Describing the grammar of speech and writing

Text 1: spoken

Transcribed interview between John Pilger and Douglas Feith

PILGER: Isn’t there a problem for us in the West of honesty about the reason for going to war in Iraq ? and that was weapons of mass destruction?
FEITH: I don’t think that was a lie. We went to war in large part because of the concern that weapons of mass destruction in the … in the hands of the Saddam Hussein regime … a regime that used such weapons … in particular nerve gas…
PILGER: … and was supplied by the United States and Britain with these weapons of mass destruction…
FEITH: No, I don’t believe that’s accurate.
PILGER: Well, yes they were. Most, most of the weapons of mass destruction from Saddam Hussein weren’t built by him. The machine tools and the ingredients for his biological weapons all came from other countries, many of them from this country and Britain.
FEITH: I don’t think that’s right. I think, I really think that the…
PILGER: Well, it’s on the record…
FEITH: Well…
PILGER: … in the Library of Congress…
FEITH: I think that… I think that the premise of your question is wrong.
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PILGER: Why is it wrong for dictators and terrorists to kill innocent civilians, and right or excusable for the United States to do exactly the same.
FEITH: Well, the United States doesn’t do it, and if we did it it would be as reprehensible as… as what the terrorists do.
PILGER: The United States doesn’t kill… innocent civilians?
FEITH: No, the United States does not target civilians.
PILGER: Hmm. Those of us on the outside who look at September 11, where 3,000 people died in that tragedy, but then look at the thousands who have died since, wonder about double standards here. Could you address that?
FEITH: I think that the… I think that the… numbers that you’re… talking about are… are questionable, so let’s… let’s leave aside your…
PILGER: Why are they questionable?
FEITH: I… I don’t accept your assertion that we’ve killed thousands of… of innocent people. But… let me get…
PILGER: There’s a lot of… There’s a lot of studies… and examination of facts on the ground that suggest indeed thousands. I mean in Iraq at the moment… there are studies that are talking about 10,000. But I don’t want to get into numbers, but certainly thousands seems a fair figure.
FEITH: I don’t… I don’t know that that’s true, and… and I don’t accept the assertion.

Text 2: written

Jailed and Massacred

I can?t even begin to describe what is going on in Gaza now. I am lost for words. No words can express the sorrow, sadness and pain that have fallen on innocent civilians, most of whom are women and children. Just look at some of the pictures and they tell the story of grief. These images speak for themselves.
This is the fifth day the Israelis are shelling besieged Gaza using all kinds of sophisticated weaponry which the West and the Israelis have ever invented. What hurts more is when you hear big countries that are expected to play a pacifying role in conflicts add salt to the wound. Instead of asking both sides to stop, they say instead: ?Israel has the right to defend itself.? Does that mean that the Gaza people have no rights at all?
According to the Israelis, with the current attack they want to teach Gaza a lesson because previously Hamas and some its factions launched home-made rockets against the Israelis. But at the same time, Israel assassinated the influential Hamas commander Ahmad Al-Jaabari.
Excuse me, but this is not a balanced war. It is like a wrestling match between an elephant and a turtle. Even Hamas missiles hardly hit anybody. Of how many years you can count any casualties of these rockets on your fingers? Today, in comparison, a strike on Gaza massacred a whole family.
First of all, Israel does not exist on its land. It occupied that land in 1948. These people, when they throw simple and trivial missiles, the West and the whole world should ask: ?Why?? On top of that, their land is occupied and they live in constant agony. Most of the politicians have visited Gaza and know the situation there. Gaza has been under siege for ages. Poverty prevails all over. There is no infrastructure or electricity for half the year. There is no proper food or medicine. There are no jobs and no freedom. Gaza is literary a big jail. One day the border crossing Rafah is open and another 10 days later it is closed. Even when it is open, people have to provide millions of documents to pass. It is not a walk in the park.
Imagine if you live in such conditions. What will happen to your mind? People who live in big cities and have all luxuries lose it. Put yourselves in Gaza?s shoes and tell me what would happen? Will you ever come up with the response that Israel has the right to defend itself.
Forgive me Gaza, this is the least I could do for you!
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