Friday, March 23, 2012
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Criminal Sentence 622: Wrong Team
From today's paper:
"Our neighborhood is teaming with kids still in the single-digit ages."
Yikes! That would be "teeming"!
Kids are on a baseball team, but many kids teem.
"Our neighborhood is teaming with kids still in the single-digit ages."
Yikes! That would be "teeming"!
Kids are on a baseball team, but many kids teem.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Criminal Sentence 621: Due for a Spell Check
From something I'm editing:
"It was difficult living with a dog in the apartment, but we made due."
Uh-oh. That would be "made do."
"It was difficult living with a dog in the apartment, but we made due."
Uh-oh. That would be "made do."
Monday, March 5, 2012
Poll Results 170
Here was the question:
Is this sentence correct? "Jet fuel poured down the surface of Turn 3 at Daytona International Speedway, creating a fiery lasting image of NASCAR's biggest race of the year."
I agree with 64%. The order of the adjectives seemed odd to me. I would have said, "...creating a lasting fiery image..."
The image was fiery, and the fiery image was lasting.
Is this sentence correct? "Jet fuel poured down the surface of Turn 3 at Daytona International Speedway, creating a fiery lasting image of NASCAR's biggest race of the year."
Yes | 18 (36%) |
No | 32 (64%) |
I agree with 64%. The order of the adjectives seemed odd to me. I would have said, "...creating a lasting fiery image..."
The image was fiery, and the fiery image was lasting.
Friday, March 2, 2012
Criminal Sentence 620: On the Mat
From something I'm editing:
"We stopped at the local laundry mat."
Just had to laugh there.
"We stopped at the local laundry mat."
Just had to laugh there.
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