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The teacher said the documentary "The Wild Side of Grammar" is fascinating.
--I'd still use quotes vs. relying solely on the capital letters. At this point, it's all about readability. Please don't get wild ideas and think you can add commas as an alternative.

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Below is a recent online article about a Supreme Court decision. Here's what I'd say if I was sitting down with the writer for the first time.

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Editors have different ways of changing copy. Some rewrite a lot. Others try to keep as much of the original as possible. I lean toward working with what’s there, changing headlines and sentences only if they‘re confusing or misleading. Then I add facts as necessary.

Remember that anyone can debate how a published...

Does anybody know what the upcoming Station Agent Exam consist of? Is the book for the exam any good?

[QUOTE=Opin_Yunated;39216808]False.

Social Security is NOT in trouble. Social Security is paid in U.S. Dollars. Who produces U.S. Dollars? :think:

The Federal Government is monetarily sovereign; it can pay [B][I][U]any[/U][/I][/B] bill of [B][I]any[/I][/B] size at any time. No country or entity can [B][I][U]ever[/U][/I][/B] force the U.S. into bankruptcy. Social Security is a U.S. government program. By definition, no U.S. government program can ever go bankrupt....

The question often comes up, what is a CDD?

CDD is short for Community Development District.

The primary function of a CDD is to construct and maintain infrastructure for a planned community development (PUD). This infrastructure may include roads, sidewalks, street lights, parks, recreational facilities, jogging trails, stormwater management, water mains, sewer lines, roadside landscaping and other similar items.

A little history on the CDD. It was...