Latin influence in English entered English, or in what form. Some words have come into English from Latin more than once, through French or another Romance language at one time and directly from Latin at another. Thus we have pairs like fragile/frail, army/armada, corona/crown, ratio/reason, and rotund/round. The first word in each pair came directly from Latin, while the second entered English from French (or Spanish, in the case of "armada"). In addition, some words have entered English twice from French, with the result that they have the same source, but different pronunciations reflecting changing pronunciation in French, for example chief/chef (the former a
Marketing of Halo 3 on the gaming community to spread the word itself. The focus on traditional media would help expand the fan base beyond established gamers and convince the public that the game was a cultural milestone. To build public interest, Microsoft made public statements that "Halo 3" would surpass media sales records, including the July 2007 record of $166 million set by the launch of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows". Microsoft's target was to sell 1.5 million copies of the game. Marketing research suggested that the ""Halo" faithful" could only be counted on to buy 75% of that amount, meaning that