Thursday, August 14, 2008

A VERITABLE PLETHORA

ONE! TWO! THREE! WOW!

Find and correct the errors in the entries cited below. (A snob purist would say there are five; three should be obvious.)

"Just beyond the Windsor area fuel prices are about a nickel a litre cheaper. Go a bit further to Kingsville or Leamington, and the savings are almost a dime a litre."
Doug Schmidt, "Need to fill up? County gas cheaper", The Windsor Star, Thursday, August 14, 2008.

"Burton went a step farther and argued that Canadian Pacific - which also had fatalities on its tracks - should be pressured to erect more fences along its line, which also passes through Lakeshore and Tecumseh.
Gary Rennie, "Tecumseh backs railway fence", The Windsor Star, Thursday, August 14, 2008.

"But twining the existing facility would cost more -- $43 per household."
Monica Wolfson, "Amherstburg council urged to build arena", The Windsor Star, Thursday, August 14, 2008.


TODAY'S WORD

The word for today is "assimilation".
Define "assimilation" and use it in a sentence.

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