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Camp News, Volume 2, Issue 86, 22 August 1941, Page 7

HOW GOOD IS YOUR ENGLISH? £ls IN CASH PRIZES £ls WHICH OF THE SENTENCES GIVEN BELOW ARE CORRECT AND WHICH ARE INCORRECT? INDICATE THE ERRORS IN I THOSE THAT ARE INCORRECT. ILLUSTRATION Who is the tallest, you or Peter? ANSWER:— is the taller, you or Peter? ' ENTRY FEE: ONE SHILLING for ONE ENTRY, and Sixpence for each additional entry sent in by the one person. POSTAL NOTES ONLY ACCEPTED. ' ENTRIES CLOSE 20th September, 1941. Solution and winners will be published in the October Issue of “War Wit,” and Prize Moneys will be posted on or before October 15th, 1941. 1. IRON IS MORE COMMON THAN ANY OTHER METAL. 2. HIS MOTHER OBJECTED TO HIM GOING. 3. THE TWO BOYS HELPED ONE ANOTHER. 4. I HAVE NO DOUBT OF THE MAN BEING SINCERE. 5. WHY BLAME ME, WHO AM NOT HE? . ‘ 6. THIS IS A MORE PERFECT CUBE THAN THE OTHER ONE. 7. BEWTEEN YOU AND ME IT IS NOT I WHO AM SHE. 8. THE BATHTUB HAS OVERFLOWN. 9 I ASKED HIM HOW HE KNEW THE EARTH WAS ROUND. 10. IT SMASHED TO PIECES. 11. HE DIED OF PNEUMONIA. I I 12. WHAT KIND OF A PERSON DO YOU THINK I AM? CONDITIONS OF ENTRY:— The £ls Cash Prize will be paid to the Competitor who sends in the CORRECT, or most nearly correct, list of the sentences In the event of more than one person getting the complete list correct the THREE NEATEST HAND-WRITTEN ENTRIES IN INK will receive £5 each. Type-written entries will not be considered, and no correspondence will be entered into. Judge s decision final. ADDRESS your entries to:“War Wit” Competition No. 1, care Stewart, Lawrence & Co., Ltd., 11 Manners Street, Wellington, C. .