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Saturday, April 19, 2008

How's Your Grammar?

You may not claim English grammar as your greatest academic strength. You may feel more comfortable with math, history, or science. We all have our individual strengths and preferences, but shouldn’t television anchors, meteorologists, reporters, and newspaper editors demonstrate proficiency in English grammar?

I cringe when I hear or read grammatical errors. Here are a few:

“The snow is piling up where I’m at.”

“Searchers found the hiker’s body laying at the foot of the cliff.”

“Each boy on the team must pay for their own uniform.”

“Rain is in the forecast for each and every day this week.”

“Your children can obtain a kid’s meal for free.”

“The police have not apprehended the robber as of yet.”

"Growing beautiful flowers is so fun."


The corrected sentences follow:

“The snow is piling up where I am.”

“Searchers found the hiker’s body lying at the foot of the cliff.”

“Each boy on the team must pay for his own uniform.”

“Rain is in the forecast for every day this week.”

“Your children can obtain a kid’s meal free.”

“The police have not apprehended the robber yet.”

"Growing beautiful flowers is so much fun."


I hope sloppiness doesn’t spread to theology.

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