Aaaand we’re back! Greetings one and all, from the Grammar Cop! Here’s a brand-new mess o’ miserable mistakes for you to mull over.
- Why does over 44% of Americans still approve of Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus crisis?
- The site itself is extraordinary, but even more, is the mysterious aura in which the entire site is shrouded in.
- The water always taste’s fresh, since the filter system removes any impurities and the stagnant taste via a charcoal filter.
And the corrections:
- What’s the problem here? Easy-peasy! The singular verb form “does” must be changed to the plural do, in order to agree with the plural “44% of Americans.”
- Whoever wrote this abysmal sentence was perhaps sleep-deprived; it should be rewritten. Let’s take a stab at it: The site itself is extraordinary, and is shrouded in a mysterious aura. (The word “aura” is mysterious itself in this context! What the heck does the writer mean? We don’t know. A little more precision would be appreciated, right?)
- The abomination in this sentence is “taste’s.” We never use ‘s with a verb. It should be tastes fresh.
Clear as mud? The Grammar Cop’s excuse is that she is sleep-deprived. She bids you good day until next Friday and hopes you have a safe and healthy week!
Crossed Eyes and Dotted Tees 
It was great to have you back on the job, Cop. I could give myself a pat on the back, because these were easy.
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The Grammar Cop is delighted that you attended today’s session. She will try to make some of them harder in future, just for you! 😀
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I’m comfortable with easy, but I learn from the hard ones.
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1-Because apparently they were all absent on the day grammar plurals were taught.
2-But, wait! There’s more! Even more extraordinary? That awful sentence was published.
3-The apostrophe catastrophe strikes again!
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1. They are naughty and must sit in corners, plural!
2. I know! All of these were published somewhere! Argh!
3. I so love that phrase. You should trademark it! (One cannot copyright a single word… I don’t think.)
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Great to have you back on the beat! When I read the first one, I thought maybe you’d found it down here in the South. Sounds like it.
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Thanks! Haha!!
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