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Subject:Re: weekend recreation From:st20c -at- ELROY -dot- UH -dot- EDU Date:Sun, 7 Aug 1994 06:56:08 GMT
In article <320lct$dg2 -at- tequesta -dot- gate -dot- net>, dcitron -at- gate -dot- net (D. Citron) writes:
>Lester Klein (lklein -at- cap -dot- gwu -dot- edu) wrote:
>: THEIR IS FIVE ERRERS IN THIS SENTANCE.
>: Can you find them?
THEIR should be THERE (homonym/spelling)
IS should be ARE (subject verb agreement)
ERRERS should be ERRORS (spellling)
SENTANCE should be SENTENCE (spelling)
for the first four errors that I found.
>NO. If the numerical count is counted one of the errors, then there are
>five errors -- and the count is not an error.
>But if the count is not an error, there are only four errors .... and
>so on.
Since I didn't see the original posting, could improper capitalization
be the fifth error?
>Try this one:
> |-----------------------------------|
> | The sentence in the box is false. |
> |-----------------------------------|
Should that read "The sentence in this box is false." ?
^^^^
or more simply, "This sentence is false."?
> David H. Citron .................................... dcitron -at- gate -dot- net
> Tech Writer/Journalist/Copywriter -- Contract/Freelance/Telecommuting
(I am not trying to be presumptious, and I know that I create plenty of
mistakes myself, I am merely curious.)
