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Urk....
So much for the new version, eh?
Well, at least now I have an idea why this keeps happening.
Thank, Monkey-chan! :'D


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For some reason when I also try searching in the text box on the toolbar at top, it only shows the first on the list too. But this doesn't happen when I do this on the 'Character' character box that you can open from the 'Windows' menu, which works perfectly.

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Actually, that's what I use... =/
Oh, we have different versions... Mine is CS6.
That's progress for ya.

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Anyone with access to an elementary school year book. (If you have a child in elementary school, or a younger sibling. Recent, within the last 3 years)
Is it filled with a majority of female teachers? (like there's 5 male teachers, and the rest in the whole school is female?) PE teachers not included for the male count.

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To be honest I hadn't read UQ Holder!, but I'm guessing it's probably an action manga, in the case of Mahou Sensei Negima it becomes an action manga later on, at the beginning it hardly had any action, it was more about a Shota teacher who happen to be a magician, lusted after several students. ...

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Is it filled with a majority of female teachers? (like there's 5 male teachers, and the rest in the whole school is female?)


I looked at my younger sister's yearbook from a year ago and there was only 1 male teacher and the rest were female. I'm not counting any custodians and such. I also couldn't find any PE teachers in the yearbook. I wonder why male teachers become more abundant in middle and high school......

Oh, I live in California.

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Anyone with access to an elementary school year book. (If you have a child in elementary school, or a younger sibling. Recent, within the last 3 years)
Is it filled with a majority of female teachers? (like there's 5 male teachers, and the rest in the whole school is female?) PE teachers not included for the male count.

I'm in Idaho, USA, and YES the vast majority of the elementary teachers are women.

When my older boys were in elementary, there were two men in the school - the principal & the PE teacher. Maybe an occasional aide, but I don't remember any in particular.

12 years later, my youngest now attends the same school. Now there's only one man, the same PE teacher (the principal now is a woman - and incidentally, about half the teachers there now were there when my older boys were students).

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Please explain the difference "the" creates in the following examples:
1.
I am going to college.
I am going to the college.

2.
My Uncle is in hospital.
My Uncle is in the hospital.


My teacher said the meaning completly changes in both examples if we remove or add "the"... Like in example 1, the sentence implies that the speaker is a student but when speaker uses "the college" it implies something different. Or in example2, it implies that the speaker's uncle is a patient but when speaker uses "the hospital" it implies that the speaker's uncle isn't a patient but rather some staff or someone who is visiting the hospital to meet someone.

I am aware about the general usage of "the. I would be greatful if you can explain to me how "the" changes meaning in sentences similar to the ones I posted.

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If you say "I'm going to college", then this means that you're going to be a student there. If you say "to the college", then you go there for some other purpose (you're supposed to meet a friend there or something). Same with hospital. "I'm going to hospital" - I got sick. "I'm going to the hospital" - I work there, or I go there for some other purpose. So, if you add "the", the place where you go is just a place, one of many. But without "the", you put focus on the purpose of the place where you go. I hope it's clear, I'm not good at explaining -.-'

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Please explain the difference "the" creates in the following examples:
1.
I am going to college.
I am going to the college.

2.
My Uncle is in hospital.
My Uncle is in the hospital.


My teacher said the meaning completly changes in both examples if we remove or add "the"... Like in ...


Okay in the first example. "The" does make a difference.
"I am going to college" is the same as saying "I'm attending a college." That you are still learning in a school.

When you say "I'm going to the college", it like saying you are heading over to a certain college that instant. It would be like telling someone "I'm going to the mall" right before you leave.


Now with example two ....
I don't think anyone would say "my uncle is in hospital" ... It doesn't sound right to me, and I don't get how that implies being a patient or not ...
(saying "my uncle is in a hospital" would imply being a patient, and sounds better.)

You would use the in both cases for being a patient or working there ....
Think of it this way. If you're a doctor, and talking to a friend on the phone you would say "I'm at the hospital" your friend knows you work there, and it's you telling him where you're at.
If I was going into labor, and called my husband I would say " I'm at the hospital" again saying where I am.

I could be wrong with this example, but I hope I explained the first example well enough.

Edit -
School is a better example than hospital. Saying "I'm at school" would imply being a student. In this case not using the implies attending.
Saying " I'm at the school" implies visiting, or working there.
I hope I didn't confuse you more.

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hanae, thank you! Your explaination was good smile

kitty1826x, thanks! smile So in second example what was wrong? Was it the usage of "in hospital" instead of "at hospital" or was it regarding the absence of "the" ? As you can tell I don't know how the usage of "the hospital" instead of "hospital" implies that the speaker's uncle is not a patient or vice versa.

I would like to request a little more assistance on "the" usage in similar sentences. I mean when should I use or not use "the" in familiar statements?

Thanks.

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hanae, thank you! Your explaination was good smile

kitty1826x, thanks! smile So in second example what was wrong? Was it the usage of "in hospital" instead of "at hospital" or was it regarding the absence of "the" ? As you can tell I don't know how the usage of "the ...


