Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Because math and science are two different courses/subjects and not one combined subject, the subjects math and science are plural; therefore, the headline should read, "Why ARE math and science so important?" This is from the Arkansas Democrat Gazette.

Monday, January 02, 2012

Thanks to Carla for this one. The apostrophe is unnecessary. 
Thanks to Taylor for this one. "Sannta" should be "Santa."
The red arrow points to the error in subject/verb agreement. The subject is members not Club; therefore, the members TAKE not TAKES.

It's BALLET. 

Unnecessary apostrophes reign! "Sundae's" should be "sundaes." "Pizza's" should be "pizzas." "Icee's" should be "Icees." 

In the headline, "it's" should be "its."

Possessive pronoun

The possessive pronoun HERS never needs an apostrophe.

Comma Splice

The capitalization of  every word is unnecessary. The use of a comma to join two independent clauses is incorrect. Change that comma to a period, a semicolon, or a comma/coordinating conjunction to correct this error. 

Saturday, December 03, 2011

While the sentiment is nice, the pronoun-antecedent agreement problem is not. The antecedent of THEIR is PERSON. PERSON is singular; THEIR is plural. THEIR should be HIS or HER.