ATEGers,

 

I suppose all of you know about the “Headlines” portion of Jay Leno’s show. The segment usually airs on Monday nights.

 

One recent one was contained in a classified ad that read: “Wanted: a man to take care of a cow that doesn’t smoke or drink.”

 

Harvard linguist Steven Pinker is a big fan of “headlines” in any form.

 

Marshall

 

 

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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Linda Di Desidero, Ph.D.
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 Spruiell, William C
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

 

 

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