Grammar Thoughts
Saturday, 12 October 2013
Rise...has
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The Straits Times (Ties that bind companies with volatile shares in Money Companies) - 8 October 2013 The highlighted verb in the busine...
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Thursday, 26 September 2013
Sorts of information...are
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The Straits Times (Candy Crushed in SundayLife!) - 15 September 2013 The highlighted verb is wrong. The culprit that likely caused the...
Wednesday, 14 August 2013
One in ten is or are?
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Which is the correct verb in the sentence below? (1) One in ten respondents was/were unhappy with the new rules. Sometimes the noun is u...
Tuesday, 30 July 2013
Number...has
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ChannelNewsAsia - 29 June 2013 The plural verb have in the headline is wrong. The noun number in "number of hotspots...
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
Skips, turns and resists
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AsiaOne - 7 June 2013 The verb resist in the headline is not consistent with the two singular verbs skips and turns . The correct ver...
Sunday, 7 July 2013
One of the students who...
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Which is the correct verb after the relative pronoun who in the sentence below? (1) One of the students who (was, were) here is John. I...
Sunday, 16 June 2013
Interest...drives
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ChannelNewsAsia - 5 June 2013 The verb drive in the news headline is wrong. The head noun Interest is singular, so the correct verb is...
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