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Wording the Speech
Internet Exercises- If you want to find out whether certain words are commonly used, you
can launch a word search. To describe one group of Americans, some people prefer
the word Hispanic, while others prefer Latino. To find which is more popular
today, use a search engine to examine frequency of use. Write down the number
of "hits" for each word. Which is more frequently used?
Possible Strategy: Go to Northern Light (www.northernlight.com)
and enter "Hispanic" for one search, "Latino" for the
other. - If you retrieve a document that contains a word for which you are
searching, it is time-consuming to scan the pages with your eyes, looking for
the word. A quicker method is to use the Find command (Control + F), which will
take you immediately to the word. To examine how the word invidious is being
used in contemporary English, find and print a document containing the word.
Possible Strategy: Go to any search engine, such as AltaVista (www.altavista.com),
and search for "invidious." Select a document from the results list.
When you arrive at the document, press the Control key and F simultaneously,
and execute a search for "invidious." You should zip straight to
it.
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