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Do your own experiment similar to what is talked about at the bottom of p. 113 in Laurie Bauer Language matters. Find an online paragraph, or part of a paragraph, that consists of at least 4 sentences. Then list all the words in order of what you think their frequency is in the English language. Did you find that the most frequent words are shorter (in terms of number of letters) on average than the more frequent ones? Copy and paste the paragraph, show your lists, and explain your answer.

Look at the texts you have sent and received over a certain time period (where you have at least 20 messages). Explain where things have been left out and why it was ok to do so. (See discussion on p. 116 Laurie Bauer Language matters.) If you text primarily in a non-English language you can use that but clearly explain your data.

Try to figure out what each blank would be in 9-11 on p. 117 Laurie Bauer Language matters. Show your result (or partial result if you can't do it all.) Which is easiest? Which is hardest?

Find at least 5 examples of speech errors (slips of the tongue, where the speaker did not intend to say what he/she did - not where the speaker always speaks in a way unlike Standard English) and explain what went wrong. Relate your discussion to Laurie Bauer Language matters Ch. 21.

Is it a selection error or an ordering error? A spoonerism? A malapropism? (You can use examples from another language but make sure to explain.)

Think of a personal experience with a "Mondegreen" and explain. (For example, as a child I thought the Pledge of Allegiance included the phrase "for witches stand."

Examine the sentences in italics toward the top of p. 225 Laurie Bauer Language matters. What did Spooner mean to say?