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Joke # 1 Answer Key for Level 2
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The dean {of women} {at a large coeducational college}

recently began an important announcement (DO) {to the

student body} as follows:

"The president {of the college}and I have decided^[CNE] to

stop necking^[Note
#1]{on the campus}."

Baude's Handbook of Humor for All Occasions.
Compiled by Jacob M. Braude.
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1958. p.51

Notes:

1. If you considered the finite verb to be either "have decided to stop" or "have decided to stop necking," consider your answer as correct. We will revisit this at Level Four.

Progress:
Total Words = 35	Words	%
L1: In Prep Phrases	17	49
L1: + Adj & Adverbs	5	63
+ L2: S / V / C	8	86

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