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The task of mastering a language requires a knowledge of grammar.  The modern philosopher and linguist, Noam Chomsky, argued that much of this knowledge is inborn.  Maybe it is not so much inborn as absorbed.  These days it is not often taught. The English language.  What is happening to it?  It has probably always been…

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”  Martin Luther King Jr. Introduction After a few words about the art of rhetoric and about Martin Luther King Jr, this essay will look at what King does in his speeches and how he persuades his audience.  It is arranged in a general way around the three…