YOU need the grammar lesson,

lessen: to make shrink, smaller

lesson: something learned

so, what is your point?

@Silent Hill:- I agree with you 100% that those in a profession involving the written (and/or spoken) word, should know their language, its proper spelling, and its sentence structure. It certainly should have been part of their education. If it wasn't, then I would say they were cheated. I had a public education, all the way through college and beyond, and if we ever turned in a paper that was not correct in every way - e.g. grammar, spelling, structure and content - we were called on it. I guess those demands are no longer part of the learning process. Sad!

Um, there's nothing incorrect about that sentence, you idiot lol

I love how some of you have no idea what's wrong with that sentence...

WOW...You should take THIS quote to heart, because it appears to have been written with YOU in mind. "It is better for one to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt". There was nothing wrong with the sentence you were critiquing, but there is something VERY wrong with someone who has a limited knowledge of proper english attempting to proof-read the work of others who are far more intelligent.

It reads correctly on my screen. Lessen to make shorter?????

anni, kellygrn, and Lori:
Thanks to Silent Hill pointing out the author's error, the PopEater folks have changed the incorrect "lesson" to the correct word "lessen." If any of you thought "lesson" was the correct word to use, then you should go back to school. If "lessen" was used in the article when you read it, then you should have realized the staff had corrected the article after Silent Hill brought the error to their attention.

What is so hard about staying clean? I have done it for 61 years now.

LEON: why would you want to????? Boring

its easy to stay clean... USE SOAP!

Aw please, give me a break. He isnt some teenager, hes a grown man making grown up choices. Dad may not have been perfect but the son took advantage of all the perks while he was growing up and now expects dad to continue. If it was me, fat chance. Do the time and then its up to him. Chances at ten to one hewill be back behind bars in a year.

but the sad thing was earlier they were trying to use his and stepmoma's star power to get him a shorter jail sentence(which it did). This wasn't Cameron's frist time being busted for drugs and he had faced a possible 10 yr sentence. If this was anyone but a celeb's kid, he'd have gotten the 10 yrs

Thank you, Gary! You said it just right. The media is all over Michael Douglas for standing up for his son, and especially for writing those letters to the court. Shame on them. Shame on you Jane Valez Mitchell, and all the other talking heads sitting in judgment every night. Maybe he does appear a little biased toward his child, but that's a God-given instinct in parents who love their child. Look at all the parents who don't care at all. There are many children killed every year by a parent or step parent. Michael Douglas is admitting his past mistakes and taking responsibility for his failures. He knows that they have influenced his son. All of us, as parents, make mistakes. Most children end up making mistakes. It's part of being human. I agree that he shouldn't be treated any differently than any other person in his place, but he shouldn't be crucified just because Michael Douglas is his father. I wish him the best. I wish Michael and his whole family the best. I hope he has learned to put his family first. If so, he's ahead of so many people in the world.

hey, what's wrong with being an insurance salesman? I was in the insurance business for 40 years and helped a lot of people protect what they had and paid good money when they had a loss. What did you do to make you put down insurance salesman? Ray T

Have you walked in these shoes? Do you personally know how hard it is to see Your child on drugs? Do You have to watch every thing You say? Because there are so many people ready to jump on Your every word? NO? Are You qualified to even be an Insurance saleman?