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(so have fun with the English language!) -- LockyLockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01561409573657939742noreply@blogger.comBlogger936125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433985884370686932.post-77556104192466293092020-08-27T12:00:00.004+08:002020-08-27T12:00:34.393+08:00Academic Research: Enhancing digital literacy through the understanding of multimodal creativity in social media: A case study of Elon Musk's social-influencer discourse in his Twitter posts<p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bbzbA0hgH9E/X0cvdMHCcsI/AAAAAAAAYNo/EiNfFga_46cbclBXg0RXv4tivKoYTWVrwCLcBGAsYHQ/s937/1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="863" data-original-width="937" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bbzbA0hgH9E/X0cvdMHCcsI/AAAAAAAAYNo/EiNfFga_46cbclBXg0RXv4tivKoYTWVrwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/1.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image: JOGLTEP<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">My latest publication / innovation:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Law, L. (2020). Enhancing digital literacy through the understanding of multimodal creativity in social media: A case study of Elon Musk's social-influencer discourse in his Twitter posts. <i>Journal of Global Literacies, Technologies, and Emerging Pedagogies</i>,<i> 6 </i>(1), 968-994.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">#DigitalCreativityMultimodalAnalysis (DCMA)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">#DigitalLiteracy</p><p style="text-align: justify;">#ElonMusk</p><p style="text-align: justify;">#Twitter</p><p style="text-align: justify;">#MultimodalAnalysis</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Download free copy here: <a href="http://jogltep.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/6.1.1-Law.pdf">http://jogltep.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/6.1.1-Law.pdf</a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Official webpage: <a href="http://jogltep.com/published-issues/">http://jogltep.com/published-issues/</a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Abstract:</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Digital literacy is becoming increasingly popular topic in education as online communication continues to evolve. Social media, in particular, have been the main driving force behind the monomodal-to-multimodal evolution, providing vast opportunities for multimodal texts and multimodal creativity production and dissemination. However, advanced searches on several academic databases performed in this study revealed a paucity of literature on multimodal creativity in social media, making it highly difficult for teachers of digital literacy to find references to support their teaching. This study conducts a case study of Elon Musk’s social-influencer discourse in his Twitter posts in an attempt to enhance digital literacy through the understanding of multimodal creativity in social media. A total of 5,266 Musk's tweets dated between 1 Feb 2017 and 31 May 2019 (28 months in total) was collected and analysed before selecting five examples from 248 multimedia tweets for digital creativity multimodal analysis (DCMA). Using Law’s (forthcoming; 2020) Analytical Framework for Creativity in Multimodal Texts (AFCMT) in DCMA, this study is able to identify Musk’s multimodal creativity patterns and strategies.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Keywords: </b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">digital literacy, multimodal creativity, creativity, Twitter, social-influencer discourse, social media, Elon Musk, COVID-19</p>Lockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01561409573657939742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433985884370686932.post-42799090807818893592020-07-27T15:38:00.002+08:002020-07-27T15:38:16.503+08:00Environment: Should hybrid (taxis) be incentivised?<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Locky Law, director of education at ChargedHK, a non-profit group that promotes electric vehicle use, said the government could consider offering short-term incentives for taxi drivers to switch to hybrid models, if the official data offered by the hybrid carmakers was trustworthy, and if there was evidence to prove that hybrid taxis emitted lower emissions.<br />
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Extra note: In summary, if we could either trust the official data offered by the hybrid automakers (which some reports disagree, e.g. Greenpeace's) or government departments could perform their own highly-rigorous emission testing on every model, and that the government and electric companies would not improve the fuel mix in the short run (e.g. in the next five years), then those low-emission hybrids and plug-in hybrids could enjoy short-term incentives. Lots of 'if's.<br />
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Read more:<br />
<a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/goog_565447724">https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3094763/hong-kong-taxi-distributor-says-including-hybrid-models </a><br />
<a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/goog_565447724">https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/cleaner-cars-cradle-grave </a><br />
