Welcome back, Friday Follies fanatics! Here is yet another bunch o’ boo-boos caught by the ever-vigilant Grammar Cop over the past week.
- “However, there is many smaller and newer groups giving an opportunity to aspiring playwrights, directors and…”
- “…reneged on a plea deal and sentencing agreement, and that’s why Polanski fled. Polanski plead guilty to the lesser of the charges against him…”
- “…A culture in which responsibility has been passed and top coaches are exulted has left children vulnerable.”
And the corrections:
- Why would you – well, not you, I mean anyone 😀 – use the word “is,” which is singular, when there are multiple groups (“many smaller and newer groups”) that follow the verb? It should say: there are many smaller and newer groups… Note: If there is only one group, then you could say there is a smaller group…
- The word “plead” here is wrong; it should be pled, which is the past tense of “plead.” Pled – just like fled or led. Some say “pleaded,” but the Grammar Cop hates it. 😦
- The word “exulted” is incorrectly used here. The writer should have used the adjective, exalted, meaning worshipped, put on a pedestal. On the other hand, exulted is a verb meaning celebrated.
This exalted Grammar Cop pleads exhaustion now, as the above criminals fled before their arraignments. Until next time, have a lovely blunder-free week!
Crossed Eyes and Dotted Tees 
1-I is not going to join there group because there grammar are terrible.
2-Thankfully I have never seen the word pleaded! I probably would have fleed.
3-Grammar coaches should be exalted! 🙂
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!-You is verry smaht.
2-If you fleed I wooden blam u.
3-Grammar roaches?! Get an exterminator! They – oh wait… *coaches*… I see… Well… thank you! 😀 ❤
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We is in agreement then! 😀
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We most surely is!! 😁
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I found the exulted/exalted one kind of fascinating. I love those errors that almost aren’t.
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I know, fun and cool to see how one little letter can make a big difference. Well in this case, not terribly important, but in others, wow!
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I kind of like how it’s so similar, as if the writer was combining two meanings that both fit.
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I know just what you mean! I think. 😁
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Hahaha!
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My, spell checker never says what I Nintendo.
Thanks for the smile tonight. You found some good ones for today.
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Haha, love the Nintendo bit!! Thanks for dropping by, Ron!
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I see no problem with magickmermaid’s comments. She uses “I” witch are singularly non-plural, therefore, ergo, as a result, “I is” is perfect!
Ron, on the other hand, is just trying to game the system! 😀
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You might be right. However, I’m not sure I should trust the opinion of someone whose profile pic is so plain. 😂
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