On the first day of school, Mr White introduced a special student to us. She said to us, “Hello, everyone. My name is Rose, and I’m 87 years old. Glad to meet you all, I have always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!”

Iran's government continues to crack down on the country's election-protest movement, reportedly making further arrests among the ranks of university professors, journalists, and ordinary citizens. Defeated reformist Iranian

Hi, You could write something simple like this. I would like to thank the following people for their help with this project. Tom Smith Mary Black etc. Or perhaps you want to be fancier? Where I live,

I just finished reading the novel, by John Fante, written in 1939.  I saw Robert Towne's movie adaptation a few years ago and liked it, but I like the book more.  The movie can't capture the author's voice. Here's one beautiful

This reminds me of a discussion a few months back. Some "regional uses" are typical of school children from poor families whose parents had to quit school prematurely in order to work. All's I know is it was very common in my town,

Every English-language writer knows Strunk and White's famous little writing manual, The Elements of Style . Many people between the ages of seventeen and seventy can recite the book's mantra make every word tell and still refer to their

<No. I believe 99.9% of Americans wouldn't even know what you are talking about, so their brains are intact.> Really? Some might disagree with you on that: The Elements of Style (1918) ( aka Strunk & White ), by William

Can I say, Some parents volunteered to clean the school. John's father mowed the lawn and some volunteer planted some new green plants . They planted some lovely flowers.

This year's 10 winners of the Bulwer-Lytton contest, aka "Dark and Stormy Night  Contest" (run by the English Dept. of San Jose State University), wherein one writes only the first line of a bad novel: 10) "As a scientist,

This year's 10 winners of the Bulwer-Lytton contest, aka "Dark and Stormy Night  Contest" (run by the English Dept. of San Jose State University), wherein one writes only the first line of a bad novel: 10) "As a scientist,