Thank you, Linda!

     My students are enjoying these.  We all need a lift at this time in 
the semester.

         Julie Suarez Hayes

On 4/28/2011 9:09 AM, Linda Di Desidero wrote:
>
> Here are some cute headlines to use in grammar lessons, if anyone is 
> interested!
>
> The humor, of course, hinges on several different sorts of grammatical 
> and linguistic concepts...
>
> Linda
>
> **
>
> **
>
> *BEST "HUMOROUS WITHOUT MEANING TO BE"
> NEWSPAPER HEADLINES OF 1998 (All verified!)*
>
> 1. Include Your Children When Baking Cookies
> 2. Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Experts Say
> 3. Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers
> 4. Drunks Get Nine Months in Violin Case
> 5. Iraqi Head Seeks Arms
> 6. Is There a Ring of Debris around Uranus?
> 7. Prostitutes Appeal to Pope
> 8. Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over
> 9. British Left Waffles on Falkland Islands
> 10. Teacher Strikes Idle Kids
> 11. Clinton Wins Budget; More Lies Ahead
> 12. Plane Too Close to Ground, Crash Probe Told
> 13. Miners Refuse to Work After Death
> 14. Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant
> 15. Stolen Painting Found by Tree
> 16. Two Sisters Reunited after 18 Years in Checkout
>       Counter
> 17. War Dims Hope for Peace
> 18. If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last a
>       While
> 19. Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide
> 20. Man Struck by Lightning Faces Battery Charge
> 21. New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group
> 22. Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Space
> 23. Kids Make Nutritious Snacks
> 24. Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half
> 25. Typhoon Rips through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead
>
>
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> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Spruiell, William C
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 20, 2011 3:21 PM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Re: grammar question: "while running"
>
> I'd call it either a reduced adverbial clause or a nonfinite adverbial 
> clause, depending on whether my audience was using a system that 
> required finiteness for clausehood.
>
> ---- Bill Spruiell
>
> *From:*Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Scott Woods
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 20, 2011 1:42 PM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* grammar question: "while running"
>
> Dear List,
>
> How would you analyze "while running" in the sentence below?
>
>  I yelled a command while running.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Scott Woods
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