>>>On June 4, the "Kung Fu" actor David Carradine, 72, was found dead in a Bangkok hotel room. On June 23, Ed McMahon, the loyal "Tonight" show sidekick to Johnny Carson, died at the age of 86. Arguably an editing error -- since the word show was right there next to Tonight, there's no reason they couldn't have gone with "Tonight Show" as the shortened form.
>>>The Pentagon chief who directed the escalation of the Vietnam War — and was vilified by many for it. Not a sentence. >>>That was just a day after the passing of political columnist Robert Novack. Novak is spelled wrong. Automatic F in my freshman journalism class. >>>The teacher and "Angela's Ashes" author, died of cancer at the age of 78. Lousy punctuation -- the comma is unneeded. >>>And just two weeks after Shriver's death, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy died at his home in Hyannis Port , Mass., unless Hyannis Port was added at some point to the list of cities (Boston, Philadelphia, etc.) that don't require state identifiers. >>>The liberal lion of the Senate served for 46 years in Washington where he helped pass countless laws on many parts of civic life, from civil rights to health care. No grammar errors here -- just bad writing. >>>Last week, Patrick Swayze. Again, not a sentence, although one could argue that this was acceptable style (unlike the fragment above). I award this Jake Coyle no points, and may God have mercy on his soul. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
