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12/14/2008 – "Told"

Solution - lightbulb   Say vs. Tell

 Quick-thinking pizza man told he threw a large, hot pepperoni pizza at gunman to stop him.


12/7/2008 – "Lay"

Solution - lightbulb Lie vs. Lay

 Laid-off workers lay the blame on management. "We're not going to take this laying down!"


11/30/2008 "Accept"

Solution - lightbulb

   Accept vs. Except

 Will Contress except the automakers' proposal?


11/232008 – "Domino effect"

Solution - lightbulb

    Affect vs. Effect

 If General Motors fails, it will have a domino affect on the rest of the country


11/16/2008 – "Bullet Lists"

Solution - lightbulb

  Bulleted & Numbered Lists
Automakers will be expected to: change corporate management; design more energy-efficient cars; retool auto factories; and to get auto workers back to work.
 


11/9/2008 – "Appositives"

Solution - lightbulb

  Punctuating Comments
 

Barack Obama (President-Elect) will begin to build his transition team and appoint his cabinet.


11/02/2008– "Parallel"

Solution - lightbulb

  Parallel phrasing
 

We stood in a long line waiting, talking and discussed how to fix this this country.


10/26/2008   "Series"

Solution - lightbulb

  Punctuating a series of items 

Punch mark or fill in your ballot!


10/19/2008 — "Sentence to Nowhere"

Solution - lightbulb

    Complete thought 


 I know that John McCain will do that and I, as his vice president, families we are blessed with that vote of the American people and are elected to serve and are sworn in on January 20, that will be our top priority is to defend the American people.
 


10/12/2008 — "Because of"

Solution - lightbulb

   Because/Because of | Pronoun - placement  | Commas
 

Because of it is coming soon, news coverage of the election is increasing.


09/28/2008 — "Never"

Solution - lightbulb

   Present Perf - experience - word order - emphasis

 Never we have to have a financial bailout of banking institutions in the U.S. before.


09/21/2008  — "That-what"

Solution - lightbulb

   That vs. what clauses 

 Obama - What he said that change is coming.


09/14/2008 — "Try"

Solution - lightbulb

Verbs followed by Gerunds or Infinitives | Using hyphens

 Juvenile court to try shooting defendent.


9/7/2008  — "Modifiers"

Solution - lightbulb

  Number modifiers | Noun modifiers
 

 Senator Obama spoke in front of a eighty-thousand persons audience.


8/31/2008 — "Alcatraz"

Solution - lightbulb   Participial adj clauses  | That-(be) Deletion |  Commas with clauses 

 Alcatraz Island surrounding by fog was a depressing place to serve time in prison.


08/24/2008 — "Purpose"

Solution - lightbulb

   Infinitives - purpose | Gerunds - function

 Why did you come here? I came for getting a good education.


08/17/2008  — "Source"

Solution - lightbulb

   Past - reporting source |   Present Perf - "up to now"

 Where did you go on your vacation? We have been to the beach this summer.


5/25/2008  — "Sheep"

Solution - lightbulb

    Participial Adjectives |  Irreg agreement  | Preps of place  | Gerunds - clause shortening

 I was surprising to see the sheeps were walking in the road.


05/18/2008 — "Even"

Solution - lightbulb

 Emphasis  | Because/ Though

 The Gingerbread House Maker: He even works though he is retired now.


05/11/2008 — "Balloons"

Solution - lightbulb

  Possessive relative pronoun

 The runner who his balloons popped ran to the finish line naked.


05/04/2008   "Fruits"

 

Solution - lightbulb

  A complete sentence |  Fewer vs. less | Fruit vs. fruits

 More fruits and vegetables, less wrinkles!