check my precis...

anabiya mughal · #1 Wednesday, May 06, 2015

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All human beings are liable to err. To be at peace with oneself,the realization of this fact is essential.Humanity is faced with numerous struggles and difficulties.We should view our own problems as part of a universal struggle and brace ourselves to meet every difficulty with fortitude.To be frantic and desperate n such occasions cannot help the situation .Perhaps the greatest folly is for each of us to hug his troubles to himself.Often the path through our worst worries can be made smoother if we seek the guidance of a trusted friend. But there are limits to human wisdom.The only adequate way to endure large evils is to find large consolations.The key to this search is prayer.The faith in a beneficent "Higher Power" can carry us through our most anxious moments.It has cured many people of their diseases and banished melancholy from their hearts.It was faith in God coupled with hardwork, which enabled Alexis Carrel to face ridicule and rejection calmly and finally became the recipient of the Nobel Prize.Finally ,how much less we should be if we could see our struggle as a part of the struggle of a whole creation intent on growth and renewal. By doing so, we not only make our lives easier ,but we also add our bit to the sum of human dignity and faith.

title:
Finding peace by having Faith in God

Every man make mistakes.we should tackle our problems with great courage.Being depressed or worrying about problems would not help us to get out of our problems.We can take advice from a friend.Prayer fixes everything.Belief in God and his plans can also bring us through our difficult time.By doing so we can make our life easier.

Saamboy · #2 Wednesday, May 06, 2015

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Originally Posted by anabiya mughal

precis:

All human beings are liable to err. To be at peace with oneself,the realization of this fact is essential.Humanity is faced with numerous struggles and difficulties.We should view our own problems as part of a universal struggle and brace ourselves to meet every difficulty with fortitude.To be frantic and desperate n such occasions cannot help the situation .Perhaps the greatest folly is for each of us to hug his troubles to himself.Often the path through our worst worries can be made smoother if we seek the guidance of a trusted friend. But there are limits to human wisdom.The only adequate way to endure large evils is to find large consolations.The key to this search is prayer.The faith in a beneficent "Higher Power" can carry us through our most anxious moments.It has cured many people of their diseases and banished melancholy from their hearts.It was faith in God coupled with hardwork, which enabled Alexis Carrel to face ridicule and rejection calmly and finally became the recipient of the Nobel Prize.Finally ,how much less we should be if we could see our struggle as a part of the struggle of a whole creation intent on growth and renewal. By doing so, we not only make our lives easier ,but we also add our bit to the sum of human dignity and faith.

title:
Finding peace by having Faith in God

Every man make mistakes.we should tackle our problems with great courage.Being depressed or worrying about problems would not help us to get out of our problems.We can take advice from a friend.Prayer fixes everything.Belief in God and his plans can also bring us through our difficult time.By doing so we can make our life easier.

Good overall effort, but I believe there are some discrepancies.
Every man makes mistakes/All men make mistakes.
Being depressed or worried about...
Belief in God and his plans can also bring us through difficult time/s.

Moreover, the sentences are too short. Plus the whole precis seems segmented. Give it a natural flow.
Good luck next time.

anabiya mughal · #3 Thursday, May 07, 2015

one of the fundamental facts about words is that the most useful ones in our language have many meanings.this is partly why they are so useful they work overtime...think of all the various things we mean by the word foot' on different occasions ;one of the lower extremities of the human body,a measure of verse,the ground about a tree,twelve inches,the floor in front of the stairs.The same is true of nearly every common noun or verb.
considering the number of ways of taking a particular word,the task of speaking clearly and being understood would seem pretty hopeless if it were not for another very important fact about language.though a word may have many senses,these senses can be controlled up to a point,by the context in which the word is used.when we find the word in particular verbal setting..we can usually decide quite definitely which of the many sense of the word is relevant.If a poet says his verse has three feet it does not occur to you that he could mean its a yards long or is three feet it does not occur to you that he could mean its a yards long or is three legged (unless perhaps you are a critic planning to puncture the poet with a pun about his lumping verse .the context rules out these maverick senses quite decisivley.

