The Grammar Logs Volume Sixty-One

LOG #600

1. Contact the registrar's office, if you have any questions.
2. The only party that benefits in such cases is/are lawyers.
3. Winds will increase to 10–20 knots and gusty …
4. Unfortunates such as I/me
5. Any information and documentation is/are …
6. Submission and submittal
7. Since becoming a supervisor in 2001 …
8. Prior to versus before
9. Mark Burnett plus the Donald equal a hit.
10. Rather than a risky military operation, American officials …

LOG #601

1. I wonder if I will pass my test?
2. Either John or myself is/are available …
3. What is "to marry" in "the man you are required to marry"?
4. John McKain's sentence
5. We drive the same S.U.V.'s/SUVs.
6. Can "go" be considered a helping verb?
7. He abdicated rather than give up the woman he loved.
8. It is whoever/whomever you prefer.
9. Tennis and basketball are the games I like best / the best.
10. Would it be possible for you and I / me to go …

LOG #602

1. Like as not
2. The window was busted out.
3. "Municipalities" refer/refers to …
4. Born/borne of the fact that …
5. Neither Connie nor I is/are going to attend.
6. WE heard someone shout/shouted …
7. "Went missing" revisited
8. Each and every
9. Thousands of years ago …
10. A media organization or individual journalist who/that …

LOG #603

1. Nonverbal and/or written methods
2. Using how when you mean that
3. More than one hundred people are involved in the play.
4. Twice as many U.S. troops were killed in June than in May.
5. Identifying struggling readers …
6. Alumni Association Awards Brunch
7. Unorganized versus disorganized
8. It went very smooth today.
9. Arab / Arabic film
10. A nuanced approach to writing our report

LOG #604

1. John is 4 foot 3 inches / 4 feet 3 inches.
2. Please leave a message if necessary.
3. Is one of you idiots playing the game … ?
4. Using the word "fraught"
5. Thank you for facilitating / facilitating at this meeting
6. "Would rather have committed suicide than ________"
7. How can/may I help you?
8. Please have this job run/ran.
9. His outstanding performance reflects great credit upon himself.
10. We are enthused about Bible study.

LOG #605

1. An/a harangue ??
2. Wait for / wait on
3. The uses of "as of" [a certain date]
4. Speaking to an issue
5. Thank yous to be sent out
6. Me too or I too
7. Grammar in The DaVinci Code
8. "In case" versus "if"
9. Enclosed please find …
10. I don't see him going anyplace / any place.

LOG #606

1. I would appreciate [it] if you would send me a refund.
2. We had no choice but to obey.
3. What gets monitored, gets done.
4. Though versus although
5. Are noon and 12 p.m. the same thing?
6. Outcomes of/from …
7. I was humbled and relieved …
8. Can "because" be something other than a conjunction
9. Over 16 year's technical knowledge
10. "Telecommunication services" which include/includes

LOG #607

1. Is "rree of charge" redundant?
2. Your shoes are on the wrong foot/feet.
3. Will be needed to be provided …
4. The system can be obsoleted by the administration
5. He has a bright future to look forward to.
6. Innocent until proved/proven guilty.
7. Square feet versus square foot.
8. The function of a participial phrase
9. Any time versus anytime
10. Counsel have/has spoken

LOG #608

1. What is "out" in "he stretched out languidly"?
2. Do we capitlize "Chapter" in "Read Chapter One"?
3. How to abbreviate time zones/a>
4. There is no compare
5. " I would like to express my disappointment . . . . "
6. What is the simple subject of this sentence?
7. Using reference as a verb, quote as a noun
8. How to use matriculate
9. Aloud versus out loud
10. Are you one of the four million people who have/has _____ .

LOG #609

1. Writing out dollar amounts
2. Consists of versus consists in
3. Who is smarter than who/whom?
4. "A deadly bacteria invades the locker room."
5. "Write me a letter" vs. "Write a letter to me."

 

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