The Apple Religion

Here we are again!

Last week we checked some exercise concerning  modal Verbs. In this case we matched them according to register, that is, friendly, more polite, formal and more formal.

Truth is that the line which separates "more polite" and "formal"is very slim, it's a "flimsy red line,"

Can you help me? Could you help me? Can = friendly Could= more polite
May I use your phone?                         May =  formal
Would you like me to help you?            Would you like me to? = more formal
Shall I help you?                                   Shall I? = friendly
Could I have some more tea?                Could = more polite

And we read an interesting article on Steve Jobs.

The writer compares "Apple" with a religion or a cult.
Where the messiah was Steve Jobs.
The cathedrals could be the Apple stores.
Customers would go on a "pilgrimage" so as to get the latest state- of- the-art, gadgets.
Like acolytes, shop assistants would help customers.

As you seemed interested in prefixes and suffixes, we'll spend some time on them in tomorrow's lesson.