Wednesday, April 7, 2010

BAD STRUCTURAL WRITING

SPORT BLOOPERS

Identify and correct the errors in the following pieces.

"And waded right in to the unbearable heaviness of being Tiger."
Cam Cole, "Rival feels Tiger's pain", The Windsor Star, Wednesday, April 7, 2010.

"Some of it self-imposed, some out of self-preservation."
Cam Cole, "Rival feels Tiger's pain", The Windsor Star, Wednesday, April 7, 2010.

ONE TRUE RULE

Identify the author of the following truism.

“One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.”

TODAY'S WORD

The word for today is "naught".
What part of speech is naught"?

Define "naught" and use it in a sentence.
What is the most commonly used word that is derived from "naught"?

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