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• More madness from yahoo.com

  
  Terribly Write — Authority: 119
  A simple typo might be forgivable, except when it appears on the Yahoo! front page , the busiest page on the Web: Not so forgivable? This mismatched subject and verb: Filed under: Misspellings , Subject-Verb Agreement , Verbs Tagged: bad grammar , grammar , grammar errors , grammar mistakes , ...
  1 week ago

• So say readers

  
  Terribly Write — Authority: 119
  This sucks. So say readers of Yahoo! Shine  who can recognize when a verb doesn’t match its subject: But the writer’s not content to stop with two grammatical mistakes. She has no idea when to capitalize words. Unless she’s talking about a TV character played by Matt LeBlanc, joey shouldn’t get a ...
  1 week ago

• Action Verbs Good. Nominalizations Bad

  
  Precise Edit's Blog — Authority: 85
  What are nominalizations? Nominalizations are the noun forms of action verbs, as seen Table 1. Table 1: Sample action verbs and corresponding nouns (nominalizations) Sample action verbs Corresponding nouns illustrate fail react announce increase (v) illustration failure reaction announcement ...
  1 week ago

• Nice proofreading job

  
  Terribly Write — Authority: 119
  How long did the reporter or his editor take to proofread this brilliant piece of redundancy from Yahoo! News ‘ “The Sideshow”? I’d guess it was less than a nanosecond. Much less. OK, if no one at Yahoo! News was going to proofread this article, couldn’t someone at least run a little spell-checker? ...
  2 weeks ago

• Other Phrasal Verbs

  
  Computersight — Authority: 92
  Lesser known phrasal verbs do not get the attention of the more common ones like these used with get and take but they still make the difference in being more versatile as you speak. There are pjrasal verbs for just about every irregular verb out there and consist of the verb and the appropriate preposition. Phrasal ...
  2 weeks ago

• Sham ShamWow. Wow

  
  Terribly Write — Authority: 119
  Wow. In one brief but skinny paragraph, the writer for Yahoo! Shine  manages to misspell ShamWow, Philipp Plein, and Christian Dior and commit a grammatical gaffe. Wow. Filed under: Misspellings , Subject-Verb Agreement , Verbs Tagged: bad grammar , bad spelling , Christian Dior , editing , grammar , ...
  2 weeks ago

• Preservation Grammar: Affect v. Effect

  
  Preservation in Pink — Authority: 106
  Previously: Historic v. Historical The grammar topic for today: affect v. effect. “Affect” and “effect” are commonly misused words, whether in relation to the preservation field or not. While the nuances of these two words can seem complex and there are instances in which both can be verbs and nouns, it is ...
  2 weeks ago

• SmCity – The Indie Life: Hate, Love & Money

  
  Flawless Hustle - Urban Culture Blog | Hiphop Blog | Graffiti & Street Art — Authority: 104
  SmCity ‘s debut album, The Indie Life: Hate, Love & Money is now available from DJBooth. The project features 12 original cuts from the up-and-coming emcee, including previously-featured, reader-approved cuts “Watch Me,” “About a Hater” and “Mr. IDGAF.” Joining SmCity on the guest tip ...
  2 weeks ago

• Couples in Conflict

  
  Blogs — Authority: 146
  A friend of mine was speaking to me today about an ancient relationship, and commented, "That was during my food-throwing years." I asked for further details."Melons. I specialized in melons.""Canteloupe?""Honeydew.""Are we talking the whole melon, or little melon balls?""The whole melon; Id usually crack it over ...
  2 weeks ago

• Couples in Conflict

  
  Blogs — Authority: 146
  A friend of mine was speaking to me today about an ancient relationship, and commented, "That was during my food-throwing years." I asked for further details."Melons. I specialized in melons.""Canteloupe?""Honeydew.""Are we talking the whole melon, or little melon balls?""The whole melon; Id usually crack it over ...
  2 weeks ago

• Diagnose and change TSM server timeouts

  
  AIX/Solaris Unix Linux system storage administration ksh/perl scripting — Authority: 92
  Question Client backups fail due to session rejected rc -50 with TCP/IP errors in the client logs and timeout errors in the server activity log. Cause Client backup sessions may be getting terminated due to server timeouts Answer There are three timeout options that can trigger client backup sessions from the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Turning the Tide

  
  Terribly Write — Authority: 119
  The folks over at the Yahoo! front page  have turned the Crimson Tide from a singular noun into a plural one: In the U.S., teams are considered singular and take a singular verb. In other English-speaking countries, not so much. Filed under: Subject-Verb Agreement , Verbs Tagged: bad grammar , editing , ...
  2 weeks ago

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