The Grammar Logs Volume Fifty-Four

LOG #530

1. Getting ahold of someone/something
2. Republicans argue it's too close to election day. . . .
3. Car makers worry more than environmentalists
4. Is majority singular or plural?
5. Displaying phone numbers with extensions
6. Good/well handling race car
7. The daily responsibilities that a buyer's job includes first hand
8. Do you have some books? / any books?
9. Atomic weapons are an anathema / anathema …
10. … All of who have worked so hard …

LOG #531

1. … Whose sensuality speaks to her …
2. Using access as a verb
3. The band was/were tuning its/their instruments.
4. Today as finished or unfinished time
5. Most all the cruises come …
6. What preposition do we use after "matriculate"?
7. The placement of also
8. All but one of whom were older than seventy …
9. Capitalizing Intranet?
10. Raising the skill of all of the people in New York …

LOG #532

1. Responsible people were punsihed / people responsible were …
2. In light of the heavy traffic …
3. Myriad correspondence …
4. How to form an ellipsis …
5. What is the function of this prepositional phrase?
6. … to which I will have more to speak about later …
7. Verbal and written communication skills
8. Cruise-ship dumping poisons seas …
9. Getting trapped in the past perfect
10. Interjecting "other words" into a verb string

LOG #533

1. The eggs Benedict was/were good.
2. You'll find me and my staff good people to deal with.
3. New Year's/Years Special
4. Using the phrase as of
5. What is "as well as"
6. Is there such a thing as Canadian geese?
7. A neither-nor and subject-verb question
8. A great source of wonder was/were the mountains.
9. In to versus into
10. A or an hotel

LOG #534

1. A fictional publication
2. A pediatrician, she died of cancer in 1997.
3. All search critera below is/are optional
4. Lofty and majestic, the Himalays …
5. The possessive of St. Louis
6. The uses of sic
7. How much do/does the family spend …
8. Appertaining to/of …
9. No referrals equal/equals no hassles.
10. Articles of Confederation was/were signed …

LOG #535

1. How many is that?
2. A baby's cry is designed to get adults' attention …
3. Organization versus organizational
4. Six dollars apiece or a piece?
5. Being honest and trustworthy are acceptable behavior/s
6. Providing the best sources of …
7. Where we're at …
8. Over the hill and through the woods …
9. Two and one half story building
10. The use of owing to

LOG #536

1. Persistence versus persistency
2. Only she was selected.
3. Using as such to mean therefore
4. Can we say "from whence"?
5. NeuroSciences's Holiday Party
6. Finding the subject with a "to be" verb.
7. Dish(es) or dish(s)
8. This information, including all attachments, is/are …
9. One in three Iowans own/owns one.

LOG #537

1. He slipped the ring on her finger. It still fitted.
2. … suffered a disability to both the right and left wrist/wrists
3. Eat healthy.
4. Restroom versus rest room
5. The only person who had shown/showed him any sympathy …
6. Using exclamation marks in fiction
7. Was/were our personnel knowledgeable?
8. Company-wide or company wide
9. Numerals as a part of speech
10. Some of the fruit look/looks inedible.

LOG #538

1. To improve profit, several unnecessary employees were fired.
2. I blew out the candle.
3. Better her than me / Better she than I
4. I didn't want to sit too close/closely …
5. Coordinated Family Focused Care
6. The respect, honor and consolation that was/were provided …
7. His eyes were wide, devouring her body …
8. Thank you's to / Thank yous to
9. Her recovery from the illness everybody said was incurable …
10. The Girls Scouts give/gives clothes …

LOG #539

1. A question about parallelism
2. The difference between though and although
3. Whoever/whomever you choose is all right with me.
4. Two hours' / hour's drive …
5. In time / on time
6. She said she is/was 23 years old.
7. "Readd" and "back"
8. I did it more for her than me/myself.
9. To wit …
10. Here's to wishing you …

 

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