Wordsplosion!

Five points off for a single errant character? Tough grader.

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• BOUNDERY should be “BOUNDARY”

“Be the change you want to see in the world.”

– Mahatma Gandhi

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• the Post-it is correct… it should be “slowly”

Of course he’s white… but you don’t say it!

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• “WHITE” appears to describe the kid, rather than the shoe
• The correction on “KID’S,” adding the apostrophe, is good

The person who replied also happens to believe in anarchy — just not as it pertains to matters of spelling. We call this political worldview Anarchospellfascism.

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Where the people are fancier than the condos.

Enjoy your Wordsplosion palate cleansing chaser of the week. It seems they got wise.

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• The sign should say “Luxury Residences”

How many people both carry spray paint around, and know that “1 in 5 children are” is incorrect? Precious few, I’d wager. My favorite part is the example of when “are” would be correct.

Update: a lot of you are noticing that it appears to say “soiicited” instead of “solicited.” But that’s just because the paper is tattered and the line of the “L” is interrupted.

Observe:

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• The initial version was correct — the “ARE” correction was misguided
• However, sentences shouldn’t start with a number
• Better version: “One in five children is sexually solicited online.”
• Best version in a perfect world: “Children are never sexually solicited online.”