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)
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:
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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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