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'''Avoid Broad Language in Answers''':  Broad or sweeping terms like "only", "never", "solely", "everyone", "always", "purely", "all" and "every" are often signs of '''incorrect''' answers because they are rarely true.

'''Avoid Broad Language in Answers''':  Broad or sweeping terms like "only", "never", "solely", "everyone", "always", "purely", "all" and "every" are often signs of '''incorrect''' answers because they are rarely true.

'''Try to Answer Every Question''':  You can't increase your score by refusing to answer.  Try hard on every question, and if no points are deducted for wrong answers, be sure to answer every question.  Even if you don't know the answer, try to make an educated guess.

'''Try to Answer Every Question''':  You can't increase your score by refusing to answer, just as you can't score a basket in basketball without tossing the ball towards the net.  Trying is better than not trying.  Try hard on every question, and if no points are deducted for wrong answers, be sure to answer every question.  Even if you don't know the answer, try to make an educated guess.

Test-taking on multiple-choice exams is a skill that can be mastered with practice, determination and cleverness.

Test-taking on multiple-choice exams is a skill that can be mastered with practice, determination and cleverness.

The King James Bible established a framework of knowledge of the English language, which began to develop rapidly afterward.  English is unique in its ability to develop new words, at a rate of about 1000 new words per year.<ref>See [[Essay:Best New Conservative Words]].</ref>  This enables English to constantly improve its ability to express concepts.  English easily incorporates and adapts words from other languages, such as "detente" (French for a lessening in tensions between nations) and "tsunami" (Japanese for a massive tidal wave).

The King James Bible established a framework of knowledge of the English language, which began to develop rapidly afterward.  English is unique in its ability to develop new words, at a rate of about 1000 new words per year.<ref>See [[Essay:Best New Conservative Words]].</ref>  This enables English to constantly improve its ability to express concepts.  English easily incorporates and adapts words from other languages, such as "detente" (French for a lessening in tensions between nations) and "tsunami" (Japanese for a massive tidal wave).

English has the smallest alphabet of widely used languages;<ref>Some describe the Hebrew alphabet, without vowels, as having only 22 characters, but modern Hebrew (spoken by a few million people) has more characters than English.  See http://www.omniglot.com/writing/hebrew.htm . The obscure [[Elder Futhark]] runic writing has an alphabet of 24.</ref> this compact simplicity gives English an advantage, particularly in using computers.  For example, English lacks accented letters (letters bearing a diacritic mark such as the "e" in "noël"), hybrid letters (such as the digraph ligature æ often used in British English in words such as encyclopædia or the ampersand character - a contraction of "et"), and pictograph characters.

English has the smallest alphabet of widely used languages;<ref>Some describe the Hebrew alphabet, without vowels, as having only 22 characters, but modern Hebrew (spoken by a few million people) has more characters than English.  See http://www.omniglot.com/writing/hebrew.htm . The obscure [[Elder Futhark]] runic writing has an alphabet of 24.</ref> this compact simplicity gives English an advantage, particularly in using computers.  For example, modern English lacks accented letters (letters bearing a diacritic mark such as the "e" in "noël"), hybrid letters (such as the archaic digraph ligature æ used in British English in words such as encyclopædia or the ampersand character - a contraction of "et"), and pictograph characters.

It helps that English uses a writing system that has some relation between sounds and symbols as opposed to a purely ideographic system. This also applies to all other languages using alphabets, abjads, syllabaries, and so on - such as ancient Greek and Latin (though English developed from German, not from Greek or Latin).

It helps that English uses a writing system that has some relation between sounds and symbols as opposed to a purely ideographic system. This also applies to all other languages using alphabets, abjads, syllabaries, and so on - such as ancient Greek and Latin (though English developed from German, not from Greek or Latin).

In the book’s climax, Salviati supposedly proves the Copernican system by citing the movement of the tides.  This theory of Galileo’s was completely false and had already been disproved by Kepler.

In the book’s climax, Salviati supposedly proves the Copernican system by citing the movement of the tides.  This theory of Galileo’s was completely false and had already been disproved by Kepler.

Catholic Church officials were furious about this book and the Inquisition banned its sale.  Galileo was summoned to Rome.  Unlike Luther, Galileo remained a Catholic and fully accepted whatever judgment the Church would render against him.  His “trial” was a bit of a farce, probably put on for show more than anything, with Galileo living in plush quarters at all times.  At the end of the trial Galileo was required to live in a house where the Church could keep an eye on him, and was not imprisoned.  Galileo then continued his scientific work but was kept from embarrassing the Church further.  Galileo never split from the Church and completely accepted his punishment.

Catholic Church officials were furious about this book and the Inquisition banned its sale.  Galileo was summoned to Rome.  Unlike Luther, Galileo remained a Catholic and fully accepted whatever judgment the Church would render against him.  His “trial” was a bit of a farce, probably put on for show more than anything, with Galileo living in plush quarters at all times.  At the end of the trial Galileo was required to live in a house where the Church could keep an eye on him during the controversy, much as the American government interned Japanese Americans during World War II.<ref>This internment during wartime was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in ''[[Korematsu v. United States]]''</ref>  Galileo was not imprisoned.  Galileo then continued his scientific work but was kept from embarrassing the Church further.  Galileo never split from the Church and completely accepted his punishment.

There were other noteworthy scientists during this era.  [[Vesalius]] advanced the understanding of anatomy for medical doctors.  [[John Harvey]] explained the circulatory system in human anatomy.  [[Rene Descartes]] was a French mathematician and philosopher who discovered [[analytical geometry]] and famously declared, “I think, therefore I am.”  [[Francis Bacon]] promoted research based on experimentation.

There were other noteworthy scientists during this era.  [[Vesalius]] advanced the understanding of anatomy for medical doctors.  [[John Harvey]] explained the circulatory system in human anatomy.  [[Rene Descartes]] was a French mathematician and philosopher who discovered [[analytical geometry]] and famously declared, “I think, therefore I am.”  [[Francis Bacon]] promoted research based on experimentation.