Exercise 2.4

I forgot to post my answers on the blog-- hope this isn't too late.

Exercise 2.4

1. New housing development don’t see sidewalks as a priority.
Sidewalks are no longer seen as a necessity.
Sidewalks may now be considered obsolete: people may start driving more and walking less.
2.Because of an increase in their design, living rooms and family rooms seem to be popular among home buyers.
Families may prefer eating together in the family room, which is closer to the kitchen, than the living room, which is closer to the front door.
Guests may use the living room because it is close to the front door.
3. People relish the privacy of their homes.
Robert Frost valued fences highly, perhaps for its ability to prevent intrusion.
Robert Frost had fences.
4.Females are better fit to express emotions verbally than men are.
When talking, females tend to connect emotions to words more so than men do.
Men may be less inclined to emote in a conversation.
5. Minors may be committing crimes severe enough to warrant adult sentences.
The American judicial system may be flawed on the account that minors, who are by definition, not adults, are increasingly tried and convicted as adults.
The magnitude of the crime takes precedence over age.
6. Minors should not be sentenced as adults because until the age of twenty-one, the part of the brain which is responsible for judgement and impulse control is not yet fully developed.
The American judicial system may be flawed on the account that minors, who have brains which are physically more prone to committing crime than adult’s brains, are increasingly tried and convicted as adults.
There is also another flaw in the fact that those who are 18 and 19 years of age are also considered adults.
7. Many women may not identify well with authoritative positions.
The similarity in speech may indicate a newfound familiarity among men and women.
Men under the age of 30 may be in environments where declarative statements and command forms are not prevalent.
8. Shopping malls and grocery stores don’t feel the need to tell their customers the time while they shop.
Shopping malls and grocery stores want to keep their customers occupied with shopping; knowing the time may threaten or shorten that.
Shopping malls and grocery stores want your money and are greedy.

-Bryan h