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correction needed I would be very grateful if anybody found a little time to check my text... That would help me a lot. The present paper aims at study of evaluative function of metaphor in newspaper language. Metaphor has several functions. One of them is evaluative function which is used to express author´s attitude to described object. At the same time metaphor as a language mean is aimed at creation of certain picture in addressee´s mind so that they look at the described object from desired point of view and that is widely used in newspaper texts, where author intentionally does not want to express their attitude explicitly, and instead they use metaphor or vice versa by using metaphor they express their attitude unintentionally.

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I would be very grateful if anybody found a little time to check my text... That would help me a lot.

The present paper {reads awkward, better to say "This paper"} aims at to study of the evaluative function* of metaphor in newspaper language. Metaphor has several functions. One of them is evaluative function, which is used to express the {or an} author´s attitude to towards {or about} the described object. At the same time, metaphor as a language means that it is aimed at creatingon of a certain picture in addressee´s the subject's** {or audience's, viewer's} mind so that they look at the described object from the desired point of view. ** and that This (technique) is widely used in newspaper texts, where the {or an} author**** intentionally does not want to express their his or her attitude {better terms: opinion, point of view} explicitly and instead, they uses metaphor or, vice versa conversely*****, by using metaphor, they express their attitude opinion unintentionally.

 

*I'm not sure if "evaluative function" is a specific term (for example, in journalism), but as a layman, this phrase is unclear. Judging from the context of the paragraph, I think you mean "contextual function" or "to convey intent".

**An "addressee" connotes someone who receives something via mail (post office).

***The original sentence was a long, run-on sentence with five different ideas being conveyed. It reads better and much clearer to break these up into smaller sentences.

****"Author" is singular, so the corresponding pronoun is his, her, or his or her. "Their" is plural.

*****"Vice versa" sounds awkward in this context. It's normally used for emphasis at the end of the sentence. Example: "I think they went out to dinner first, then watched a movie, or vice-versa".

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