Subject — Verb Agreement
It’s important, even in a casual writing forum like a blog. And as I have seen not one or two, but literally dozens of violations of this basic grammar rule on the blogging site that I frequent, I’m going to give you the lowdown on SVA. Nouns are either singular or plural. (Or collective…I’ll get […]
He Did WHAT!? WHERE!?
or, Ya Wanna Say That Again More Slowly? I just heard a radio news announcer deliver a classic goof. All you English teachers put this one in your file of outrageous examples — it doesn’t get any better than this. To announce that they would be updating the story of a cause celebre in my area, […]
“That” or Not “That”…That Is the Question!
There is a movement afoot in publishing and academic circles to remove “unnecessary” instances of the word that from writing. The problem is that it is difficult to codify when that is unnecessary and when it isn’t. For example, more than half of the “experts” would omit my use of that between “problem is” and […]