<a href="https://thedriven.io/2020/06/28/plug-in-hybrids-may-not-be-delivering-emissions-cuts-new-report-finds/">https://thedriven.io/2020/06/28/plug-in-hybrids-may-not-be-delivering-emissions-cuts-new-report-finds/</a>Lockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01561409573657939742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433985884370686932.post-86011526277207212202020-07-13T17:47:00.003+08:002020-08-27T12:01:15.148+08:00Academic Research: Applying partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) in an investigation of undergraduate students’ learning transfer of academic English<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">My latest publication / innovation:</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Law, L., & Fong, N. (2020). Applying partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) in an investigation of undergraduate students’ learning transfer of academic English. <i>Journal of English for Academic Purposes</i>, 46, 100884. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2020.100884">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2020.100884</a></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Abstract:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) is a statistical analysis technique that has been widely adopted in marketing and strategic management disciplines, yet there is a paucity of application in language education research. This study applies PLS-SEM in an investigation of undergraduate students’ learning transfer by analysing their perceptions of learned skills they find transferable in a general EAP course and the extent of transferability to interdisciplinary-organised Common Core courses. A theoretical model was proposed to examine the interrelationships of variables, namely content relevance, understanding of learning, transfer/applicability and transfer outcome. Two rounds of in-class e-survey were administered with 675 (63.2%) and 689 (64.3%) valid responses respectively. The results from the PLS-SEM reveal that there are significant relationships between the variables. This study not only can fill the research space of learning transfer in EAP in language learning, it can also model a new quantitative empirical research method which can be used to explain and predict learning transfer. Implications for future EAP research using PLS-SEM are discussed.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Keywords:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">EAP, Learning transfer, Training transfer, PLS-SEM, Partial least squares, Content relevance</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Download a free copy using this URL before 20 August 2020:</div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">#ResearchInnovation #PLSSEM #SmartPLS</div>Lockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01561409573657939742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433985884370686932.post-91485988715884638032020-07-13T17:34:00.001+08:002020-08-27T12:02:03.199+08:00Academic Research: My first-ever book chapter is finally out!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">My first-ever book chapter is finally out! Many thanks to my The Hong Kong Polytechnic University - Department of English PhD supervisors Prof. Christian Matthiessen and Prof. Francisco Veloso for their teaching and guidance.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Cite this chapter as:</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Law L. (2020) Creativity and Television Drama: A <i>t</i>-Score and MI Value Cut-off Analysis of Pattern-forming Creativity in <i>House M.D.</i>. In: Yang B., Li W. (eds) Corpus-based Approaches to Grammar, Media and Health Discourses. The M.A.K. Halliday Library Functional Linguistics Series. Springer, Singapore</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Link:</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-981-15-4771-3_14">https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-981-15-4771-3_14</a></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> #Creativity #Statistics #Media #Health #TV #HouseMD #Springer</div>Lockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01561409573657939742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433985884370686932.post-81681790508973327072020-04-22T17:29:00.001+08:002020-04-22T17:30:12.907+08:00Usage & Writing: Locky's Top 10 Tips for Mastering The Use of Tables and Equations <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />This beautiful Cantonese saying <b>唔見棺材唔流眼淚</b> is one of the toughest metaphors to find an equivalent in English. Translation can match either its images or meanings in one clause, but to have both, you will need two. And you will lose the brevity. #WARS #Translation #Saying #Metaphor<br />
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<b>LegCo translation 1:</b> This is the so-called "he will not cry until he sees the coffin (refuses to be convinced until one faces the grim reality)"<br />
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<b>LegCo translation 2: </b>come to its senses only at the eleventh hour.<br />
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<b>LegCo translation 3: </b>"will not weep until it sees the coffin"<br />
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<b><u>References:</u></b><br />
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指有官員對疫情樂觀 袁國勇引俗語:唔見棺材唔流眼淚<br />
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1518681-20200403.htm?spTabChangeable=0<br />
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Officials taking outbreak lightly: Yuen Kwok-yung<br />
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1518699-20200403.htm<br />
