a grammatical suggestion
Posted by John Vidale on May 21, 2003 at 19:39:05:

At the risk of being a didactic, I offer suggestions stolen from Strunk and White, the grammar bible:

Use the active voice.
Put statements in positive form.

A very destructive earthquake struck earlier today in Algeria. Hundreds of lives were been lost.

Here's the NEIC page with details:

John

Follow Ups:
     ● Re: a grammatical suggestion - Canie  22:51:03 - 5/21/2003  (18753)  (1)
        ● that was my own error - John Vidale  07:13:40 - 5/22/2003  (18763)  (0)