Anxious for eager

Yesterday's puzzle: Anxious to begin building, the terms of the loan were excepted by Randall.
1) The loan terms were not anxious to build. Randall was.
2) Randall was not actually anxious, he was eager. Anxious means "with anxiety or worry."
3) Randall accepted the terms. He didn't except the terms.
4) Randall accepted the terms, not the terms were accepted by Randall. Use active verbs; "were accepted by" is passive.

A political cartoon in The Toledo Blade has Jimmy Carter, wearing a vest draped in explosives, saying, "After laying a wreath at Arafat's grave, Hamas gave me this cool sweater vest." But it was Carter, not Hamas, who laid the wreath.

Another pet peeve:
During parent orientation, deans and administrators and admissions counselors refer to "your styoodent."
First, the first pronunciation of "student" is "STUDE-nt." There is no "Y,"
and the "e" is silent. Second, it is my child (or son or daughter), not my student. My child is the school's student.
Nearly as painful to the ear is "TYOOS-dee" for the third day of the week. Where does that "y" come from?

Keep spotting errors in broadcast or print, and let us know your English pet peeves.

Enjoy the weekend.