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Show The Payson Chronicle, June 24, 1998, Page 7 NOTICE OF CELEBRATION CHANGES! QNIQELDAYS: The COLLIN RAY CONCERT, scheduled to be held at the Peteetneet Academy during Onion Days, has been CANCELLED. ty CtarU Zssmi Is it my imagination, or are people becoming less intelligent or less educated? Am I The play, THE MONEY IN UNCLE GEORGES SUITCASE, scheduled to be held having another memory glitch and just not remembering how it was when I was a child, a hundred years ago? during Santaquin Days, has I entered a writing contest the other day. The rules stated the entry was to be a paragraph been CANCELLED. or less. A paragraph is defined as "a distinct division of a written work or composition, begun on a new line and indented, according to my 1984 dictionary. There! Oh, oh, Im in trouble. My trusty old 1945 edition, first copyrighted in 1926, says, "one of the smaller sections of an extended piece of writing...next larger than a sentence." In So, what is a sentence? In 1945, it was "a series of words containing a subject and a predicate, and expressing a thought completely." By 1984, it was "a grammatical unit comprising a word or group of words that usually conPayson-Utah.co- m sists of at least one subject and a finite or infinite verb or verb phrase." provides the latest I choose to come out of the ancient and keep up with the times. information about what's happening One Buy There! An interjection, a part of speech, capable of standing alone. My in Payson.. paragraph! An interjection or sentence with an understood verb and subject Get translating to the sentence "There" (is my paragraph). !!!! Back to my contest. The rules stated the entry was to be a paragraph or Information - Entertainment - Interaction less, remember? Under todays definition of a paragraph, a blank page would Message Boards - Live Chat - City Calendar meet the guidelines! That would be the easiest writing any of us would ever Payson Chronicle - Movie Reviews Week do! Recreation - City Directory - Senior Info My favorite news media goof has been replaced. For awhile, the weather1-8 Genealogy - Local Artists - Local Activities man on my favorite news broadcast would declare, "There is no weather Local History Computer Fun Second frame must be of equal or today!" His weather map was clear of any blips on the radar, no cloud cover, Business Directory - and more lesser value. Premade or shadow nothing but nice, sunny weather. But, according to him, this indicated no box frames excluded. weather! Both my dictionaries define weather first as atmospheric conditions. By It's all here - and it's all FREE! this, the more accepted definition, our weatherman was telling us we were all deceased. Without special equipment, we need the atmosphere to live. And, Check it out at: 5617 W 9600 S if there is no weather, there is no atmosphere. He was saved by definition two m which defines weather as adverse atmospheric conditions. Frankly, Id never http:www.payson-utah.co(3 miles west of Payson) 465-041- 2 heard of this second definition of a word, because that is the most accepted and it covers those of us who are not dictionary readers. I hate it when I feel that I need to be a walking dictionary or pack one under my arm to understand what someone is saying! My new favorite goof answers the question, "What is the plural of moose? I listened to three of my favorite newscasters trying to answer that question. True, we dont normally have to refer to two or more of those large animals of the deer family, but when we do, its nice to know the proper word, even though it may sound as odd as the improper ones. These three tried "mooses" the normal plural following an "s", "meese" rhymes with geese, and even "moosi" as in acti the plural of cactus! At this point, I wondered about education and intellect. 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Obviously, weve got to do something besides just younger child had no idea. for hot weather to our business. pray help Then I hit the jackpot, or did I? "Moose," the teenager told me, "but To keep his dedicated employees out of the El Nino unemployment line, Shurtz is offering I dont count on your survey, because Im My parents homeowners a tremendous savings package that will allow them to get a new Service Experts air conditioner elk!" She and deer like wmd a told me a long time ago! Its special at a drastically reduced price and make no payments until next year. was right, except for the question, and I wont touch Heres the kicker, said Shurtz. Any homeowner who purchases a new premium furnace before August that with a ten-fopole. 31 will receive the air conditioner for only $995. Thats at least $2,200 in savings over our Lack of knowledge cant be blamed on education or intelligence. regular price! Hurry! 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