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Readers this week sound off on renter protections, appropriate attire for a city representative, the city’s homelessness plan and Rep. Adam Schiff’s role in the impeachment hearings.
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Two readers this week take to task the the Burbank City Council, which voted 3-2 last month against an urgency ordinance that would have protected tenants until state law takes effect Jan. 1.
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Consider one of William Strunk’s better pieces of advice in “The Elements of Style”: “Omit needless words.”
Only in the age of social media could editing rules change so quickly under the pressure of popular demand. And it just goes to show you what a great resource AP’s Twitter feed can be.
Two readers respond to a recent letter to the editor lamenting the disappearance of shells and starfish from Southland shores.
Last week, we looked at some notable recent additions to the Oxford English Dictionary. But there are more.
A Burbank man writes to say he believes there’s been a steep decline of starfish, seashells and sand dollars on Southland beaches and is concerned global warming is to blame.
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The Oxford English Dictionary has a unique mission. It’s a “historical dictionary.” Its purpose is to form “a record of all the core words and meanings in English over more than 1,000 years.
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The former executive director of Hollywood Burbank Airport writes that Airport Authority commissioners dealing with noise complaints should consider a couple of facts before blaming him.
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When we learn about grammar and writing in school, we’re told “X is right and Y is wrong.” Seldom does the teacher add “for now.”
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None of us doubts that “Mayor Carlson is here” takes a different verb form than “Mayor Carlson and his deputies are here.” The “and,” a coordinating conjunction, coordinates the subject, making it plural.
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Commas are used in pairs to set off supplemental information like a state after a city, “Bradenton, Fla., is near Sarasota,” or an added thought, like “to say the least,” or even added adjectives, as in “The roses, fragrant and beautiful, grew in the yard.”
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Since Proposition 187, the Democrats have had almost total control of California. Today, we have a housing crisis, widespread homelessness and worse.
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California has nine national parks — the most of any state. It also has the most polluted national parks in the country. We need to change that
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A resident of Santa Clarita pleads with the public not to forget the students of Saugus High School when they vote or speak out.
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Even as Congress zooms in tightly on Ukraine, the rest of us shouldn’t lose sight of the bigger, broader story about the failed Trump presidency.
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Many young black voters refused to vote in 2016, reflecting exactly the messages and memes spread by Russian bots on social media.
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The country music star is everywhere these days. And she’s determined to bridge our seemingly countless divides.
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Even as Congress zooms in tightly on Ukraine, the rest of us shouldn’t lose sight of the bigger, broader story about the failed Trump presidency.
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San Diego police were investigating a shooting that left five people dead, including three children, at a home in the Paradise Hills neighborhood.
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Colin Kaepernick getting blacklisted from NFL was never about his ability to play. It was about the league’s fear of negative repercussions if he did.
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As Santa Clarita mourns two slain teens, authorities try to uncover a motive for the attack and how the shooter obtained the gun he used.
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