Your Grammar is Showing @IsGrammar
Compendium of errors from my daily reading. // Joined February 2019-
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A comma, please, our stock has been depleted by this sentence. But we are in great need. #clunky #missingcomma #copyediting #editing #slowitdown @BusinessInsider businessinsider.com/fox-news-poll-…
A second person became president as well? Or does he mean to echo “the man who would be king,” which would idiomatically convey that BOTH candidates had an unreal hope? Can anyone ever really parse his covfefe? #grammar #style #thewhlacksboth
OED Word of the Day: catchlight, n. A gleam of reflected light in the eye of a subject in a photograph, painting, etc. oed.com/view/Entry/641…
I graduated college! I've been a bit embarrassed to talk about it because its "only a 2 year degree" and it took me 7 years. I didn't walk or even really tell anyone because I was ashamed at how long it took me. But I did it! I DID IT! And I'm allowing myself to be proud! ❤
The expression “to curry favor,” to ingratiate oneself, come from an older expression, “to curry Favel,” or to comb the hair of a fallow-colored horse known for its duplicity in a French fable.
That’s some kind of bizarre copy, @CNN. Are you storing possessive pronouns away for the next war? To think this report is just one “his” away from not defining Trump’s wife as his son. #copyeditorsmatter #grammarmatters #qualitymatters #grammar
That’s some kind of bizarre copy, @CNN. Are you storing possessive pronouns away for the next war? To think this report is just one “his” away from not defining Trump’s wife as his son. #copyeditorsmatter #grammarmatters #qualitymatters #grammar
Admission to heaven is 90% determined by spelling and grammar.
.@CNN do you hate your readers? The gaffs are daily. “At the end of her prepared remarks, McSally envisions fixing the issue of sexual assault from within the ranks through a change in culture and lead by military commanders.” McSally *said* she envisions? amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/03/06…
“For her part, Mandy Moore, who was 23 at the time their relationship began, convinced her to fire her manager...” Mandy Moore—not Ryan Adams— convinced *herself* to fire her own manager? @Variety #doozy #copyediting #editingmatters #taketime variety.com/2019/music/new…
“One year before Trump's announcement; however, a 2016 government-funded study found that...” #spottheerror #editingmatters #hiccup #unnecessaryburdenonreader #challengethroughideasnotgrammarerrors @BusinessInsider amp.businessinsider.com/california-nat…
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Editor Mark (@EditorM... @EditorMark
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5K Followers 861 Following Grammar is a subject that fills many of us with frustration, but it doesn't have to. I'll help you teach and learn grammar the easy way—with sentence diagrams!
Grammar Police @GrammarCops
7K Followers 84 Following Our philosophy: We find it. You fix it. Our blog is dedicated to observations, ramblings, and questions about grammar, language, and usage.
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