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https://www.linguee.com/chinese-english/translation/%E4%B8%8D%E8%A6%8B%E6%A3%BA%E6%9D%90%E4%B8%8D%E8%90%BD%E6%B7%9A.htmlLockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01561409573657939742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433985884370686932.post-32421337281349077412020-03-23T09:13:00.003+08:002020-03-23T10:08:55.942+08:00Message: Coronavirus Alert!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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【武漢肺炎】醫護舉標語籲市民留在家中 「我為你堅守崗位,你為我留守在家」<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Frustrated by the fact that Mic</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">rosoft Word doesn't have the referencing styles for linguistics journals, I created my own stylesheets by extending </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #111111;">Yves Dhondt's BibWord project. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Download link: </span><a href="https://github.com/lx3h/LinguisticsJournals" style="font-size: medium;">https://github.com/lx3h/LinguisticsJournals</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Please feel free to make requests for new styles, report bugs and leave comments.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Latest addition:</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Language, Context and Text : The Social Semiotics Forum</span></i></span></span></li>
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How environmental temperature affected #SARS outbreak and how might this affect #WARS? Let's have a read.<br />
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#StandWithMedics<br />
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<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1733040/">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1733040/</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2870397/">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2870397/</a>Lockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01561409573657939742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433985884370686932.post-24730520135921167952020-02-05T15:35:00.000+08:002020-02-06T13:23:31.361+08:00Medical: Size of #SARS vs #WARS virions<span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Is WARS virions really bigger than SARS'? If so, by how much? The following references will give us some clues.</span></span><br />
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Maybe it is just me and my poor Cantonese / Chinese + translation, but the expression 回應訴求 doesn't sound right to me (and always irritates me every time I hear it).</div>
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回應 (vb) = to respond to;<br />
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Asking HKGov to 回應訴求 (in Cantonese) does not seem to imply that a positive outcome is expected, which may explain why HKGov officials almost always claim that "we have responded, and the answer is 'no'".</div>
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Statistically, in UK / US English at least, "to meet demands" and "to satisfy demands" (滿足訴求 in Cantonese) are much more frequent (FYI: by the multiples) than "to respond to demands".</div>
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So maybe it is time to start using 滿足訴求 instead of 回應訴求 from now on.</div>
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Back in January, my sliding wardrobe door had been refusing to close, opening by itself automatically. Tried climbing up to the top of the wardrobe and lying flat on the floor looking up to see if there were any broken parts, but still failed to see anything wrong with it. What I am certain of, is that there is no ghost doing this. It has to do with science.</div>
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Took me a while to figure out what the issue really was. Apparently, it has to do with the weight of the sliding door (and gravity, if you like). </div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Using L-wrench to tighten the nut to relift the right side</span><br />
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Because the sliding wardrobe doors are made of heavy wood, the weight it exerts on the nuts and bolts is immense! Repeated use of the doors from pulling the door handle from left to right adds extra force to the nuts and bolts, causing the door to dip to the right side over time.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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This dip plus the weight of the door create a side-way force from left to right, making the door sliding open on its own. After tightening the nut from above the door, the problem was finally solved.</div>
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Now, at this point, I am thinking, why has no one ever linked the learning of free body diagram in Mathematics or Physics to realistic cases like this? This will give meanings to students as to why they have to learn resolving forces?</div>
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Lockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01561409573657939742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433985884370686932.post-29688565700401129912019-03-29T10:15:00.002+08:002019-03-29T10:21:54.158+08:00Techonology: Samsung Galaxy Note 4 emmc failed, no pit, DIY fix [SOLVED]<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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My mum left me this Note 4 Europe version a year ago and it just kept refusing to be switched on. Sometimes it flashed the logo for a split second, sometimes it just froze on the boot screen, most of the time, nothing happened.<br />
