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Euphemisms can hide facts that need to be confronted. How do they work from a linguist’s point of view? Demonstrators march near the White House in protest following a Kentucky grand jury decision in the Breonna Taylor case on September 23, 2020 In March of this year, just as the pandemic was upending the way we live, a crime was committed. A young woman, whose name was Breonna Taylor, was killed, as an early local news report described, “inside a home […] in the middle of an officer-involved shooting. […] Police discovered Taylor inside the secured home, who was found dead from the gunfire.” Through the linguistic fog, we can just about make out what happened, and who might have been the perpetrators of this crime. The public has grown increasingly aware of the power of language to uphold the powers that be, from politicians to police. Many have pointed out how unbalanced and troubling this kind of manipulative indirect language can be. Even when the facts are as clear as day, media r...

What is the meaning of life? Many of us are speculating the meaning of life based on the situations we are passing through, some of us based on the existence of things generally for instance the star the sun and the moon, mountains, the landscape. When people define this term life it might be in sad tone, aggressively and so on.  What does life mean? What does living a life mean? Generally we say life mean "living".  But some people will say life is meaningless, nothing in this life. I want to tell you that life isn't just about living it is about pursuing the goodness in it, living a content life and accomplish a great feat. Life is not just about the stopping point as long there is breath in you life goes on.  Situations can frustrate you to the extent of giving up, many people uses sniper and all sort of poison at one point in time that is not a solution. What are your experience? What you experience tells you that you are alive, it reminds you that there is a great fe...

How to use IRAC in answering law questions.  I : Issue R : Rule A : Application C : Conclusion This is the question: Mr Daniel Kiss is a seasoned Fuji musician, he heard of the 10th year wedding anniversary of his long-time friend, Mr Starboy, who wanted to celebrate it in a big way. Mr Daniel Kiss was actually at the ceremony and was delighted to have been called by Mr Starboy to perform at the ceremony. The performance was adjudged by many people at the ceremony to be superb. After the performance, Mr Owolabi, who was highly impressed, promised to pay Mr Daniel Kiss a sum of 500,000 naira as a reward for his performance. However, Mr Owolabi didn’t pay this sum and Mr Daniel Kiss instituted an action to get the money. Advice Mr Daniel Kiss on the chances of success or otherwise of his action. IRAC is used to solve a problem question and this is how to apply it. Issue To determine the issue in a problem question, you have to look for the area of conflict. The conflict in a probl...

 Law question are question that must be answered by applying relevant legal principles to interpretation of the law. Such a question is distinct from a question of fact, which must be answered by reference to facts and evidence as well as inferences arising from those facts.  For in instance did Mr and Mrs Charles when traveling leave their 5 year old child to their neighbour 1 week ago? The law question here is that : does leaving a 5 year old child with a neighbour fit the legal term of child neglect?  Law questions are usually meant to test the student's appreciation of legal principles. It requires students to explain or relate such principles to hypothetical cases or situation which is a problem to many law student. Many law students find themselves failing countless times during exam it'snot that we wrote rubbish, the problem here is not knowing how to answer law questions effectively. So, I am going to explain how to briefly answer law questions. A problem question...