Two words for you: SPELL CHECK!
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story without an "*"
Gadsby was walking back from a visit down in Branton Hills' manufacturing district on a Saturday night. A busy day's traffic had had its noisy run; and with not many folks in sight, His Honor got along without having to stop to grasp a hand, or talk; for a Mayor out of City Hall is a shining mark for any politician. And so, coming to Broadway, a booming brass drum and sounds of singing told of a small Salvation Army unit carrying on amidst Broadway's night shopping crowds. Gadsby, walking toward that group, saw a young girl, back toward him, just finishing a long soulful oration, saying '...and I can say this to you, for I know what I am talking about; for I was brought up in a pool of liquor!"
If Youth, throughout all history, had had a champion to stand up for it; to show a doubting world that a child can think; and, possibly, do it practically, you wouldn't constantly run across folks today who claim that "a child don't know anything." A child's brain starts functioning at birth; and has, amongst its many infant convolutions, thousands of dormant atoms, into which God has put a mystic possibility for noticing an adult's act, and figuring out its purport.
Up to about its primary school days a child thinks, naturally, only of play. But many a form of play contains disciplinary factor. "You can't do this," or "that puts out out," shows a child that it must think, practically, or fail. Now, if, throughout childhood, a brain has no opposition, it is plain that it will attain a position of "status quo," as with our ordinary animals. Man knows not why a cow, dog, or lion was not born with a brain on a par with ours; why such animals cannot add, subtract, or obtain from books and schooling, that paramount position which Man Holds today.
But a human brain is not in that class. Constantly throbbing and pulsating, it rapidly forms opinions; attaining an ability of its own; a fact which is startlingly shown by an occasional child "prodigy" in music or school work. And as, with our dumb animals, a child's inability convincingly to impart its thoughts to us, should not class it as ignorant.
Upon this basis I am going to show you how a bunch of bright young folks did find a champion; a man with boys and girls of his own; a man of so dominating and happy individuality that Youth is drawn to him as is a fly to a sugar bowl. It is a story about a small town. It is not a gossipy yarn; nor is it a dry, monotonous account, full of such customary "fill-ins" as "romantic moonlight casting murky shadows down a long, winding country road." Nor will it say anything about tinklings lulling distant folds; robins carolling at twilight, nor any "warm glow of lamplight" from a cabin window. No. It is an account of up-and-doing activity; a vivid portrayal of Youth as it is today; and a practical discarding of that worn-out notion that "a child don't know anything."
Now, any author, from history's dawn, always had that most important aid to writing:—an ability to call upon any word in his dictionary in building up his story. That is, our strict laws as to word construction did not block his path. But in my story that mighty obstruction will constantly stand in my path; for many an important, common word I cannot adopt, owing to its orthography.
I shall act as a sort of historian for this small town; associating with its inhabitants, and striving to acquaint you with its youths, in such a way that you can look, knowingly, upon any child, rich or poor; forward or "backward;" your won, or John Smith's, in your community. You will find many young minds aspiring to know how, and WHY such a thing is so. And if a child shows curiosity in that way, how ridiculous it is for to snap out:—
"Oh! Don't ask about things too old for you!"
Such a jolt to a young child's mind, craving instruction, is apt so to dull its avidity, as to hold it back in its school work. Try to look upon a child as a small, soft young body and a rapidly growing, constantly inquiring brain. It must grow to maturity slowly. Forcing a child through school by constant night study during hours in which it should run and play, can bring on insomnia; handicapping both brain and body.
Now this small town in our story had grown in just that way:—slowly; in fact, much too slowly to stand on a par with many a thousand of its kind in this big, vigorous nation of ours.
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2006-07-10 16:08:57
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answered by Check Spelling 4
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I got up this morning. It was bright out. I thought about what I should do today. I put on my coat and got going. It was about noon, and I thought that lunch was a good plan for a start. I had a bunch of tacos for lunch. After that, I was not in a mood to walk around to any various spots that I could think of, so my plan was to go back home and hit the sack. My plan worked good, and I got to just kick back and not do anything but that for a day. Not a bad way to burn hours.
Also, an addition: writing anything with a plot without any "e"s is hard to do.
2006-07-10 23:51:57
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answered by colton369 4
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Yeh well anyone could easily write a story a mile long without any e's just by spelling everything wrong. seriously, noone can be bothered doing that for 10 points. we only need to answer 5 questions to get 10 anyway.
2006-07-10 23:06:03
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answered by Anonymous
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1.do u know whats so un normal about this paragraph sorry its a paragraph and not a story. i wish for u to pick moi as the goodst ansur.
2.at a wal mart a girl who isnt cool bought a pair of cool socks that match with a shirt and skirt.mom had a cool thing u put around your waist. ok i will c u aftur prom my daughter. moms kid won prom dork and moms kid was oh so proud.
3.a boy with a pink skin color was 1 of most cool guys in high school.
2006-07-10 23:25:15
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answered by Anonymous
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My car is fast
in a past hour or two
it will pass your car without any gas
across a grassy lot it will go
around a hill
on top of a mountain
our cars will run a ring around your
van. my man
do a can can
and a ran ran
with stan holding a fan
how is this story so far with out any ___'s?
Is it good to win a 10 point slot
or not?
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2006-07-10 23:18:07
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answered by Anonymous
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I was going out to play with my cat, but a cow sat on it.now I am without a cat. Can you find a dog to bark at Mrs.Cow so it will jump off my cat ?IFyou do, will you put Mr.Dog on a boat to my hut in Bum **** ... thought I was going to say #gypt didn't you?
but anyway,don't worry about it.I'll buy a bull for Mrs.Cow,that should do it.
thanks
2006-07-10 23:14:49
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answer #6
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answered by imartbitch 2
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OK 1 day I was sitting on a log and a thing did crazy sounds out of its lips so I sat on that log all day long just looking at him. It was a funky looking tiny thing, it also stank just as a skunk would on a warm friday night! I did not mind it until it :( at mawah, I ran away at that instant!!
2006-07-10 23:14:11
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answered by big_fan 3
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Today I saw a pink dog walking along a long and narrow road. This dog was walking and barking at a brown cow. This cow had so many spots on its back that it was almost solid black. I said, "Dog...Dog....Dog....do you want a biscuit??" This pink dog just ran and got this biscuit.
fin
2006-07-11 00:02:50
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answered by Chainsawmom 5
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Today I will scratch my cat who will scratch the Dog who is now mad and shall do unto the cat what the cat did unto him. Silly cat should stick to fish ,woof.
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laterz! good as I can do Yawn
~A~
2006-07-10 23:09:04
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answered by momsapplepeye 6
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Is that why you spelled competition without an E?Or is it just because you're a dumb a$$?
2006-07-10 23:01:36
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answered by twiztidsdad 5
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my dog sparky sits on birds. birds start to hurt if sparky sits on birds too long. sparky is rude and finds joy in hurting birds. i don't find joy in sparky sitting on birds, but i think that sparky can do what his soul wants to. birds can fly away. sparky can sit on birds.
okay i'm done...haha that was the hardest thing i've ever done lol
2006-07-10 23:49:07
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answered by courtney the ho 2
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