>> I was taught that with adjectives 2 syllables or less, one uses the suffix -er to form the comparative. << Well, that's simply describing how things *tend* to be in the language.

@LRR: Would you consider the other form incorrect?

>> 2007 Twenty-o-seven Two hundred and seven << No, it's "two thousand seven". At 2010, it'll be either "two thousand ten" or "twenty-ten".

So, what are the characters supposed to be? Coca-Cola representatives extolling the virtues of Coca-Cola's advertisements? Or neutral observers talking about Coca-Cola's advertisements? I'm guessing the latter, so we can leave off this part:

Improvements (Pass 1 of 3) A: Did you know that Coca-Cola has the best advertisement strategy in the world? For many years now they've convinced customers to buy their products by advertising. B: Yes I know. Advertising is all part of their

edit: redundant

#1) Change to: "Poor people have one thing in common." To say that they have "something in common" does not necessarily mean they have the same thing in common. The second part sounds very funny, because for one thing, one does not "graduate"

I'm very tired right now, but they both sound good to me.

It's a diminutive form of Josiah, with a variant of Joziah. So, I would pronounce it /dZosi/.