"Aw" is a word in CEBUANO
aw, àw {1} particle preceding a statement made to correct one-self.
Tagdus písus, aw, dus singkwinta diay, Its two, I mean, two-fifty.
{1a} particle preceding an afterthought.
Aw kanà lang diay, ímu na nà, Oh that.
You can have that.
{2} parti-cle preceding a statement or question meaning is that so?
and shows surprise.
Aw, mau diay nà?
Oh!
Is that so!
{3} pause word before starting to speak.
Aw, makahímù ba tag gáwì sa ímung tilipunu?
Er, may I use your phone?
{4} particle pre-ceding a predetermined answer: of course.
Aw, ú.
Mabalibáran ba gud nà nákù?
Yes, of course.
How could I refuse that!
There is an underlying rhythm to all text. Sentences crashing fall like the waves of the sea, and work unconsciously on the reader. Punctuation is the music of language. As a conductor can influence the experience of the song by manipulating its rhythm, so can punctuation influence the reading experience, bring out the best (or worst) in a text. By controlling the speed of a text, punctuation dictates how it should be read. A delicate world of punctuation lives just beneath the surface of your work, like a world of microorganisms living in a pond. They are missed by the naked eye, but if you use a microscope you will find a exist, and that the pond is, in fact, teeming with life. This book will teach you to become sensitive to this habitat. The more you do, the greater the likelihood of your crafting a finer work in every respect. Conversely the more you turn a blind eye, the greater the likelihood of your creating a cacophonous text and of your being misread.
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Late one Friday night the policeman spotted a man driving very erratically through the streets of Dublin. They pulled the man over and asked him if he had been drinking that evening."Aye, so I have. 'Tis Friday, you know, so me and the lads stopped by the pub where I had six or seven pints. And then there was something called "Happy Hour" and they served these mar-gar-itos which are quite good. I had four or five o' those. Then I had to drive me friend Mike home and O' course I had to go in for a couple of Guinness - couldn't be rude, ye know. Then I stopped on the way home to get another bottle for later .." And the man fumbled around in his coat until he located his bottle of whiskey, which he held up for inspection.The officer sighed, and said, "Sir, I'm afraid I'll need you to step out of the car and take a breathalyzer test."Indignantly, the man said, "Why? Don't ye believe me? !"
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