Actual Sentences
Sentences taken from actual letters received by the local Welfare Department from applicants.
* I am forwarding my marriage certificate and 6 children. I have 7, but one was baptized on half a sheet of paper.
* I am writing the Welfare Department to say that my baby was born 2 years old. When do I get my money?
* I cannot get sick pay. I have 6 children. Can you tell me why?
* I am glad to report that my husband who was missing is dead.
* This is my 8th child. What are you going to do about it?
* Please find for certain if my husband is dead. The man I now live with can't eat or do anything until he knows.
* I am very much annoyed to find that you have branded my son as illiterate. This is a dirty lie as I was married a week before he was born.
* In answer to your letter, I have given birth to a boy weighing 10 pounds. I hope this is satisfactory.
* I am forwarding my marriage certificate and 3 children, one of which is a mistake as you can see.
* My husband got his project cut off 2 weeks ago and I haven't had any relief since.
* Unless I get my husband's money pretty soon, I will be forced to lead an immortal life.
* You have changed my little boy to a girl. Will this make any difference?
* I have no children yet as my husband is a truck driver and works day and night.
* In accordance with your instructions, I have given birth to twins in the enclosed envelope.