"And then there was four." -- Kristine Johnson, NBC News Early Today, 27 March 2006.
Does they teaches noun/verb agreement in skool any more?
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This is fast becoming a real peeve of mine. I hear people doing this shit every day on television, radio and in person. For example:
“The wind and rain is going to be a real problem today.”
“There’s lots of reasons to....”
“Here’s a few things to keep you busy...”
For those of you who are noun/verb challenged, here are some links that might help:
http://www.esc.edu/htmlpages/writerold/pandg/exg1a.shtml
Exercise 1
http://www.esc.edu/htmlpages/writerold/pandg/exg1a.shtml
Exercise 1b
http://www.esc.edu/htmlpages/writerold/pandg/exg1b.shtml
Exercise 8c (Don’t ask where the ones in between went)
http://www.esc.edu/htmlpages/writerold/pandg/exg8c.shtml
1 comment:
I'll be sure to add those! Here's another:
Should of
vs.
Should've
I thought I replied earlier, but the post is gone.
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