MAKE A CALL

POETIC LICENSE?

The following are taken from an opinion piece published today.
Are there errors in the entries?
What are the errors? Correct them.
Does the fact that it is an opinion piece allow some form of poetic license to the author?

"Not if you count the expropriation mess, legal fees, lost tax assessment, management time, and the opportunity costs."

"A canal to nowhere, as it were."

"Bobbing litter and stagnant water when the pumps break down, as they always do in Coventry Gardens."
Chris Vander Doelen, Opinion, "A costly canal to nowhere", The Windsor Star, Tuesday, May 5, 2009.


TODAY'S WORD

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