Blog 9

First off, do the Oregon Ducks really need another football uniform combination? [Rhetorical Question] Although the Ducks are ranked and sponsored by Nike and have some of the nicest facilities in the country, the pink uniforms on Saturday night seemed to be too much. [Simple sentence with compounded verbs connected with ands] However, I do believe wearing pink was for the good cause of breast cancer awareness. [“However” used in a correctly punctuated sentence] Though the Ducks were supporting breast cancer, they stole the concept from the NFL-and pulled it off with a twenty-four-point win. [Dash to emphasize the last element of a sentence] The twenty-four-point win for the Ducks may seem like a blow out to many, but would it be if you were comparing it to other point margin wins in the past? [Real question and a long sentence of 30+ words followed by a short sentence] To me, not so much.

With all of these ideas in mind, the long trip along with all the money spent was more than worth it when comparing to the alternative of sitting at home. [One sentence paragraph and using than].