1. “Now I know why it’s been two months since I’ve been to the movies: ‘That will be eight dollars, please,’” wrote Jared on his away message at Instant Messenger. 2. The concert will begin at 8:00 p.m., and the attire is formal. Call ahead for tickets at the box office, which will be open between 2:00 and 8:00 p.m. 3. “We are watching the patient carefully, but he has been lucid all morning, so we think there will be no long-term effects from the injury.” 4. “Those poor baseball players must be melting in this 98-degree weather. And playing surrounded by mosquitoes probably only compounds their misery.” 5. “Ahhhhh! There is nothing better than a hot shower after a week-long power outage following an ice storm.”

6. “That’s it,” said Liz “next summer I am doing manual labor—anything that doesn’t require that I work with annoying people. No more retail! Dealing with the public is so hard.” 7. “As soon as I read your letter I immediately looked up the spelling of forgo. I thought for sure that you had misspelled that one, too. What a surprise to know you had gotten it right,” wrote Charles. 8. “I don’t know what the coach said to Danielle during the half,” observed the announcer, “but she is definitely playing like a pro goalie now! Just look at her stop those balls. She has become a wall and this game is really picking up!” 9. I am so pathetic. Even when I know there is a salesperson on the phone, I feel it’s too rude to screen the call and not pick up. Then I am so exasperated when the telemarketer hangs up on me! 10. “Please come with me to the mall. There are some things I need, and I really don’t want to go alone. Besides, who knows, maybe we can look into getting that sweater you have been admiring.”