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So I searched the internet, and found the craziest advice which I tried because there was nothing more to lose. It was <a href="https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/help/fix-emmc-failure-phone-restarting-t3707979">the advice of freezing the phone in the freezer</a> with a plastic bag over it. Hyperskeptical I was, I froze the phone in a Ziplock bag for 10 minutes and tried switching it on. It worked!!!! It booted up once smoothly into its usable state for like a minute before it crashes again. So I redid the process, this time, it booted up till it hit some EMMC error that I can't recall any more and stopped. I then tried to freeze the battery and phone separately, as well as freezing just one of them. The battery-only freeze didn't work, the phone-only freeze got me as far as the EMMC error and it could never boot to any usable state again.<br />
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Desperate for more <b>fail-worthy</b> attempts (Wow! Can't believe I just thought of this word. Really like it. I am not the creator of this word though.), I found the following YouTube video and followed it, and WOW! I fixed my phone!!! So it was all because that the EMMC was designed and placed so close to the metal frame that somehow the electrical signals got disrupted, placing thin pieces of cardboard paper did the magic trick and the phone is resurrected! I gave the phone to my elder daughter and she is having fun with it! So if you have similar problem with your Note 4, this is the ultimate video guide.<br />
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Huge thanks to the creator of this video!<br />
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As to why the freezer method works, I am not quite sure, but I guess maybe freezing the phone's EMMC long enough shrinks the chip just enough to separate itself from the metal frame temporarily. When the chip starts to expand again, the phone returns to its inoperable state.<br />
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Lockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01561409573657939742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433985884370686932.post-9059547855000794012019-01-04T15:37:00.004+08:002019-01-04T15:42:51.517+08:00Auto & Environment: EV Numbers and Growth In Hong Kong As Of Oct 2018<br />
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I haven't published any EV numbers and growth in Hong Kong since the figures of Aug 2016 was released. The fact is, there is nothing to report, and we all know the situation of EV is bleak. Ever since Financial Secretary Paul Chan mo-po's removal of EV FRT waiver, EV sales in Hong Kong have not recovered to the slightest. Even after the “One-for-One Replacement” Scheme was launched on 28 February 2018, buyers' confidence remains low. How low?<br />
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Ever since that final wave of EV sales back in March 2017, over a period of 19 months till October 2018, only a total of 351 private EVs have been registered, compared to 35,483 ICEVs added in the same period, which is approximately 1 EV in every 101 ICEVs sold. (In another comparison, 351 private EVs is about two times of units sold in Tesla HK's worst months.)<br />
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Still, there is no way that the Hong Kong government will admit their fault for driving EV growth to an early grave. They didn't admit when EV taxis didn't work, not even till <a href="http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=203711&sid=11">the last one ended up on scrap heap</a>. In a city that considers <a href="https://www.dimsumdaily.hk/police-arrested-a-man-on-electric-scooter-for-five-traffic-offences-in-tin-shui-wai/">electric scooters as 'a car' but has no driving licence to apply for</a>, there is little reason for the EV-hopeful to remain...well... hopeful. They know the government officials' rhetoric too well, and no longer want to argue with the wall of deaf ears.<br />
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Maybe this is why <a href="https://wealth.hket.com/article/2242653/Tesla%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E8%AA%BF%E6%95%B4%E5%83%B9%E6%A0%BC%E5%8F%8A%E6%8E%A8%E5%87%BA%E5%85%A8%E6%96%B0%E9%85%8D%E7%BD%AE">Tesla decided to take matters into their own hands and reduce the price of Model S and X by 8-20% starting from today</a> Will this help? I do hope so, but 8-20% reduction (tax reduction included) is still far from the cost saving compared to the good old days when EV FRT waiver was still waving and smiling. Tesla Model S and X 75D is still over a million Hong Kong dollars with tax. This means the used inventory is still the most attractive and will remain so until the <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkang/2016/04/02/model-3-boost-tesla-cars-go-mainstream-in-hong-kong/#3d8a692370ee">US$35,000 Tesla Model 3 arrives</a>.<br />
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As for our EV enthusiast friends of Singapore, you are not alone.<br />
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<b><u>References:</u></b><br />
Promotion of Electric Vehicles in Hong Kong | Environmental Protection Department<br />
<a href="https://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/english/environmentinhk/air/prob_solutions/promotion_ev.html">https://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/english/environmentinhk/air/prob_solutions/promotion_ev.html</a><br />
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Last HK e-taxi ends up on scrap heap<br />
<a href="http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=203711&sid=11">http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=203711&sid=11</a><br />
