http://www.bloggernews.net/116645 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:29:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.bloggernews.net/116645#comment-668802 Dustin6644 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:56:15 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/116645#comment-668802 the question "how many common factors of 28 and 32 are there?" is to broad of a statement. there are four possible answers to this question. the answers are 6 factors, 4 factors, 3 factors, or 2 factors. in 5th grade usually you learn that there are 2 factors because in 5th grade you learn the prime factors and not the negative factors. 1 is not a prime number so it is not a prime factor. this makes the answer 2. the question “how many common factors of 28 and 32 are there?” is to broad of a statement. there are four possible answers to this question. the answers are 6 factors, 4 factors, 3 factors, or 2 factors. in 5th grade usually you learn that there are 2 factors because in 5th grade you learn the prime factors and not the negative factors. 1 is not a prime number so it is not a prime factor. this makes the answer 2.

]]> http://www.bloggernews.net/116645#comment-433493 carl lloyd Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:18:38 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/116645#comment-433493 On the last show there was a 1st grade grammar question about the "least amount of letters than can be used to form a word in the English language. Ironically, the question itself is ungrammatical. It's not the least "amount" but the fewest "number". Letters can be counted. They don't come in amounts. Sand and salt and sugar come in amounts. Nouns that can be counted - such as letters, calories and people - come in numbers. On the last show there was a 1st grade grammar question about the “least amount of letters than can be used to form a word in the English language. Ironically, the question itself is ungrammatical. It’s not the least “amount” but the fewest “number”. Letters can be counted. They don’t come in amounts. Sand and salt and sugar come in amounts. Nouns that can be counted - such as letters, calories and people - come in numbers.

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