Subodh Bhattarai (English & Communication Notes - BBA/BBS/BBBS/BHM/BIM/BMS/MBA/MBS & +2)

 Social Media: Its Influence and Control over People's Lives The term social media has multiple explanations. Some people believe that social media makes them able to meet and communicate with people around the world. While some others think about that, social media is the channel that gives them the chance to send and receive much information. Others think that social media is about the way we get many updates from people who we follow and maybe someone thinks social media is a part of a new marketing strategy. Social media, today, seems like a big part of our life. When our friends didn’t reply to our text, we can greet them on Facebook. When we want to listen to music or see a music video from our favourite singer — go to YouTube. When we just wake up and open our eyes, we don’t have to walk outside to get the newspaper, just take the phone and scroll Twitter timeline then we’ll get the information. Blog and Forum are also types of social media because they allow us to share “...

  ABILITY can, can’t, could, couldn’t are used to express ability: Can you drive? Help! I can’t swim. Could you understand what he is saying? She couldn’t dance very well. # can have a present and a future meaning. I can finish it tomorrow . # could have a past meaning I could swim when I was five. We can also use  be able to for ability, and it’s easier to do this in the past and future : I can’t do it now. I will be able to do it later . They were able to complete the job last week. We use be able to in the present perfect tense : I have been able to type three of the letters, but I haven’t been able to type the other one. We are more likely to use be able to when something was difficult : At first we couldn’t do it because there was a problem, but finally we were able to do it. We use this/these to refer to the people and things, situations and experiences that are close to the speaker or very close in time. We use that/those to refer to peop...

Good writing does not succeed or fail on the strength of its ability to persuade. It succeeds or fails on the strength of its ability to engage you, to make you think, to give you a glimpse into someone else's head. - Malcolm Gladwell  Writing Without Teachers (1973) is a book from Peter Elbow , a well-known American educator, about Freewriting . Its overall purpose is to give instructions for better writing. Trying to get everything just right in the beginning is a formula for failure, the author claims. Accordingly, people should exercise writing simply by writing without a break, without looking back, without crossing something out and without wondering how to spell something right. Thus, freewriting is about non-editing and that should make writing less blocked. Elbow argues most writers constantly try to correct their grammar and spelling during the writing process. This habit derives for the author from schooling since then many are “obsessed” with their mistakes. This is a...