MARCH IN LIKE A LION

NATIONAL GRAMMAR DAY

March 4, 2010

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BE PROUD AND ENTHUSIASTIC BUT...

Identify and correct the errors in the following examples.

"The other podium. The one the International Olympic Committee - and everyone on Earth other than North Americans - recognizes as the true measure of the sporting nations: gold medals, baby."
Cam Cole, "Gold-plated Games", The Windsor Star, Monday, March 1, 2010.

"Not the loose change the Americans have been scooping up at every turn. Not the, er, minor medals. Gold."
Cam Cole, "Gold-plated Games", The Windsor Star, Monday, March 1, 2010.

TODAY'S WORD

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