself to really like the fellow. The sentence is relaxed, the meaning is clear, the violation is harmless and scarcely perceptible. Put the other way, the sentence becomes stiff, needlessly formal. A matter of ear. 

Read the entire sentence saying blank for the blank(s). This gives you an overall sense of the meaning of the sentence and helps you figure out how the parts of the sentence relate to each other. If an answer occurs to you before you even look at the choices, you may have a synonym for the answer or the answer itself. 

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But if you re in a testing situation and you are not allowed to use one, rely on the context clues in the sentence. The term context clues means that other words in the sentence give away or give clues to the definition. For example, sometimes you will find synonyms (words that mean the same thing) or antonyms (words that mean the opposite), or details that lead you to identify the vocabulary word in question. Once in a while, you will find a group of words set off by commas (called an appositive), which gives you a very clear definition of the word. 

What is the meaning of the underlined word eccentric as it is used in the sentence ... 

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