One executive told us that efforts to make corporate communications more direct, in order to account for the difficulties autistic employees have with nuance, irony, and other fine points of language, have improved communication overall.
But, while knowing English is clearly an advantage to songwriters and producers seeking success in the U.S. and the U.K., a lack of facility with the finer points of the language is equally important.
Also, who moved my binky!?!??" While I'm sure we could spend days or weeks exploring the rich, fraught etymology of "coloured", the power of reclaiming oppressive terms, and the finer points of how language influences culture, the real answer is DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, BRO.
A rainbow coalition of sullen boys and mouthy girls ages 13 and 14, the students are meant to be learning the finer points of the French language, parsing the differences between the passé composé and the imparfait, distinctions that seem nearly as foreign to them as does the reedy young teacher down in front.
People with Down syndrome are not flying planes across the globe to hang out over pu-erh and discuss the finer points of Western culture in a language all their own.
In weekly classes, she not only teaches the children the music some of them will be chosen to sing in Met productions, but also coaches them on vocal production, breathing, acting, the finer points of pronouncing the many different languages they must sing perfectly, and stage comportment.
Another was the Cadet Corps, established in 1732 to train young noblemen in the finer points of foreign etiquette, dress, arts and language to prepare them for diplomatic and military service.
Anderson received enthusiastic notices throughout the nineteen-twenties her first Times review, inineteen-twenties hervoice ofirstsual compass, color, and dramaTimesapacity"—but she needed time to mastereviewfiner points of style and diction in foreign-language songs.
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