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Police arrested a man on electric scooter for five traffic offences in Tin Shui Wai - Dimsum Daily<br />
<a href="https://www.dimsumdaily.hk/police-arrested-a-man-on-electric-scooter-for-five-traffic-offences-in-tin-shui-wai/">https://www.dimsumdaily.hk/police-arrested-a-man-on-electric-scooter-for-five-traffic-offences-in-tin-shui-wai/</a><br />
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Tesla香港調整價格及推出全新配置 - 香港經濟日報 - 理財 - 商業 - D190103<br />
<a href="https://wealth.hket.com/article/2242653/Tesla%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E8%AA%BF%E6%95%B4%E5%83%B9%E6%A0%BC%E5%8F%8A%E6%8E%A8%E5%87%BA%E5%85%A8%E6%96%B0%E9%85%8D%E7%BD%AE">https://wealth.hket.com/article/2242653/Tesla%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E8%AA%BF%E6%95%B4%E5%83%B9%E6%A0%BC%E5%8F%8A%E6%8E%A8%E5%87%BA%E5%85%A8%E6%96%B0%E9%85%8D%E7%BD%AE</a><br />
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Model 3 Will Boost Tesla Cars Go Mainstream In 'Beacon City For Electric Vehicles'<br />
<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkang/2016/04/02/model-3-boost-tesla-cars-go-mainstream-in-hong-kong/#3d8a692370ee">https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkang/2016/04/02/model-3-boost-tesla-cars-go-mainstream-in-hong-kong/#3d8a692370ee</a><br />
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Elon Musk's official Twitter<br />
<a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1080829741056159744">https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1080829741056159744</a><br />
<br />Lockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01561409573657939742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433985884370686932.post-65985777966252883232018-09-04T15:05:00.001+08:002018-09-04T15:05:04.301+08:00Vocabulary: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious IS NOT Meaningless<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8hei8" data-offset-key="ijsf-0-0" style="background-color: white;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Is it a word that really carries "no meaning"? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">First, let's familiarise ourselves with this <span style="color: #1d2129;">song from the 1964 Disney musical film Mary Poppins.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span jsname="YS01Ge">It's Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Even though the sound of it</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Is something quite atrocious</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">If you say it loud enough</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">You'll always sound precocious</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Um-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-I</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Um-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-I</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Um-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-I</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Um-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-I</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span jsname="YS01Ge">Because I was afraid to speak</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">When I was just a lad</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Me father gave me nose a tweak</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">And told me I was bad</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">But then one day I learned a word</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">That saved me aching nose</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">The biggest word you ever heard</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">And this is how it goes</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span jsname="YS01Ge">Oh, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Even though the sound of it</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Is something quite atrocious</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">If you say it loud enough</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">You'll always sound precocious</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Um-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-I</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Um-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-I</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Um-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-I</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Um-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-I</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span jsname="YS01Ge">He traveled all around the world and everywhere he went</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">He'd use his word and all would say there goes a clever gent</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">When dukes and Maharajahs pass the time of day with me</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">I say my special word and then they ask me out to tea</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span jsname="YS01Ge">Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Even though the sound of it</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Is something quite atrocious</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">If you say it loud enough</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">You'll always sound precocious</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span jsname="YS01Ge">So when the cat has got your tongue</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">There's no need for dismay</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Just summon up this word</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">And then you've got a lot to say</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">But better use it carefully</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Or it can change your life</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span jsname="YS01Ge">She's Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">From the song, we can tell that this exceptionally lengthy word definitely carries a meaning, and it is definitely a pattern-reforming creativity (Carter, 2004) of neologism which comes from a combination of multiple words (Law, in press).