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Opinion Section Finals (unless someone wants to edit?)
November 5, 2009 · Leave a Comment
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cell phone editorial
October 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Jesse and Amanda cell-phone editorial
I don’t have spell check on my computer, so you might want to run through it.
P.s. I pretty much wrote a new editorial, keeping the same overall concept. You can keep some components from the original, which I also included with my final draft.
Possible Titles:
Cell Phone Ban Receives Top Priority
Unsuccessful Cell Phone Enforcement Leads to Desperate Measures
Easing up on Cell Phones
If you Can’t Beat Them, Join Them
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Grammar Notes
October 13, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Data= plural
Datum= singular
Criteria= plural
Criterion= singular
Media= plural
Medium= singular
Multiple digits in a number= plural has no apostrophe. 1990s
For words that end in “ss”, add an “apostrophe s”. Unless the next word begins with an “s”, in which case add an apostrophe without an “s”.
If a proper name ends in an “s”, add an apostrophe at the end for the possesive form.
Attorney general= singular
Attorneys general= plural
Attorney general’s= singular possessive
Attorneys general’s= plural possessive
For two different subjects (Bill and Marcy) with only one object (house) only put an “apostrophe s” after the last subject (Bill and Marcy’s).
For two different subjects (Bill and Marcy) with MULTIPLE objects (parents) put an “apostrophe s” after the both subjects (Bill’s and Marcy’s).
Citizens band radio or Scholars Academy are not possessive and therefore don’t bear the “apostrophe s”
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