Another example of why grammar matters

[True Dough]

A hyphen would have made a HUGE difference in this headline in the Pratt Tribute in Pratt, Kansas...

[htuttle]

1. That wasn't part of the curriculum when I was in school

Is it for credit?

[True Dough]

5. I honestly wouldn't care

whether I got credit or not. I'd show up to make sure I got mine!

[ailsagirl]

2. .......

More here
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[Rhiannon12866]

9. LOL!

[liberaltrucker]

30. To be fair, that IS how most MS residents pronounce it

I grew up 90 miles east of Tupelo in western Alabama.

[FSogol]

3. Sorry, i have to go. I'm teaching a class on masturbation and

If I'm late, they'll start without me.

[True Dough]

6. Is Braille available?

Because you know everyone will wind up blind, right???

[George II]

26. Speaking of Braille, does it worry people that there are Braille keys on drive-up ATMs?

[True Dough]

27. That's a good point

Self-driving cars seem like a better and better idea, no?

[brush]

4. Is it experience in doing or receiving?

[True Dough]

7. If I had to be a "giver"

I would be sick and stay home that day.

[central scrutinizer]

8. I have to go help my uncle

Jack off his horse

[True Dough]

11. Do you need to get the horse's

permission first?

[dalton99a]

10. From Ireland

[True Dough]

12. Probably produces a lot of

"Mayo like" substance.

[pnwmom]

13. Commas are super-important, too!

"Time to eat Grandma!"

could use a comma.

[Roadside Attraction]

14. Everyone has heard this one . . . but it's always good for a chuckle

A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then pulls out a gun, shoots the waiter and heads for the door.

"Why?" groans the injured man.

The panda shrugs and says: "It's in my nature. Check your dictionary."

The waiter struggled to the cafe office, pulled a dictionary from the shelf and looked up PANDA -- where he found this: "Large black and white mammal native to China. Eats shoots and leaves."

[yonder]

15. from the first line: "Eager students invaded businesses all over Pratt..."

Yes, I can imagine they would be eager.

[True Dough]

16. So eager that they might even have

came prematurely!

[yonder]

18. not sure, but wouldn't "have come prematurely" be grammatically correct?

[True Dough]

19. It would be suggestive and misspelled!

[erronis]

17. Hate to Rec this, but I couldn't stop. It just came naturally.

[George II]

20. I've been pointing out headline gaffes for years. Why don't they get someone to proofread them?

[True Dough]

22. Sometimes people just make mistakes

But many newspapers, the survivors, have a bare minimum of staff. I'm sure proofreaders have become a luxury for some publications, sadly.

[dalton99a]

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[George II]

25. Those are great - thanks! There have been so many out there. My friends and I think that some....

....may be intentional.

[dalton99a]

29. Especially college newspapers:

[lastlib]

21. (It could also make a difference where you PUT the hyphen.........)

(Is it it "first-hand job experience" .....or "first hand-job experience"......?)

[rpannier]

23. Mentoring Day

I would have shown up that day

[Historic NY]

28. Its like Jay Leno's headlines.....