Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Miss Johnson County is an open pageant.Any potential candidate must reside, attend school or work in the Iowa. -Miss Iowa webpage
http://www.missiowa.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=90&Itemid=79

Monday, March 2, 2009

And schools that rely on state support are likely to see costs rise even more. -USA Today article
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-03-02-university-student-cutbacks_N.htm?csp=34

Same article as before. They started their sentence with and. Very badly written artice.
The Community College of Denver has offered a food bank to students for more than 10 years, but in the past year there been a significant increase in its use, says Jerry Mason, director of student life: "We are actually having trouble keeping up."-USA Today article http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-03-02-university-student-cutbacks_N.htm?csp=34


Has is missing between the there and been in this article. It is aso a very confusing sentence because of the quote at the end.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Today, I stayed home, sick in bed. I had been sleeping on my arms. I got up quickly to grab the phone. My numb left arm rocketed and punched me in the (now cut) lip, which threw me off balance, making me smash my (now bloody) nose off of the headboard. It was a telemarketer. FML-a post on Fmylife.com

The comma in the first sentence after home is unecessary.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009


Why were they resorting to cannibalism?


Not the message they were going for.

Compared to dead children?