EP 11 Pure writing

Writing is a essential part in the life of thinking and learning. It’s also indispensible for me. But the way of writing has changed a lot. Writing on paper is the most traditional way. I can still vaguely remember the days when I was writing journal on paper under the dim light of lamp. I enjoyed the feeling of writing on paper. But it’s very inconvenient to write on paper. We can’t take all of our notebooks easily. It’s also difficult to look up former words. I started writing on note-taking apps in 2016. It’s really convenient and solved the former problems. There are a lot of features on noke-taking apps. We can change the style and font of notes. We can insert images, audios, even attachments of any format… But in recent years I realized I spent so much time on the features of the software. It created a lot of difficulties to saving and sharing. Another problem is that, note-taking app is installed on electronic devices. Phones and computers contains more features and notifcations. Now I think this way of writing also has its negative effect. It will create a lot of distractions. Recently I started writing in plain text. I can write in any note-taking softwares. Using special device for writing is also a good idea. ...

July 11, 2023 · Qiran

Written Assignment #2

Translation The Master said to Yan Yuan, “If I’m employed, I’ll show my talent; If not, I’ll hide my light under a bushel, only you and I have the ability to do it!” Zi Lu said, “If you lead troops, whom do you want to work with you?” The Master Said, “If someone attacks a tiger unarmed or crosses a river without a boat, and he died without any regret, I would not work with him. What I need definitely is someone who is careful and fond of making plans for success.” Analysis ...

December 9, 2019 · Qiran

A Brief Overview of 19th Century English

Google Books Ngram Viewer Ngram Commonly called an Ngram Statistical analysis of text or speech Finds n(a number) of a certain item in text (examples of n: phonemes, prefixes, phrases, or letters) Google Books Ngram Viewer analyzed text (‘corpus’): books scanned by Google default time period: 1800 to 2000 output: graph representing use of searched item in books through time (used in this presentation to show general trends of increase or decrease of usage from the 19th c.) Historical Background (Lohr) Old English (Anglo-Saxon): 5th ­-11th centuries Since c. 450 CE, West Germanic peoples  settle southern Britain ...

November 4, 2019 · Qiran

These days I started listening the podcast, A.J. Hoge is very good, his talking is understandable and knowledgable.

May 21, 2019 · Qiran