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State and federal funding does not provide enough to maintain a high-quality education, Aghakhanian writes, so Measure I could provide a much-needed boost to BUSD’s coffers.
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The Frankensentence is a useful concept. The idea is that in English, which lets you use any number of connective tools to cobble together phrases and clauses, it’s possible to cobble together so many phrases and clauses that your reader gets lost — or at least turned off.
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Two Burbank residents write on different projects; one the L.A. River bike path and the other construction on I-5.
Reader Janice has noticed a trend involving the word fraught. “Things used to be fraught with something (danger, enmity, etc.),” she wrote. “But now they are just fraught.”
The Wednesday, Jan. 8, edition of the Leader featured a full-page ad that encourages voters to not sign petitions that express opposition to the upcoming La Terra project located at 777 Front St.
There’s a one-word key to finding the answer: subjunctive. That’s the term for the grammar dynamic that determines whether “was” or “were” is best.
A compound modifier is two or more words working like an adjective to modify another word, usually a noun.
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Vice Mayor Bob Frutos reflects on the holiday season and looks ahead to 2020.
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I know a thing or two about the writing habits that confuse people. Here are some pitfalls to avoid if you want everyone, even me, to understand your writing.
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Commas set off nonrestrictive matter, but they’re not used around restrictive stuff.
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Great news for everyone on Team Laziness and Ignorance. We won!
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Here’s something I bet you never knew was controversial: “I appreciate you taking the time to meet with me.” Yes, language sticklers might have a problem with that, even though you need an advanced degree in English Rules That Aren’t Rules to understand why. Still, this form, called a “fused participle” by some, is an interesting quirk in the language.
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The rape trial of Harvey Weinstein has reignited controversies over how survivors of sexual assault recall details of their attacks.
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Donald Trump has a lot of help for his impeachment trial. But no one is as important to the president as Fox News.
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They could make good on their fantasy. But they won’t.
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It isn’t Republican senators who should be worried about impartiality; four Democratic senators are running to unseat Trump.
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The L.A City Council’s effort to undo two World Series is a waste, but MLB needs to do more to address the cheating scandal -- including punishing the players.
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The Rubinfeld family of Burbank recently purchased the property of the former Tony’s Bella Vista.
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Prime Pizza brings New York-style pizza to Burbank.
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Nine new classes and the extension of a pilot program that integrates English learning with educational training are some of the changes on the recently released Burbank Adult School fall class schedule.
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Burbank Unified reached an agreement Thursday with the Burbank chapter of the California School Employees Assn. for a 1% raise, retroactive to July 1, 2018.
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Burbank Unified Supt. Matt Hill announced that 7 local schools were among the top 10 throughout the state to rank in participation and completion of Ed100.org, an online education program.
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