1. If "accessible" is used correctly in this sentence, "A good boss is an accessible boss," write the word "nothing": __________________. 2. If "grammar" is to "language" as "map" is to "travel," write the word "annoys": __________________. 3. If "inadvertent" is a synonym for "unintended", write the word "them": __________________. 4. If "reception" is not a noun formed from the verb "receive," write the word "mostly": __________________. 5. If a "battalion" is the place where a battle is fought, write the word "job": __________________. 6. If the following logic is incorrect, write the word "forgive": __________________. Some reptiles are snakes. 7. If the Italian Renaissance occurred more than 2,000 years ago, write the word "durable": __________________. 8. If religious truths are not irrelevant to mathematics, write the word "cautious": __________________. 9. If when pronounced the word "Caribbean" has four syllables, write the word "more": __________________. 10. If American pronunciation of "laboratory" puts the stress on the second and penultimate syllables, write the word "acquiring": __________________. 11. If "similar" is an antonym of "different," write the word "your": __________________. 12. If all materiel is material, write the word "wholesale": __________________. 13. If a nickel is less than a dime, and if a buck is less than a sawbuck, write the word "enemies": __________________. 14. Write the word "always", unless villains are people who are unfairly vilified: __________________. 15. If a personnel manager is the same as a personal manager, write the word "quickly": __________________. You should now have eight words. If you have fewer than, or more than, eight words, you've made a mistake somewhere. Re-arrange the eight words to make a famous saying. Hint: the saying is actually two short sentences connected by a semi-colon. Back to Magellan's Log 11 |
