Quisenberry has the most unique pitching style in the major leagues.
What's the most important criteria for good chili?
If anyone is looking for me, tell them I’m in Chile.
Audie's behavior toward his pretty assistant is flagrantly chauvinistic.
The best diet is comprised of sugar and fat.  
The king may wear the crown, but the queen is equally as important.
Mrs. Butterby-Smythe was so upset she was literally steaming.
As per your request, here are your opera tickets.
Buford is an alumni of the University of Nebraska.
Acronyms — FBI, CIA, NATO— are driving me nuts!
Reverend Puddleby will offer the benediction.
As a parent, my concern is only for my child.
Her senior essay, “Kant's Religion”, won first prize.
Expect cold temperatures for the next few days.
Let’s keep this secret between the four of us.
When you said, "This place gives me the creeps," you inferred that you
don't like your new office.
There is only one criteria for working here: punctuality.
acclimate
ambience, ambiance
chaise longue
Chilean
chimera
clique
envoy
err
flaccid
formulae
Holocaust
homage
incongruent
kudos
long-lived
niche
onerous
patina
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  4. About them sentence fragments.
  5. When dangling, watch your participles.
  6. Verbs has to agree with their subjects.
  7. Just between you and I, case is important too.
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  11. Correct spelling is esential.
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