never advance you say???????????/ im gurssing you have never been there i was in changsha for one month and saw as much infulstructure built in that time than the seattle area does in a year that country is state of the art

@Jennifer Stewart....your mother is ill informed and stupid. Have a nice day.

Jenn, you're either a dropout, a grade schooler, or the product of a politically correct education that hasn't taught you a thing about writing. Don't expect to be taken seriously if you can't handle simple grammar.

@Bryan
All that infrastructure built in a month, huh? How much of it is structurally sound? How much of it will be collapsing and killing hundreds of people in a few years?

Oh Jennifer, your comment sets a "vile president" (tee hee) for the gross misuse of the apostrophe...

Good God! The little portion I read within this comment made my head hurt.

Why would someone make an attempt at using words they would make the readers think they are scholars when it only highlights the bad grammar and punctuation?

PS: I wouldn't quote Mum either!

It's really difficult to read a post that is so full of bad spelling, grammar, and punctuation. It sounds like your mom was dictating the post to an inept secretary. You'll need a dictionary next time, if you want to be taken seriously.

This is what happens when you spend your time texting. Good grammar, spelling and punctuation are tossed aside. As a reader, you first have to decode the statement and then try to decipher the meaning. I spend a lot of time reading various posts on many subjects and am embarrassed over the misuse of know/no...your/you're...then/than and a few others. If you can't take the time to proofread your comments then no one is ever going to take your remarks seriously. Its a sad statement for our educational system.

A brain is a wonderful thing to have Jennifer, you might try putting yours to use. You'll be amazed at the things you can accomplish. For example, good grammar.

@Bill
Let's not forget about the constant misuse of its/it's..... Just sayin' ;)

Excuse me Bill, but I am a heavy texter, however, I still have the common sense to use proper grammar, spellling, and punctuation. Blaming the school system and texting is an extremely asinine stereotype. Maybe you should blame the people who are too busy going to parties and getting wasted and stoned. Don't blame the people like me, who actually have a brain, just becuase they text. Also, I am too ebarrased over the improper use of know/no, your/you're, and its/it's and do agree people should proof read their own work. Therefore, I must inform you that its is possesive, it's is a contraction of it and is, which is what wuld have been proper in your situation. Thank you.

I truly believe you are writing in this uneducated way on purpose, Jennifer. You are probably some lonesome little person with nothing better to do. Atrocious writing aside learn your facts before you comment on any subject.

Malls here in the US or Fashion Malls are great, but will have the same fate.
7 out of 10 Americans are over weight (fat). 4 of those 7 are obese - weigh three hundred something or more. These people will never visit a Fashion Mall. I'm sorry, they are great fun loving people, but the Fashion Mall ?, uh, uh, no way.

I'm an actor.When I'm around people, I listen to what they say, how they talk & think. If you mention Wal-Mart to these three something people they say "Wal-Mart" with an angelic tone of voice like the place is built on Holy Ground. At first this was a mystery to me. It's just a store. So while shopping there, I started paying attention to how these 300 something people acted there. It's simple. Many of the items in Wal Mart are "Sam's" sized. Two gallon sized pickle jars, 28 ounce big-box cornflakes, 10 pound bags of chicken, 5 pound packs of hamburger meat,
15 pound hams, 32-pack hotdogs, etc. Hey, I need a snack !!!....Alfie-

It's 'precedent' not president. Look them up they have entirely different meanings. I'm sure you can find a dictionary on your iPhone.

The rest, including the article, is irrelevant.

Erica says:
Mar 6th 2011 11:43AM
Excuse me Bill, but I am a heavy texter, however, I still have the common sense to use proper grammar, spellling, and punctuation. Blaming the school system and texting is an extremely asinine stereotype. Maybe you should blame the people who are too busy going to parties and getting wasted and stoned. Don't blame the people like me, who actually have a brain, just becuase they text. Also, I am too ebarrased over the improper use of know/no, your/you're, and its/it's and do agree people should proof read their own work. Therefore, I must inform you that its is possesive, it's is a contraction of it and is, which is what wuld have been proper in your situation.

Well Erica....maybe you should have spent more time proofreading and less time criticizing. You misspelled 'embarassed' and the last time I checked, 'wuld' had an "o" in it. I imagine you might have been the ignorant lady in front of me on the expressway the other day...texting as she drove, oblivious of the traffic around her and of the speed limit. People, like you, that brag of having a brain, probably aren't a product of a bad school system. It's more than likely your rude comments were a product of extremely bad parenting over an extremely long period of time. Also....'proofread' is one word, not two, as you have it.

Matt....regarding its/it's.....it's not bad grammar....just bad typing skills.

You sound kind of stupid.

Kevin says:
Mar 6th 2011 4:03PM
"You sound kind of stupid."

Wow.....I bow to the literary genius named Kevin. How long did it take to gather your thoughts for this comment? I'll bet you struggled with the last word...'stupid'....it has more than one syllable....but you did get all of the correct punctuation. Kevin....does you mom know that you're fooling around on the computer again?

Is Jethro Bodine your cousin?......You dun gadiated the fifth grade.