Tuesday, May 13, 2008

THIS AND THAT

TRY THESE!

Identify the errors in the following passages:

"A new product for the plant has long been sought after."
Jim Crichton, A-Channel News, Monday, May 12, 2008, 6:06 pm.

"...while they were turning off of Janette Avenue..."
Anna Vlachos, A-Channel News, Monday, May 12, 2008, 6:10 pm.


TODAY'S WORD

Don't use this word unless you want to sound very pretentious; it is just an old-fashioned but fun word. Just try to define it and then articulate it.

The word for today is "perspicacity".
Define "perspicacity". What is its adjectival form?

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