Thursday, August 20, 2015

Clarkson Giving Birth Onstage?

I doubt Kelly Clarkson is planning to birth her child while she is onstage as this misplaced modifier suggests. She likely was onstage when she announced she was pregnant. Be careful with the placement of those adverbs. 

Tuesday, August 04, 2015

Plural Police


"Police" is a collective noun that is treated as a plural noun; therefore, this post should be written as "Police say." Here is a link to an explanation:  http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/words/matching-verbs-to-collective-nouns-american  #nomadsnonsense  #agreeinnumber #thv #kthv 

Comma Error

This comma before the prepositional phrases is unnecessary and incorrect. #nomadsnonsense #grammar #commaerrors 

You CAN Change the Pronoun

While I agree with the sentiment of this meme, I bristle at the grammar error. An antecedent is the word or words that a pronoun represents. For instance, in a sentence such as, the child was crying because he was tired, he is a pronoun. The antecedent of that pronoun is child. Both the word child and the word he are singular.  Since they are both singular, they agree in number. In this picture, "their" is a pronoun. The antecedent is "someone." Their is plural. Someone is singular. They do not agree in number. One of the two words should be changed to make them agree. #pronouns #antecedents #agreeinnumber #nomadsnonsense  #grammar 

Malvern National Bank Quotation Marks

Malvern National Bank has the best customer service. Their quotation mark usage is not the best. 😀😂 #malvernnationalbank #grammar #nomadsnonsense #grammarfails 

Lightening/lightning/lighting

An informational graphic to help with the understanding of lightning/lighting/lightening. #nomadsnonsense #grammar #spelling #katv

Cent Sign


According to this sign, soft drinks cost 89 out of 100 parts of a penny. Good luck getting change when the smallest change you have is a penny. By leaving off the cent sign and adding a dollar sign to the left of the decimal, the writer would communicate that the drink costs 89 parts (pennies) out of 100 parts of a dollar.  #nomadsnonsense  #mcdonalds #cheapsoda