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Dec. 1st, 2008 11:34 pmI was watching bits of John McCain speaking at the third presidential debate and a rally he held in Indianapolis on election day for a group project on discourse during the presidential race. Other people are doing Obama, Biden, and Palin - I volunteered for McCain so I wouldn't get stuck with Palin.
It's been much easier doing this project after the race ended. I have no desire to push my fist though the screen into someone's face!
The project, btw, is to list out when someone uses -ing or -in'. It took a half hour of speech to use 50 tokens of ing or 'in, and seven of those were -in'. And five of those occurrences were in the debate.
It's been much easier doing this project after the race ended. I have no desire to push my fist though the screen into someone's face!
The project, btw, is to list out when someone uses -ing or -in'. It took a half hour of speech to use 50 tokens of ing or 'in, and seven of those were -in'. And five of those occurrences were in the debate.
