ARE THERE TWO ERRORS?
Carefully read the entry below and determine if there is one error or two in it. One should be obvious; the other is based on common understanding of word meanings.
Correct what you consider incorrect and give reasons to support your choices.
“Survey finds that one-in-three Ontarians trash batteries”
THE CANADIAN PRESS story headline, The Windsor Star, Thursday, September27, 2012.
TODAY’S WORD
The word for today is “bastardize”.
What part of speech is “bastardize”?
Define “bastardize”. Be sure to give the connotative meaning of the word.
Create a sentence that uses “bastardize” is such a fashion as to clearly demonstrate its meaning.
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