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Writing is a a God-given talent. Therefore, not just anybody can have it. But it can be acquired and learned, and so with correct grammar. As what Gary Provost said in his book 1001 Ways to Write Articles: "You can't sacrifice good writing with grammar." Perhaps, what Mr. Provost meant when he said this is for journalists and writers not to be particular so much on grammar rules. Although, he emphasized its utter importance in the field of writing. But it would be a welcome proposition if both can blend together, which is the accepted universal norm. Otherwise, it would be just futile to be writing anything, sans considering correct English grammar. Sometimes, there are lapses that are overlooked by writers. And this is where the eagle eyes of editors come in and proofreaders to spot misspelled words. Reporters at groundreport.com and so with other websites are not free of grammatical errors. It is hard to foretell if the lapses were really overlooked or that the concerne...

Picture a chocolate factory in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Most of its workers are being supplied by agencies. One of them is Talent Tree, a Texas-based manpower agency that is successful in deploying workers to a lot of factories and assembly plants in Michigan. Applicants come from across boundaries: Latinos, Asians, and of course, Americans (black and whites), scramble to fill up applications Talent Tree provides for screening purposes. Tests are conducted before anyone is recruited and deployed for a job that starts at $9.00 per hour or much higher, depending on the vacancy that is available at the work site. However, the only frustrating is that the number of hours that one has to do heavily depends on the volume of orders that the chocolate factory gets so that the eight-hour work limit is not followed. Sometimes, one has to work only less than eight hours on a given day per week. Just imagine how much one can get during pay day if he has worked for less than 40 hours on a given week...