Wednesday, April 30, 2008

THE GRAMMAR BEAT

GRAMMAR COP ON THE PROWL

Identify and correct the errors in the following pieces:

"So senior management say they're taking the situation very seriously."
Daryl Newcombe, A-Channel News, "City Workers May Not Be Heeding Ministry Warnings.", Tuesday, April 29, 2008, 6:05 pm.

"...they've also spoke with various [people?]..."
Daryl Newcombe, A-Channel News, "City Workers May Not Be Heeding Ministry Warnings.", Tuesday, April 29, 2008, 6:05 pm.

TODAY'S WORD

The word for today is "aberrant".
Define "aberrant" and use it in a sentence.
Hint: it can be used as an adjective and as a noun.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

http://www.bartleby.com/68/28/4128.html

notional agreement is the agreement or concord of verbs with their subjects and of pronouns with their antecedent nouns on the basis of meaning rather than form. If you think of committee as one entity, then The committee has its agenda; if you think of committee as representing several people, then The committee have their agenda.