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~ Wednesday, July 30, 2008 ~
Caught Reading
Garth Wolkoff has an interesting idea for a blogging project, and I was in the right place at the right time. Neat. :)
~ prattled by Miriam at 2:39 p.m. [+]
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~ Friday, July 18, 2008 ~
Grammatical Hang-Up
College Education. No Child Left.
Last Sunday I saw this ad for Thomas Edison State College as I rode the NJ Transit back from meeting with a new student. There were some high school kids occupying the spot where I needed to stand to get a good shot of the ad, so I did a fine job of embarrassing myself while I craned my body into their personal spaces trying to get all the text into the little screen on my camera phone. It took me several tries, and by the third attempt one of them (who clearly thought I was nuts to be so excited about photographing the thing) asked disgustedly if I just wanted him to take it for me. "Thanks, I got it this time," I said, and returned to my own seat. The silver-haired lady sitting next to me looked at me quizzically, and to her I felt obligated to explain why I was so keen to photograph the thing. I'd sorta hoped she would have spotted the error too (have we all forgotten the grammar we learned in school?), but she turned out to be German, just travelling in the US, so I forgave her and explained how the lack of a possessive apostrophe changes the meaning of the copy.
~ prattled by Miriam at 11:55 p.m. [+]
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