Plethora of flubs

This week's post offers a variety of flubs, including style mistakes, misspellings and sentences that can be streamlined. Can you figure out how we improved sentences before they made it into The Forum?

1. Detroit Lakes math teacher Lisa Larson recently paid a visit to the White House.

2. Justin Flaten knows his company has sales opportunities in Columbia.

3. The trade agreement apparently became entangled in the Presidential campaign.

4. The installations include home theatre systems with wall-size screens.

5. He started out as a management consultant doing coding in the late 1990's.

6. "We're going to put a Band-aid on it and we're going to move forward."

7. Members of the State Historical Society of North Dakota will soon say good-bye to a long-time archivist.

8. No arrests have been made, according to spokesperson Mark Jamieson.

9. The seminar is scheduled from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the North Dakota State University Memorial Union.

10. They can require more right-of-way than a conventional intersection.

1. Detroit Lakes math teacher Lisa Larson recently visited the White House.

2. Justin Flaten knows his company has sales opportunities in Colombia.

3. The trade agreement apparently became entangled in the presidential campaign.

4. The installations include home theater systems with wall-size screens. I've mentioned this style rule before, but it doesn't hurt to repeat. AP Stylebook says: theater Use this spelling unless the proper name is Theatre: Shubert Theatre; or, in a local example, Fargo Theatre.

5. He started out as a management consultant doing coding in the late 1990s.
Again, I've mentioned this style rule before, but it doesn't hurt to repeat. AP Stylebook says: Use an s without an apostrophe to indicate spans of decades or centuries.

6. "We're going to put a Band-Aid on it and we're going to move forward." AP Stylebook says: Band-Aid A trademark for a type of adhesive bandage.

7. The State Historical Society of North Dakota will soon say goodbye to a longtime archivist. Both are in the AP Stylebook.

8. No arrests have been made, according to spokesman Mark Jamieson. AP Stylebook says: spokesman, spokeswoman But not spokesperson. Use a representative if you do not know the sex of the individual.

9. The seminar is scheduled from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the North Dakota State University Memorial Union. AP Stylebook says: noon Do not put a 12 in front of it. midnight Do not put a 12 in front of it. times Use figures except for noon and midnight.

10. They can require more right of way than a conventional intersection. Find this in the AP Stylebook.

10 little gems

See if you can figure out who wrote these little gems that never made it into The Forum.

1. Fifteen piglets were found in the North Dakota badlands.

2. The group is putting the money towards charitable work.

3. The victim showed a blood-alcohol level of .22 percent.

4. The new business has 5 employees.

5. Inappropriately denied claims involve just one percent of all claims.

6. He isn't protecting the administration from flack.

7. The district's long-time building administrator will return part-time through August.

8. Construction costs are estimated at $9.8 to $15.3 million for segment one, $8.4 to $12.5 million for segment two and $11.5 to $14.4 million for segment three.

9. The city owns land south of 1st Avenue and to the west and east of 11th Street.

10. The West Fargo Park District is hosting a "Garden Extravaganza" from 6:30 p.m. to 8;30 p.m. tonight.

1. Fifteen piglets were found in the North Dakota Badlands.

2. The group is putting the money toward charitable work.

3. The victim showed a blood-alcohol level of 0.22 percent.

4. The new business has five employees.

5. Inappropriately denied claims involve just 1 percent of all claims.

6. He isn't protecting the administration from flak.

7. The district's longtime building administrator will return part time through August.

8. Construction costs are estimated at $9.8 million to $15.3 million for segment one, $8.4 million to $12.5 million for segment two and $11.5 million to $14.4 million for segment three.

9. The city owns land south of First Avenue and to the west and east of 11th Street.

10. The West Fargo Park District is hosting a "Garden Extravaganza" from 6:30 to 8;30 tonight.

10 examples to test your style

Various odds and ends are included in this week's post. See if you can find the flubs that were caught before they made it into The Forum.

1. Lightening either symbolizes inspiration or hints that God is ticked off.

2. His first wish was a stage, a big screen TV and a home theatre.

3. Emotions are rising nationally as leaders debate the question about whether biofuels such as ethanol are driving up food prices.

4. Passersby are urged to drop a poker chip down a board covered with pegs.

5. Her four-year-old son twirled his new blue Elmo backpack.

6. "There's no reason to think that someone looking at a place couldn't consider Glyndon as they consider places in South Fargo.

7. Hennen kicks off his new station with some help from presumptive Republican Presidential nominee John McCain.

8. The new south side fire station opens in about two years.

9. The cafe serves homemade soups, fresh salads and sandwiches to compliment Vintner's Cellar wine selections.

10. Camp staff members follow preventative measures to avoid accidents.

1. Lightning either symbolizes inspiration or hints that God is ticked off.

2. His first wish was a stage, a big-screen TV and a home theater.

3. Emotions are rising nationally as leaders debate whether biofuels such as ethanol are driving up food prices.
The original sentence was too wordy.

4. Passers-by are urged to drop a poker chip down a board covered with pegs.

5. Her 4-year-old son twirled his new blue Elmo backpack.

6. "There's no reason to think that someone looking at a place couldn't consider Glyndon as they consider places in south Fargo.

7. Hennen kicks off his new station with some help from presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain.

8. The new southside fire station opens in about two years.

9. The cafe serves homemade soups, fresh salads and sandwiches to complement Vintner's Cellar wine selections.

10. Camp staff members follow preventive measures to avoid accidents.