This links to an interesting website showcasing uncommonly used words.
This article discusses the work of a University of Utah professor of anthropology, who theorizes that due to a "founder effect" Ashkenazim Jews are genetically predisposed to high intelligence. According to the research paper, this high IQ has the side effect of causing several genetic disorders, including Tay-Sachs. I don't entirely agree with this paper. Although there have certainly been many brilliant Jewish thinkers, it seems unfair that any people group should be inherently more intelligent than any other people group. Additionally, since Jews place a high cultural value on academics and study, it could be argued that this intelligence is not inborn, but achieved. A classic example of nature vs. nurture.
Grammar generally causes my eyes to glaze over. That said, the below website fairly clearly describes a compound complex sentence and the real difference between a dependent and independent clause. Yay for nitty-gritty grammar!!
As long as we're on the subject of grammar, an interesting note. In quoted text an ellipsis with three dots (...) indicates editing inside the sentence. For example, instead of, "My Uncle Moe, who builds houses, lives in Vermont," you could say, "My Uncle Moe...lives in Vermont." On the other hand, an ellipsis with four dots (....) is used to indicate word omission between several sentences. For example, rather than, "My Uncle Moe, who builds houses, lives in Vermont. He called today," you could simply say, "My Uncle Moe....called today." Neat, huh?
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