Hence the disclaimer. Apparently, this summer also marked the death of the copy editor. --Deb
--- On Mon, 9/21/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [DEADPOOL]'s Summer of Death > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, September 21, 2009, 10:58 AM > > >>>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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