Title :words and thier different senses

The fact about words is that it has many meanings in our language.If we take the word 'foot' on different aspects it can mean a human body part foot,measure of verse,ground of a tree,12 inches,the floor in front of a stair.With every noun and verb it is same.Using a word in a number of different ways is difficult.When we use a word we can easily decide that in which sense the word can be used.If the poet says his verse is three feet it doesnt mean that he says its yards long .Its sense can be pointed ou in the context.

Saamboy · #4 Thursday, May 07, 2015

one of the fundamental facts about words is that the most useful ones in our language have many meanings.this is partly why they are so useful they work overtime...think of all the various things we mean by the word foot' on different occasions ;one of the lower extremities of the human body,a measure of verse,the ground about a tree,twelve inches,the floor in front of the stairs.The same is true of nearly every common noun or verb.
considering the number of ways of taking a particular word,the task of speaking clearly and being understood would seem pretty hopeless if it were not for another very important fact about language.though a word may have many senses,these senses can be controlled up to a point,by the context in which the word is used.when we find the word in particular verbal setting..we can usually decide quite definitely which of the many sense of the word is relevant.If a poet says his verse has three feet it does not occur to you that he could mean its a yards long or is three feet it does not occur to you that he could mean its a yards long or is three legged (unless perhaps you are a critic planning to puncture the poet with a pun about his lumping verse .the context rules out these maverick senses quite decisivley.

Title :words and thier different senses

The fact about words is that it has many meanings in our language.If we take the word 'foot' on different aspects it can mean a human body part foot,measure of verse,ground of a tree,12 inches,the floor in front of a stair.With every noun and verb it is same.Using a word in a number of different ways is difficult.When we use a word we can easily decide that in which sense the word can be used.If the poet says his verse is three feet it doesnt mean that he says its yards long .Its sense can be pointed ou in the context.

You don't have to reproduce all the supporting sentences and examples. Just reproduce the theme of the passage. It would be better if you mention number of words in the passage and the number of words in the precis.
Watch out the punctuation. There is a space after "," and doesn't is written like this.

Maryam Wazir · #5 Friday, May 08, 2015

please senior help me in contexual.meanings of words in the brackets also how I will attempt it in exam as, for example decade means 10 years so how it would be its meaning in context..

For [decade] and half after WWII , there was [optimism] in the world that we had solved, or that technology would help us solve, the old problems of hunger, disease, illiteracy-- even [intolerance] . But in 1970s two new realities have become all too clear: one, technological progress has created new problems like pollution, unequal distribution of the benefits pf modernity and an uneasiness about the world we have created; and two, this advance has affected only about a quarter of world's people . The other 75 percent is still involved in the old and [bitter] struggles; This is the world of underdeveloped nations.

The picture of this underdeveloped world is a [grim] one.The majority of its population lives without what are considered the [barest] essentials in the Western world. There is a [precarious] balance between the amount of food available and the number of mouths to be fed; disease usually results in early death or permanent [debilitation]. [Vagrant] children fight the flies for food in the streets of Tehran; in calcutta there are homeless masses whose only sleeping places are the city's streets and sidewalks. For a billion and three-quarter inhabitants of south Asia, the annual per capita income is only a little more than $100-- less then the increase in earnings.reported in 1969 by the north atlantic communities. In 1950, the lower two-third of the world's population earned only 13 percent of the total world income; by 1970 this share had fallen to below 11 percent. This situation in brief, grows worse,not better.

Most of the underdeveloped lies in the southern and eastern parts of globe, but it has not always been thus; for centuries Europe looked to the east for riches,and the [misery] and poverty now [epidemic] in Africa were not known 200 years ago. The reasons for this tragic [transition] are various, chief among them the population problem, the food crisis, and the [aftermath] of [colonialism].

