Tuesday, June 2, 2009

READ VERY CAREFULLY

A GOOD CHALLENGE

Find and correct the errors in the following pieces.
Bonus: read the entries carefully and determine if they both make complete sense; if not, identify and correct the problem.



"The Ontario Court of Appeal issued the decision upholding damages for 'lost housekeeping capacity' making Claudia McIntyre the first person in Ontario to be awarded compensation for injuries affecting a person's ability to clean their house."
Trevor Wilhelm, "Court awards 'neat freak' $60,000", The Windsor Star, Tuesday, June 2, 2009.

"Both passenger and commercial traffic was flowing in typical fashion at North America's busiest border crossing that links to Windsor with only brief warnings issued by U.S. border guards for those without the proper documents."
Dave Battagello, "No passport? Border guards cutting drivers some slack", The Windsor Star, Tuesday, June 2, 2009.

TODAY'S WORD

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

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