Thursday, October 30, 2008

MEDIA WATCH WEEK - DAY 4

ACCEPTABILITY?

Read the following and decide whether or not they contain writing errors.
Identify the errors and correct them.


"Because it's stomach churning to think that those dear old grandparents, Bill and Helene Regier of Mount Carmel, aged 72 and 73, were killed in cold blood by someone who surely knew their deaths would be 'freebies' on his maxed-out crime account."
Gord Henderson, "Where's the justice?", The Windsor Star, Thursday, October 30, 2008.

"Three for the price of one. A volume discount."
Gord Henderson, "Where's the justice?", The Windsor Star, Thursday, October 30, 2008.

"...says members are impacted for life..."
Rob Shervill, AM800 CKLW News, Thursday, October 30, 2008, 9:03 am.

TODAY'S WORD

The word for today is "frivolity".
Define "frivolity" and use it in a sentence.

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