Friday, September 12, 2008
Wisconsin nice!
We've long heard the phrase 'Minnesota nice' up here, but word is out that Wisconsin earns a place at that table. See here.
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1 comment:
North Dakota topped the list? From my five years there... I'm not surprised it made the list. But I am surprised it topped the list.
Here's a sentence that stuck out:
"She said the results of the research study doesn't surprise her at all."
At first I might think it was a typo then I think perhaps a proximity verb agreement. But some little buzz in my ear keeps telling me it might be "results" as a quasi-mass noun.
I keep swatting it away but it's a pesky bugger.
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