salute.
S. He returned the honor with his cane and then astonished his friend by following exactly in the
guard’s footsteps, duplicating with his cane every motion of the pike.
T. Smith, who had been thus honored on countless occasions, was suddenly hypnotized by the saluting
soldier.
U. Encountering the organized reliability of The Wealth of Nations, it is difficult to imagine the
spellbound principal of this anecdote as the father of modern economics.
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When we read newspaper quotations, we assume them to represent exactly what the speaker said.
Q. People speak with bizarre syntax, hesitations, repetitions, and contradictions, making it necessary
for the journalist to translate speech into prose.
R. Journalists must contend, however, with the fact that exact quotations of human speech would be
virtually unreadable.
S. Indeed, the idea of a reporter inventing rather than reporting speech is repugnant because so much of
our knowledge comes from what we read in the press.
T. When the speaker does not recognize the quote as his or her own, however, the journalist has taken
too much license.
U. These translations may not be exact quotes, but they are valid as long as they remain faithful to the
subject’s thought and characteristic way of expression.
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The thistle is a type of prickly plant that grows throughout North America.
Q. His cry awoke the Scots, who fell upon their attackers and saved their nation from conquest.
R. In Scotland, however, the thistle has been the cherished national flower for centuries.
S. According to legend, as marauding Norsemen crept toward a camp full of sleeping Scottish soldiers,
one invader stepped on a thistle and let out a yelp.
T. On that continent, most thistles are considered wildflowers not worthy of much attention.
U. Ironically, the thistle’s self-protective feature protected not only the flower, but the nation.
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The theory of plate tectonics recognizes two ways in which continental margins grow in the process of continental drift.
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