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">While the Oxford Online Dictionary has the answer, meaning extraordinarily good; wonderful, and mentioning that the word first appeared in the 1940s, that is 24 years prior to the release of the song and film, it still does not say what the neologism is comprised of. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>An analysis of the individual word elements produces another definition. Richard Lederer, in his book Crazy English, defines the word roots as follows: super- "above", cali- "beauty", fragilistic- "delicate", expiali- "to atone", and -docious "educable", which, he writes, produces an overall meaning of "atoning for extreme and delicate beauty [while being] highly educable"</i></span><br />
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And there we have it! Clear as day! "Atoning for extreme and delicate beauty [while being] highly educable". Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious IS NOT Meaningless!</div>
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<br />Lockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01561409573657939742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433985884370686932.post-78838875561872385112018-02-26T22:04:00.002+08:002018-02-26T22:04:27.875+08:00Grammar & Games: My Kahoot! Games for Your Practice<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Kahoot has been such a big hit in the classrooms around the globe. I have also created several Kahoot exercises for those of you who would like to test yourselves out.<br />
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Use the 'Preview' mode to play these games and see how well you do! The links are listed below. Have fun learning and playing!<br />
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Subject-Verb Agreement with Famous Quotes<br />
https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/cb0787fa-d8ca-4e78-b0ae-7f14832a63ee<br />
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Parallel Structure with Famous Quotes<br />
https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/93d36a1d-9b1c-4df8-9322-bbabeb3f6235<br />
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Sentence Structure with Famous Quotes<br />
https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/d4f0bbc3-cbab-48e0-9d27-66e3f65e4018<br />
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Synonyms and Antonyms for IELTS Preparatory<br />
https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/a12700ba-8b77-416b-8c8a-9bf65aeeb39aLockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01561409573657939742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433985884370686932.post-79163294654003232622018-02-12T22:48:00.000+08:002018-02-12T22:48:07.684+08:00Living: 10 Tips for Spring-Cleaning Your Thermo Ventilator<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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This is not a guide on how to clean your thermo ventilator, but it does come with some tips, in case you are planning to clean it for the Chinese New Year.<br />
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Tip 1 is always : cut off the power supply to the appliance, unless you are Thor -- the God of sparks (It's a joke. Should be lightning).<br />
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Tip 2 :When you do take out all the screws, it is good put them in an orderly manner, make sure you don't mix up the screws for the casing with the ones found inside. For my case, I even use the laundry rail to help me support parts that are not fully removable.<br />
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Tip 3: Know what you need to clean and where you should start. If you get the order wrong, you might have to redo the cleaning all over again.<br />
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Tip 4: Pay attention to any hidden dust, unscrew more parts if necessary. Being lazy surely saves you time, but not cleaning certain parts will definitely cause dust to build up, and over time you will either have to pay more money because of the decrease in efficiency of the ventilator, or the ventilator breaks and you will have to get a new one, which probably is the last thing you want to do if you want to save money.<br />
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Tip 5: Beware of falling objects. I was completely unaware of the unstable roof and a piece of aluminium cover fell right before my face. Luckily, it didn't even touch me a bit, but had the corner fell onto my head, I could have ended up with a couple of stitches on my head.<br />
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Tip 6: Have another pair of eyes to monitor your work, if possible. For my case, I thought I was okay all by myself until this huge piece of metal fell from the top.<br />
