________________________________________
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)
[log in to unmask] type="cite">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"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
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Subject: Re: grammar question: "while running"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"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
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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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