(Thanks, Julie!{) 
 
Okay, this is also fun: 
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=areTEVLmweY&feature=share
 
The first question in the 'interview' is about grammar.
 
Linda

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Director, Communication Studies & Professional Writing
University of Maryland University College
School of Undergraduate Studies
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From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Julia Suarez
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 10:15 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Syntactic and Semantic humor


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) 

	 

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	From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
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	Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 3:21 PM
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	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
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	Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 1:42 PM
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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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