My Balls!

"…to keep any of the balls or the players from careening off the building."
– Christina Brown, Early Today, reporting on a an Israeli basketball team which was playing a charity game on top of a high-rise.

Frequent Flier

“Members of Steve Erwin’s family is speaking publicly…” –Kristine Johnson, NBC News Early Today, 06 September 2006

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This news chick is never going to get it. This is her third honor here.

Kristine, Kristine, Kristine

“While there were a few falls, and some missed kicks there was also plenty of smiles.” –Kristine Johnson, "World Cup for the Retired," NBC News Early Today, 11 May 2006

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This is the grammatically challenged Kristine Johnson's (NBC) second honor in my blog. Her writer(s) would find themselves honored here if I knew who they were. Since I don’t, Kristine takes the rap.

You can read her previous “offense” here

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How many times do we need to go over noun/verb agreement Kristine? If you send me your mailing address I’ll send you a basic grammar book. If your writers are the true offenders, you can pass it on to them.

Nouns and Verbs Doesn't Agree

"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