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So like I promised, here's an analysis of President Barack Obama's speech at the Inauguration Ceremony, and while I can't say these are true for all his speeches, there is a pattern to this particular speech which makes it very powerful, and you should be able to find it in most charismatic speeches through the ages.

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Venue: Writing Centre.
What we're doing? Well, I'm chilling, but Mike is working on a grammar module for ESL students (artcles and nouns, to be precise). Ashley's working on a presentation.

Mike: Did you guys know that cheese is a non-countable noun?

Me: Well, yeah. You can't count cheese. Unless you're talking about, like, different types of cheeses, then you can make a non-countable into a countable noun.

Mike: I don't know why, but it just never occurred to me... Cheese is a non-countable noun!

Ashley: Sorry, what's a non-countable noun?

Me: Basically stuff you can't count.

Mike: Yeah, non-countable nouns are things that're bigger than you... sadness... faith... cheese...

Probably one of those things you just had to be there for, I guess.