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THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW FRI 1/3/12
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2/3/2012 5:45:00 AM
THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Director James Cameron says he's done with the U.S. and is going to move to New Zealand and live on a giant farm.
- This might be THE most unexpected person to get rich off Facebook's IPO. In 2005, a graffiti artist was hired to paint Facebook's first offices. They offered him a few grand, or a few shares in the company. And he took the shares. When Facebook goes public, his shares are estimated to be worth . . . wait for it . . . $200 MILLION.
- This should put your college football obsession into perspective. The players are just kids. And they make crazy decisions like kids. On Wednesday, an 18-year-old linebacker decided to go to Auburn over Clemson. And his reason was . . . Clemson didn't have a Chick-fil-A on campus. The craziest part: They actually DO have one on campus, ...
Twenty Common Grammar Mistakes That (Almost) Everyone Makes
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2/3/2012 5:39:00 AM
Twenty Common Grammar Mistakes That (Almost) Everyone Makes
Here are 20 common grammar mistakes made routinely, not only in editorial queries and submissions, but in print. Let's hope you can learn from some of their more famous mistakes.
Who and Whom
This one opens a big can of worms. "Who" is a subjective -- or nominative -- pronoun, along with "he," "she," "it," "we," and "they." It's used when the pronoun acts as the subject of a clause. "Whom" is an objective pronoun, along with "him," "her," "it", "us," and "them." It's used when the pronoun acts as the object of a clause. Using "who" or "whom" depends on whether you're referring to the subject or object of a sentence. When in doubt, substitute "who" with the subjective pronouns "he" or "she," e.g., Who loves you? cf., He loves me. Similarly, you can also substitute "whom" with the objective pronouns ...
WOMEN DO WHAT BETTER THAN MEN?
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2/3/2012 5:37:00 AM
WOMEN DO WHAT BETTER THAN MEN?
Hey guys, you won't like this one bit. It might even make you mad! Women are better at parking than men. And that's not all. Women are better at finding parking spaces. Says who? These are the results of a British study that is one of the most comprehensive ever conducted on gender driving differences. London's Telegraph reports that British researchers working for the parking firm NCP covertly placed parking lots across Britain under video surveillance. Each person who parked was graded on seven key components of driving styles. The results:
- In general, women were more adept at maneuvering into a space than were men.
- Women were more accurate in lining up their vehicle before starting each maneuver.
- 52 percent of women aligned their car in the middle of the parking space, compared with just 25 percent of men.
- 39 percent of women were ...
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