Would be · #6 Saturday, May 09, 2015

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Originally Posted by Maryam Wazir

please senior help me in contexual.meanings of words in the brackets also how I will attempt it in exam as, for example decade means 10 years so how it would be its meaning in context..

For [decade] and half (this means after fifteen years) after WWII , there was [optimism] (hopefulness) in the world that we had solved, or that technology would help us solve, the old problems of hunger, disease, illiteracy-- even [intolerance] (injustice/discrimination) . But in 1970s two new realities have become all too clear: one, technological progress has created new problems like pollution, unequal distribution of the benefits of modernity and an uneasiness about the world we have created; and two, this advance has affected only about a quarter of world's people . The other 75 percent is still involved in the old and [bitter] (strong) struggles; This is the world of underdeveloped nations.

The picture of this underdeveloped world is a [grim] (dark) one.The majority of its population lives without what are considered the [barest] (fundamental/basic) essentials in the Western world. There is a [precarious] (dangerous/risky) balance between the amount of food available and the number of mouths to be fed; disease usually results in early death or permanent [debilitation] (weakness). [Vagrant] (wandering) children fight the flies for food in the streets of Tehran; in calcutta there are homeless masses whose only sleeping places are the city's streets and sidewalks. For a billion and three-quarter inhabitants of south Asia, the annual per capita income is only a little more than $100-- less then the increase in earnings.reported in 1969 by the north atlantic communities. In 1950, the lower two-third of the world's population earned only 13 percent of the total world income; by 1970 this share had fallen to below 11 percent. This situation in brief, grows worse,not better.

Most of the underdeveloped lies in the southern and eastern parts of globe, but it has not always been thus; for centuries Europe looked to the east for riches, and the [misery] (pain/suffering) and poverty now [epidemic] (outbreak) in Africa were not known 200 years ago. The reasons for this tragic [transition] (change) are various, chief among them the population problem, the food crisis, and the [aftermath] (consequences) of [colonialism] (the acquisition/possession by a nation of other territories and their people.).

I hope this will help you understand the passage clearly. Moreover, I found many inaccuracies and slips in this passage. Will you pl share the link or name of the book from where you have taken these paragraphs?

Maryam Wazir · #7 Monday, May 11, 2015

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Originally Posted by Would be

I hope this will help you understand the passage clearly. Moreover, I found many inaccuracies and slips in this passage. Will you pl share the link or name of the book from where you have taken these paragraphs?

Thanks

I'm sorry,. I can't provide you link of this because I have just wrote it from a past paper of English compulsory of B.A course . so I dont know from where they have taken it but thanks you did well

Maryam Wazir · #8 Monday, May 11, 2015

but You didn't tell me how to solve this Question as u solved it. I mean clear me the procedure, so that I could get high marks in this question... cintextual meaning means the most suitable contexual meaning..

Saamboy · #9 Monday, May 11, 2015

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Originally Posted by Maryam Wazir

but You didn't tell me how to solve this Question as u solved it. I mean clear me the procedure, so that I could get high marks in this question... cintextual meaning means the most suitable contexual meaning..

It's simple. There are more than one meanings of a word. But in comprehension you have to consider the context of the word and define it in that context.

Saamboy · #10 Monday, May 11, 2015

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Originally Posted by Maryam Wazir

but You didn't tell me how to solve this Question as u solved it. I mean clear me the procedure, so that I could get high marks in this question... cintextual meaning means the most suitable contexual meaning..

Forgot to give an example, in the passage above, for instance, consider the sentence:
The other 75 percent is still involved in the old and [bitter] struggles; This is the world of underdeveloped nations.
I picked this sentence because this is the simplest of all. The word bitter has many meanings. One of them is the taste bitter, another is the feeling of animosity like in bitter rivalry, another is harsh and severe. Now, upon looking at the sentence, we come to know that the last meaning fits here the most. That's what the examiner wants to check, if you can comprehend a passage properly. Hope that will answer your query.

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