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Essays
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\nHere is an example of what I consider a good essay (Task: Comment on the utterance “It don’t come easy” from a linguistic point of view): it is short, well structured and coherent, and the writer takes a large number of points into consideration. Although it is not a perfect essay – a few points are not discussed, the final part is not very specific, and the whole essay is not very critical – it is an excellent piece of work for a beginner because of its clarity and its conciseness.<\/em><\/p>\n

From a linguistic point of view, the sentence “It don’t come easy” is grammatically incorrect. First of all, it is a grammatical rule that the third person singular of a conjugated verb takes on -s. Therefore, you must say “it doesn’t” instead of “it don’t”. Secondly, the word “easy” is used incorrectly. As it refers to the verb “do not come”, the adverb must follow instead of the adjective. Usually adverbs of manner are formed by adding\u00a0-ly<\/em> to the adjective and, therefore, you must say “easily” and not “easy”. The correct version of the whole sentence would be “It doesn’t come easily”.<\/p>\n

But as the sentence “It don’t come easy” is considered to be the utterance of a native speaker, it is difficult to say that it is completely incorrect, for that would imply the assertion that a native speaker does not know how to use his own language correctly.<\/p>\n

Besides the information that it is a native speaker’s utterance you should also take into consideration other aspects such as the circumstances in which he made that utterance, whether it was an informal or a formal conversation and what was the relationship between the people who took part in that conversation and whether the speaker was young or old. All these aspects influence the way something is said. The sentence under discussion is likely to be an example of informal spoken English.<\/p>\n

Here is an example of what I consider a poor essay (“Language and machines” The Study of Language, discussion topic E). It is rambling, and the student does not really adduce any specific arguments, and the language is not always accurate.<\/em><\/p>\n

I think, on the one hand this point of view is correct. We won’t have any relationship to a super artificial intelligence – a machine – because they are so artificial. Machines won’t get human character, that is the problem. Maybe a machine is able to talk, but just without any feelings or own opinions. That’s why communication won’t be possible – just in an artificial way. So humans won’t be interested to talk to a super artificial intelligence, like chimpanzees are not interested in talking about thinks like the global disarmament. But on the other hand I don’t think that machines will be independent in the future. Machines always depent on human beings who developed them. Super artificial intelligence won’t exist without any human influence or help. The nature of human-machine interaction won’t change very much. I think, interaction is the wrong word. Machines are very useful for human beings to help working and we give them the advices to do something. We are able to use them, but not the other way round. We are going to develop or invent some better machines to make life easier. Maybe one day real interaction between human beings and machines will be possible, I don’t know, but we will always have the power about them (I hope).
\nLinguistically, I would like computers to give right (perfect) translations in every language. I would like them to be able to answer all questions I have and I would like a computer to be like a teacher at home. But in my opinion it won’t be possible to create a perfect machine\/computer. No human being can be perfect, so how can things created by non-perfect people be perfect?<\/p>\n

Below you can find some good words and phrases from students\u2019 essays<\/strong><\/p>\n