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I would like to learn as many languages as possible - in particular, the following (in roughly this order): German Spanish Tamil Italian Turkish Indonesian Sanskrit. I also have an interest in Vietnamese, Korean, Mongolian and Hindi. I like to learn languages for the fun of it.
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    An interesting question. Certainly the words 'selfish' and 'selfishness' always have negative connotations in English - that is, it is considered bad to act selfishly. I myself have written an essay claiming that individual identity itself is an imaginary concept. It is also a concept I believe to be dangerous and isolating. However, my views are probably exceptional, at least in the West.
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    May 11, 2008
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    I don't think there is any particular rule about this, but the 1st sentence might sound strange with 'up' because it's in the past tense. The 'up' merely emphasises the relative position of the accident. The 2nd sentence doesn't really need the word 'up', and neither does the 3rd. In fact, instead of 'up ahead', I would be more inclined to say, 'further down' or 'further along' or just 'somewhere'. It's an interesting question though, and there are plenty of other examples with the word 'up'. It's quite often redundant - as in "I called him up" and "He chopped up the wood" (in which case it is called 'pleonasm').
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    May 10, 2008
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    'Annoying' is an adjective, meaning 'causing a person to get a little angry, frustrated or irritated' It is also the present participle of the verb 'to annoy'. E.g. "Am I annoying you?" means "Am I making you angry?"
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    May 10, 2008
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