Comments on: Avoid these top 10 Grammatical Errors https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/avoid-top-10-grammatical-errors/ ARC Book Reviews and Author Services Tue, 19 Dec 2023 21:16:10 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mike Moriarty https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/avoid-top-10-grammatical-errors/#comment-781643 Tue, 19 Dec 2023 21:16:10 +0000 https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/?p=8502015#comment-781643 In reply to Hidden Gems.

Uh, sorry but that’s the same grammar trap–singular subject (teacher) requires singular predicate (is).
Rewrite the sentence as “The teacher and students are planning a field trip.” Now you have compound subjects that merit a plural verb/predicate.

]]> By: Hidden Gems https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/avoid-top-10-grammatical-errors/#comment-780454 Fri, 15 Dec 2023 21:43:40 +0000 https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/?p=8502015#comment-780454 Yes, I think our original example for #1 was confusing so we’ve replaced it with a better one, thanks!

]]> By: Mike Moriarty https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/avoid-top-10-grammatical-errors/#comment-780389 Fri, 15 Dec 2023 17:00:47 +0000 https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/?p=8502015#comment-780389 Hmm, reconsider example 1 . . . The subject of the sentence, “group”, is singular–the plural version is “groups”. Ergo, the verb/predicate should be singular; “friends” is the object of the preposition “of”.

I am not now, nor have I ever been, a member of the Nazi Party.
I am, however, an editor.

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