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Tip 7: Know the tools you need. Small but long toothbrush is best for cleaning dust, but a vacuum cleaner is a must if you don't want to suck all the dust into your lungs!<br />
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Tip 8: If you are not tall, get a ladder. I spent a long time looking up and my neck really hurt afterwards. Should have taken out my ladder.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image from Locky's English Playground</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image from Locky's English Playground</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image from Locky's English Playground</td></tr>
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Tip 9: Dry clean the metal parts, but use your sprinkler for plastic parts. Just to save time.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image from Locky's English Playground</td></tr>
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Tip 10: A hair-dryer can save you time waiting for the parts to dry. A dry microfibre cloth can also do wonder.<br />
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So, what should I clean next?Lockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01561409573657939742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433985884370686932.post-11766254485898376152018-02-12T22:21:00.002+08:002018-02-12T22:21:14.715+08:00Message: What Am I?<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image from Locky's English Playground</td></tr>
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<br />Lockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01561409573657939742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433985884370686932.post-68531864821126966592017-09-22T10:19:00.001+08:002017-09-22T10:19:07.130+08:00Auto & Environment: My Take on Air Quality Objectives Review 2017 with Views Collection Form<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image from EPD HK</td></tr>
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There are two public engagement forums on Air Quality Objectives Review (Public Engagement) coming up, Sep 28 2:15pm and 30th Sep 10am. Registration is required.<br />
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<a href="http://www.aqoreview.hk/engagement_e.php">http://www.aqoreview.hk/engagement_e.php</a><br />
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For those of us not free to attend, we can also share our views here: <a href="http://www.aqoreview.hk/share_e.php">http://www.aqoreview.hk/share_e.php</a><br />
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No idea how serious the government will take our views though.<br /><br />Here are my comments:<br /><br />
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<span><strong>Review of the Air Quality Objectives</strong></span><br /><span><strong>Public Engagement</strong></span><br /><span><strong>Views Collection Form</strong></span></div>
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Don't need a new air quality improvement measure, just need to bring back 100% EV FRT waiver for private cars.<br />
The main reason being, the policy has absolutely no effect on stopping private car growth. Transport Department data has clearly shown that EVs sales is next to nothing since the massive EV FRT waiver cut, while ICEVs have recorded record-breaking sales. Now these ICEVs will stay with us for the next 5-8 years as their efficiency deteriorates, and our lungs will have to clean up their and your mess.<br />
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Freeing tax for EVs is not subsidizing car purchase using tax payers' money, because without the waiver, the tax income from EVs is negligible anyway. So, how can money be lost if it is impossible to earn it in the first place?<br />
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Increase FRT for ICEVs and bring back full FRT waiver for EVs, obviously.<br />
Just talk to professors at PolyU, they have the latest tech in solar glass and panels.<br /><br /><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image from EPD</td></tr>
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<br />Lockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01561409573657939742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433985884370686932.post-51420479860973230512017-09-19T20:46:00.002+08:002017-09-19T20:46:43.225+08:00Baby Care: Trying out Dr. Robert Hamilton's Baby-Calming Hold<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f9_pSz2zwi4/WcERmnjSGUI/AAAAAAAAU8M/-TEHx_ZINTAVoy-2Jv6atveIgRmRofWEQCLcBGAs/s1600/Belle1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="1407" height="338" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f9_pSz2zwi4/WcERmnjSGUI/AAAAAAAAU8M/-TEHx_ZINTAVoy-2Jv6atveIgRmRofWEQCLcBGAs/s640/Belle1.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and Belle<br />Image from Locky's English Playground</td></tr>
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Have always wanted to try out Dr. Robert Hamilton's Baby-Calming Hold but my elder girl is obvious too old for this at 3.5 years old, so my younger daughter Belle came to me at the perfect time. Here's how she reacted to it.<br />
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Disclaimer: No baby was hurt in the process of filming this.<br />
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<b><u>Reference</u></b>:<br />Trying out Dr. Robert Hamilton's Baby-Calming Hold<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8V2bZxgZWA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8V2bZxgZWA</a><br /><br />How To Calm A Crying Baby - Dr. Robert Hamilton Demonstrates "The Hold" (Official)<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2C8MkY7Co8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2C8MkY7Co8</a></div>
