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2009-04-23T23:40:00.001-06:00

Benjamin Lee's Source Page - Associated Content

http://www.associatedcontent.comuser/493749/benjamin_lee.html

2009-04-23T16:06:00.003-06:00

The Cost of Grammar Wars: Survival of the Fittest
Grammatical errors destroy a business image and can hurt business. Anecdotal evidence for this claim abounds, but empirical evidence is scarce. I created my own exploratory survey. I also explore the trends in educational standards.
http://www.associatedcontent.comarticle/1657216/the_cost_of_grammar_wars_survival_of.html

2009-04-17T13:41:00.001-06:00

Old Books
I love the smell of old books. This is a strict Crapsey cinquain that I hope helps the reader experience this smell.
http://www.associatedcontent.comarticle/1657948/old_books.html

Does grammar matter? Vote online!

2009-02-21T14:04:00.000-07:00

Is Grammar Important? - Part IV

2009-02-19T19:57:00.000-07:00

A letter written to the makers^* of a billboard I saw in North Logan.

“Overall, [the billboard] is a masterful work of graphic art. However, I had to drive back by your sign a second time to catch your company’s name because I was distracted by a rogue apostrophe in ‘Idea’s for life.’”

“…you cannot possibly oversee every word, letter, dot, comma, and apostrophe in all your company’s written communications—this would be a waste of your valuable time and an impossible task.”

Read the entire letter here.

^{*Names are fictionalized}

Is Grammar Important? - Part III

2009-02-19T18:54:00.000-07:00

Literature review

“So far, authorities on business English are unanimous in their response: Businesspeople lose business over incorrect grammar. Incorrect grammar, spelling, and punctuation can undermine all other attempts at professional competency.”

Read the entire article

Is Grammar Important? - Part II

2009-02-19T18:42:00.000-07:00

Why is Grammar so Important?

“...in order to create good music, great musicians follow three basic guidelines:
Understand the rules
Practice obeying the rules
Disobey the rules, but only on purpose”

“A billboard with poor grammar is as useful as a half-eaten Big Mac^® on the side of a lonely highway: its benefactor receives no reward; most people avoid it altogether; and birds are its only true beneficiaries.”

Read the entire article here.

Is Grammar Important? - Part I

2009-02-19T17:12:00.000-07:00

Project summary/proposal

“...we were required to agree to contact a ‘landload’—a word I suppose means ‘a pile of dirt’—if we had any problems.”

“‘Pathagarus’—a geometric dinosaur”

Read the article!

A Temperate Proposal - kill the whales to save the world!

2009-02-18T23:42:00.001-07:00

“This ‘cooling’ will simplify people’s lives by eliminating the need for constant employment and increasing the supply of nutritive food while removing the temperature pollution emitted by warm-bodied thermal polluters. Simply put, the way to stop global warming is by turning down the global thermostat.”

Read the entire article here.

Feeding the Ducks - a video and an article

2009-02-18T23:37:00.001-07:00

“Mortimer Snerd watches jealously from a few feet away. He rushes over until, like a bumper car, his breast makes impact with the rim of ice. He paddles furiously, to no avail. Finally, with a swallowed ‘doh,’ he heaves one webbed foot onto the ice. Creak!”

Read Feed the Ducks here!

Final Release! (unless someone finds a major glitch)

2008-12-08T13:09:00.000-07:00

Here is version 1.2! Be sure to download all three files in the folder (All named "Plants" - no, they will not overwrite each other - they have different extensions). Once you have them all downloaded in the same folder, run the file with extension ".exe" (it looks like the icon to the right), and have fun. Be sure to read the Readme.doc file (it should automatically open after the installation).

Plant Review

2008-12-02T14:18:00.000-07:00

For Plant Science class members: Please follow the following link to download Plants 1.part1.exe and Plants 1.part2.rar. Simply download both files into the same folder and run the file that looks like a red question mark with a leprechaun hat in front (see right).

Link:

••• Be sure to download both files in this folder. I created both myself (there are no viruses, I promise!) •••

I plan to update this by Monday of next week so you can all study for finals!

Ben Lee