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 > > > ________________________________________ > Linda Di Desidero, Ph.D. > Director, Communication Studies & Professional Writing > University of Maryland University College > School of Undergraduate Studies > 3501 University Boulevard East > Adelphi, MD 20783-8083 > > College English Association > http://cea.stevensonuniversity.org/ > > Maryland Communication Association > http://www.marylandcomm.org/ > > (240) 684-2830 (Department) > (240) 684-2928 (Office) > (240) 684-2995 (Fax) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *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 > > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web > interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select > "Join or leave the list" > > Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ > > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web > interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select > "Join or leave the list" > > Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ > > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web > interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select > "Join or leave the list" > > Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/