From what I can tell using "the" would either being saying a specific place/thing, or being there/going there. Not using "the" would be is more for a general term.

Now for the hospital example it would be a case of using "a/an" or "the". Like you if you said "hand me the shirt" that's asking someone to hand you a certain shirt (maybe you pointing out to a shirt you already picked out, but not within your reach.) If you were to say "hand me a shirt" it's saying you can give me any shirt, I just need one.
You wouldn't say "hand me shirt" it doesn't sound right, and isn't proper.
(The above is where the use of "the" is making it a specific thing.)

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"Give me an apple" and "give me the apple". With an it could be any apple, but with the it has to be a certain one)

Errr I can't think of another example other than school, where if you take away or add "the" the sentence still makes sense ...

Feel free to PM if you are still unclear. Also what's your native language?

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I think saying "in hospital" is a British thing...I've heard/read it in British shows/books (usually to mean a patient admitted to a hospital), but never American shows/books.

Because English is weird...these things happen... laugh

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I am from India and my native language is Hindi. People here use british english but in reality we mix a part of american english.

I understood the explaination now ^^ The examples & the explainations I posted were given by my teacher during english class and she never mentioned background info about speaker, listener or anything... she just said that in these examples the presence or absence of "the" changes meaning completly. I know the basic usage of "the" of course but I kinda didn't believed her when she said "the" can change the impications of a sentence to such an extent.

Thanks once again smile

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I am from India and my native language is Hindi. People here use british english but in reality we mix a part of american english.

I understood the explaination now ^^ The examples & the explainations I posted were given by my teacher during english class and she never mentioned background in ...


I have a good example of "the" changing the meaning of the sentence without doubt.

"I want to go party" vs "I want to go to the party"

You can see here how "the" changes the meaning completely.

I wanted to write something else, but I'm so sleepy i can barley write, I can't remember words, and I'm about to fall asleep while typing.
Seems like I now know how many hours I can go without sleep before getting feedback. (like I didn't already knew)

Does anybody knows how I can change my sleeping habits? Whenever I let my guard down the time I go to bed gets delayed, I can't help feeling energetic at night, I tend to stay awake a whole day and go to sleep the night of next one to correct this, but for some reason I no longer feel sleepy once i reach the night of the next day and I feel better sleeping during the day when I can.
I'm not sure what to do, and I don't want to go back to drugs.

PS: I'm not sure If i wrote what i wanted to write because I'm half dead right now.

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Does anyone knows how I can change my sleeping habits?


There could be a lot of reasons for your current sleeping habits... I will offer some simple advice first and if it doesn't work out I highly advise you to see a doctor. Habitually failing to sleep can be very bad for your health in the long term so it's important you try to fix it.

You can treat your problem as though it were insomnia. Insomniacs are advised to try practising good sleep hygiene. You should set up a bedtime routine to make going to bed and sleeping as easy as possible - making sure you exercise every day and get some exposure to sunlight during the morning/middle of the day to help your circadian rhythm reset, then before bedtime avoid anything stimulating such as caffeine, bright light or loud noises, and do relaxing activities like taking a bath or reading quietly.

You should try to track your success so that you get an esteem boost from sticking to proper bedtimes and are motivated to continue. (A chain calendar is one way of doing this, you mark the day off if you have completed your goal.) There is lots of information on the internet about techniques to ease insomnia, which will probably be of use to you, and other sites where you can read about other techniques to get motivated about new habits.

There is a chance your sleeping problems are a result of something you cannot change, however. There is a lot of individual variation in sleep patterns. Some people are naturally "night owls", tending to go to sleep late and wake late. Some people also have longer circadian rhythms than average (the circadian rhythm is supposed to be 24 hours long and it can be altered by exposure or lack of exposure to light) and differing levels/timing of hormones can also affect sleepiness. All these can contribute to sleep disorders, and if the sleep disorder is severe, just trying to change your habits may not help, and medical help may be necessary. If you were just a normal night owl I would not think much of it, but the degree of your sleep dysfunction sounds quite severe so I think it's quite important that if none of your efforts succeed in solving your sleep habits, you must go to a doctor and get screened for sleep disorders, which will allow you to receive professional advice and treatment if necessary.

I don't know what drugs you were taking or whether these drugs were prescribed by a doctor - I hope they were, rather than just over-the-counter sleeping pills or something, which is not generally a good idea, especially not on a long term basis. But I think if you'd been to a doctor and had proper advice and drug prescription, you wouldn't be asking for advice here. I really hope your circumstances allow you to see a doctor about this if you need to. Best of luck, and please report back if you make any progress.

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I hate to circumvent such a well thought out and helpful post, but really, the key to sleeping well at night is as simple as having a meaningful day.

That may sound corny, sure, but seriously, that's what I've observed in my twenty-eight years of life. I find that medicating sleep problems in general is a sign that we as a society are over-thinking it.

Move your body. Make yourself tired. Yes, it's really that simple.

I used to run around seven or eight miles every day, and slept very well during that time. Perhaps you should take up running?

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