... Berry Gordy's sister was becoming more and more violent, the government was seeking back taxes, and he was estranged from his family. (Edmonds, 26) Rather than continue with the "pop" formula of his past Motown hits, he used the pain to record his greatest record. The song which may have captured his pain best was "Inner City Blues (Make me Wanna ... ...

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... of verb present voice usesest etc. The above slang grammar characteristics apparently run counter to standard grammar. Slang, however, does not care much about the grammar logical relation and pragmatics formula. The purpose of such use is to achieve relaxation and casualness through humorous expressions. 1.3 Vocabulary One of the editors of American slang dictionary S.B.Flexner said in the preface:The vocabulary ... ...

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