Monday, March 2, 2009

PROFESSIONAL (?) PROSE!

THEY CAN DO BETTER

Find and correct the errors in the following pieces.

"Each of these factors alone are demonstrated to negatively effect a student's scores but most students fall into more than one of those groups, Connelly said."
Brian Gray, Don Peat, "Mind the Gap", Toronto Saturday Sun, February 28, 2009.

"As NHL boss John Shannon told me, anytime there's a chance to reach a market of a billion people, he's so there."
Joe Warmington, Toronto Saturday Sun, February 28, 2009.

"The good thing is the warden and myself were installed today and we now have a plan to move forward."
Windsor Mayor, Eddie Francis, "Francis, Santos installed to WEDC board of directors", Dave Battegello, The Windsor Star, Monday, March 2, 2009.


TODAY'S WORD

The word for today is "paucity".
What part of speech is "paucity"?
Define "paucity" and use it in a sentence.

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