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June 24, 2012: Verbs and the problems they give us – Quiz No. 67

Copy editors need to keep their eyes on verbs. Readers notice when verbs don’t agree with their subjects. Yet it’s easy sometimes to get lost in a tangle of phrases on our way to the verb. Intervening phrases can lead writers to choose a singular verb when a plural verb is needed or vice versa. I noticed such a problem in a history museum exhibit today. Seeing a problem in a public sign came at just the right time, though, because I was at work on a new Grammar Guide quiz all about verbs. I have posted the quiz[.....]

 

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Pam Nelson has been a copy editor for more than three decades. She has been a member of ACES since the organization began. This blog is a continuation of a blog on grammar, usage and other language issues that she began writing in 2005 at The News & Observer in Raleigh. Read more ...

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