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'What's wrong with this?'

What are you talking about?

'What do you think would help immigrants to learn English?"

'Give us a sentence using gruesome.'

'There's no easy way to say this... IDIOSYNCRASY.'

English Lessons for Immigrants

"Bert, I'm confused. What happens after we circle the wagons, tighten our belts and walk a mile in our customer's shoes? Is that when the chickens come home to roost?"

Hey, calm down --- Now, what did you say again?

Campaign for Plain English

Pirate boy reciting the alphabet

I will study my speling words...

"According to mom the answers are all in this book!" "Too bad there's no pictures at which to look!"

"Yes Dad, I passed math and now I'm passing chemistry and physics."

'You gotta learn to talk, Jeffrey -- it's part of the aging process.'

'X is unknown? Even to somebody with all your education?'

'Remember, Edward, inside every 'F' student is a 'D' student trying to get out.'

Kid in class corrects teachers spelling.

Peter's Pitas - now with pickled peppers.

"You've got to learn about verbs. How else are you going to verbalize your feelings?

'I got 100 in school today. 50 in history and 50 in maths.'

"Doing your homework may lead to a job that has homework."

Miss, how do you spell "acceptable"? I've Googled every "e" and can't find it.

'I'll give you a clue. The answer is a number, not a fruit.'

Evil Exams!

Desert $2.75. See? -- It wasn't a typo.

"How was work?"

'And what part of the formula don't you understand?'

'You know what they say - 'Those who don't learn the lessons of history are doomed to go to summer school.''

A prince needs to learn arithmetic because some day you may want to divide and conquer.

"At some point, there's only so high you can raise the volume before you admit you're never gonna understand what British detectives are saying."

'She speaks 6 languages and can't say 'No' in any of them. . .'

With the popularity of spell-checkers, many people are turning to the new speech-checkers.

"You can use the alphabet to text. You can use the alphabet to tweet. Why can't you use the alphabet to spell?"

'Now, what's Italian for pizza?'