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During the 19th century, attempts to overlay Latin grammar rules onto English required the use of feminine endings in nouns ending with -ess. [12] This produced words like doctress and professoress and even lawyeress , [ 12 ] all of which have fallen out of use; though waitress , stewardess , and actress are in modern use.
The first published English grammar was a Pamphlet for Grammar of 1586, written by William Bullokar with the stated goal of demonstrating that English was just as rule-based as Latin. Bullokar's grammar was faithfully modeled on William Lily's Latin grammar, Rudimenta Grammatices (1534), used in English schools at that time, having been ...
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During the 1990s, the hard-copy book format of the DOT was discarded. An online database known as Occupational Information Network (O*NET) was created in 1998. [6] O*NET classifies jobs in job families (functional areas which include workers from entry level to advanced, and may include several sub-specialties). [7]
The DOT was first published in 1938 and "emerged in an industrial economy and emphasized blue-collar jobs. Updated periodically, the DOT provided useful occupational information for many years, for example through the NOICC/SOICC system. But its usefulness waned as the economy shifted toward information and services and away from heavy industry."
English. Read; Edit; View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; ... Economic occupations (7 C, 6 P) Education and training occupations (9 C, 72 P)
A railroad section gang — including common workers sometimes called gandy dancers — responsible for maintenance of a particular section of railway.One man is holding a bar, while others are using rail tongs to position a rail.
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