What information did you find interesting in the article you chose? Why? What did you learn that you did not previously know? What information did you find fascinating and wanted to learn more about? Finally, how will you use this new information in the future? Where? How?
The article I read on Sez Who? is called "Like, Quote Me." Surprisingly, it was a very good article. I thought it was going to be a bored, long article that I probably will not be interested in. It had many interesting things about it. One of the information I thought was interesting is that I didn't noticed the word, like, was such a popular part of English grammar. It's funny, because after reading this article, I realize that it just may be true. It was interesting for me, because I never realized that I may just be one of those people that uses the word, like, a lot. I may never even catch myself doing it.
What I learned that I didn't know before is that the word, like, can surely put out many different meanings to a conversation. The information I found fascinating, and wanted to learn about was where it originally came from, and who came up with it. I mean, in the article it did say that probably in the 1970's or maybe earlier people started using like quotative. I actually want to know more from where it came from. In the future, I would use this information to help determine my conversations, and to use it to better my conversations. For example, instead of saying:
He was like, "I am so going to quit my job tomorrow." - In this sentence, it sounds like I am saying it from what I think his attitude was.
I could say:
He said, "I am so going to quit my job tomorrow." -In this sentence, it sounds like it's the exact word he said, or what I heard what he said.
This is how I would use this information in the future.
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