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Lockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01561409573657939742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433985884370686932.post-88516480785354210182017-09-13T10:29:00.004+08:002017-09-13T10:29:41.088+08:00Environment: Typhoon Doksuri & Talim on 13th Sep 2017<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image from HKO</td></tr>
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<span data-offset-key="eeocb-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Twin typhoon, both set to miss Hong Kong. Li's field at work? Or not? We've seen U-turn typhoon before. Remember 2010's Lion rock?</span></div>
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Lockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01561409573657939742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433985884370686932.post-37842933035238104892017-07-25T13:34:00.002+08:002017-07-25T13:34:54.335+08:00Videos: Introducing "My Eco Diary" YouTube Playlist<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p0h-PuZ7AxM/WXbSm2J1dUI/AAAAAAAAUvQ/E-M7YZfi-B4rRvsJ5V7oxsMzgNgT3BUsACLcBGAs/s1600/SS.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="679" data-original-width="1282" height="338" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p0h-PuZ7AxM/WXbSm2J1dUI/AAAAAAAAUvQ/E-M7YZfi-B4rRvsJ5V7oxsMzgNgT3BUsACLcBGAs/s640/SS.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and my plastic cutlery collection<br />Image from Locky's English Playground</td></tr>
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At a time when "video is king", I guess I too have to ride with the trend.<br /><br />I have been working on a series of videos with 'Sustainability' as topic, and I think it is time to announce that on my blog. Starting from my discovery of the Tzuchi Recycling Education Centre at Quarry Bay, I talked about the things I have learned about recycling companies, recycling plastics, milk cartons, plastic bags, etc. All the knowledge gained has raised my awareness even further and I am now ever more conscious about reducing waste from source.<br /><br />If you too like learn with me, please bookmark this playlist: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpmeKgu8vwcmdjP309bHIrStgx7eb3MPE">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpmeKgu8vwcmdjP309bHIrStgx7eb3MPE</a> and subscribed to my YouTube Channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/lx3h1981/">https://www.youtube.com/user/lx3h1981/</a><br />
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Lockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01561409573657939742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433985884370686932.post-19810724251251294272017-06-12T14:43:00.000+08:002017-06-12T14:44:39.821+08:00Usage and Website: Hong Kong Observatory Will Consider Issuing... WHAT????<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image from HKO</td></tr>
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Imagine your lover tells you,<br />
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<i>"I will consider telling you that this 5-star restaurant ABC is the place for our dinner in the next few hours."</i><br />
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What the hell does that really mean?<br />
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Haven't they already told you? Why would anyone decide to consider doing something later?<br />
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As we see, there are two obvious main verbs in here: 'consider', 'tell / issue', but there are at least two other hidden in the process, and those are 'decide' and 'inform'. The fact that you are hearing this line from your lover is because your lover has already completed these two hidden processes:<br />
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<li>has thought over or pondered and finally 'decided' to do 2</li>
<li>has 'decided' to 'inform' you about 3.</li>
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And what is 3?</div>
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3. is that they will do two more things: 'will consider' and 'tell you' about something. Has 'will consider' semantically, grammatically and automatically mean 'yes' nowadays?</div>
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So the whole line should be read as,</div>
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<i>"I have decided to inform you that I will consider telling you that this 5-star restaurant ABC is the place for our dinner in the next few hours."</i></div>
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When this is substituted back to the Hong Kong Observatory's official announcement:</div>
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<i>"The Observatory have decided to inform you that we will consider telling you about the hoisting of Typhoon Signal No. 8 in the next few hours."</i></div>
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So, HKO, you sound like you have made up your mind, but have you really?<br />
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If you will issue, say you 'will issue'!! I hate hedging like yours!<br /></div>
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<b><u>Reference:</u></b></div>
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Hong Kong Observatory</div>
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<br />Lockyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01561409573657939742noreply@blogger.com0