We the Jury Find the New Crown English Textbook Guilty of the Following Offenses:

Mar 08, 2005 19:00

  1. Dropping the periods from Dr., Mr., Ms., etc. even though the books are supposed to teach American English.
  2. Presenting "there're" as good written English.
  3. Punctuating song titles 'Like This'.
  4. Actually, just the horrible abuse of inverted commas in general. There isn't even a discernable method to the madness.
  5. Pretending that there is an ( Read more... )

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billsprestonesq March 8 2005, 20:00:52 UTC
11 is classic, simply because it makes a mockery of both language and science.

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bonelesspuppy March 9 2005, 08:37:56 UTC
And it comes from the lesson that teaches us that whales go "bee bee bee." I choose to believe that the entire segment was written by someone who wanted to screw with ALTs' heads.

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