ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF FINE PROFESSIONAL WRITING
Find and correct the error in the following piece. Be sure to cite the applicable rule.
BONUS: feel free to LOL if you identify and understand the irony of this entry.
"So much so that the powers of the Internet have been harnessed to create a punctuation mark intended to show when a sentence is sarcastic."
Mike Barber, Canwest News Service, "Sarcasm mark patented", The Windsor Star, Tuesday, April 20, 2010.
TODAY'S WORD
The word for today is "bilious".
What part of speech is "bilious".
Define "bilious" and use it in a sentence.
What is the root of the word?
What other parts of speech can be made with "bilious"?
Apply the definition of "bilious" to the example of professional writing listed above.
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