Word Games

[Pruitt]

A fine way to get the brain going early this morning.

Did you write this yourself?

[wlu_lax6]

A fine way to get the brain going early this morning.

Did you write this yourself?

No sharing the interesting ones that get sent b to my inbox in an email.

[EdRomero]

You get two definitions below, one for a word that starts with “re” and the second for the remaining word without the “re.”

Example: Exhausting / ceasing employment

Answer: Tiring / Retiring

Ready? Here we go.

Rental contract / let go
Give back / change direction
Give food / hold back
Illegal seizure of power / get back something lost
Nuclear power structure / one who portrays others
Money paid as a penalty / purify

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lease/release
return/turn

reactor/actor

[govmentchedda]

You get two definitions below, one for a word that starts with “re” and the second for the remaining word without the “re.”

Example: Exhausting / ceasing employment

Answer: Tiring / Retiring

Ready? Here we go.

Rental contract / let go
Give back / change direction
Give food / hold back
Illegal seizure of power / get back something lost
Nuclear power structure / one who portrays others
Money paid as a penalty / purify

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lease/release
return/turn

reactor/actor

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recoup/coup
refine/fine

[wlu_lax6]

More grammar games

The WSJ editors have identified a few sentences that aren't quite right grammatically. Can you spot the errors?

In a lifetime of public service, Phyllis Borzi’s signature achievement was the fiduciary rule, which may never be implemented.
But it is the quality of those miles that matter.
Ms. Jesus had just dyed her hair blond and was carrying her bible.
But most arriving Turks don’t register their presence in Greece, planning instead to head deeper into Europe and further from Turkey.

[bfj]

More grammar games

The WSJ editors have identified a few sentences that aren't quite right grammatically. Can you spot the errors?

In a lifetime of public service, Phyllis Borzi’s signature achievement was the fiduciary rule, which may never be implemented.
But it is the quality of those miles that matter.
Ms. Jesus had just dyed her hair blond and was carrying her bible.
But most arriving Turks don’t register their presence in Greece, planning instead to head deeper into Europe and further from Turkey.

3. Bible should be capitalized in this sentence.
4. Farther not further. Farther implies actual physical distance from something. I hate sentences that start with But.

[wlu_lax6]

More grammar games

The WSJ editors have identified a few sentences that aren't quite right grammatically. Can you spot the errors?

In a lifetime of public service, Phyllis Borzi’s signature achievement was the fiduciary rule, which may never be implemented.
But it is the quality of those miles that matter.
Ms. Jesus had just dyed her hair blond and was carrying her bible.
But most arriving Turks don’t register their presence in Greece, planning instead to head deeper into Europe and further from Turkey.

3. Bible should be capitalized in this sentence.
4. Farther not further. Farther implies actual physical distance from something. I hate sentences that start with But.

Correct on capital B and Farther

[Sabo]

2. Should be "matters".

[wlu_lax6]

2. Should be "matters".

Correct

[Johnny Carwash]

1. "might" instead of "may"?

[wlu_lax6]

That’s the dreaded dangler. The sentence implies the signature achievement had a lifetime of public service.

[bfj]

I rewrote it in my head and corrected that, but had no idea how to explain it on a post. If that makes sense.

[wlu_lax6]

Once again WSJ editorial style mistakes

It measures nearly three inches by five inches, and it's made from enriched flour, corn syrup and creamy peanut butter.

The half—or even quarter—bottle of wine scores points in both the pocket and on the palette.

Most people in the food industry believed the frozen dessert was at lower risk…in part because the bacteria doesn't grow when the food is frozen.

Behind McDonald's Corp.'s worst slump in a decade is a trend that may auger even tougher times ahead

[govmentchedda]

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oxford comma, bad use of dash, elipsis instead of comma, I got nothing for the last one.

[Johnny Carwash]

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Last one: should be spelled "augur."

[Pruitt]

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1) Unnecessary comma and "it's" should be "is"
2) "in" should follow "both"
3) "the" not needed, and the ellipsis should be a comma as no words have been omitted
4) "augur"

[bfj]

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oxford comma, bad use of dash, elipsis instead of comma, I got nothing for the last one.

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I’d say the first comma in the first sentence is unnecessary.

[Rams Fanny]

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Mcdonalds should not have an apostrophe

[wlu_lax6]

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Last one: should be spelled "augur."

An auger is a boring tool, so unless McDonald's is physically drilling into hard times, this should be "that augurs even tougher times."

[wlu_lax6]

Still got some work out there on the others

[Rams Fanny]

2. A palette is a thin board usually associated with painting. They meant palate.

[Pruitt]

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Mcdonalds should not have an apostrophe

Love/hate to be pedantic...

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It needs the apostrophe as it's the trade marked name.

[wlu_lax6]

2. A palette is a thin board usually associated with painting. They meant palate.

Yes and add in Pruits correct need of in after both

[wlu_lax6]

Other two...

Per the WSJ Stylebook, use numerals for measurements: 3 inches by 5 inches.

Because it's not referring to a single strain, the word "bacteria" is technically plural. In this case, it should be written as "bacteria don't" or "bacterium doesn't."