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Singling Out Collective Nouns

Posted by Terri Porter   Mar 17, 2016 7:30:00 AM

In our recent quiz, the word choice that most respondents struggled with was this one:

Whether a majority of Republican voters [deem / deems] Donald Trump electable remains to be seen.

Deem is the correct answer, and, as promised, this week’s post explains why.

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Topics: collective noun

April Aggravations Tourney Winners

Posted by Terri Porter   Apr 15, 2015 4:30:00 AM

Reflexive Pronouns Crowned Tourney Champ

Beating back the persistent Plurals/Possessives in overtime, Reflexive Pronouns narrowly won our April Aggravations tourney. Both had advanced to the final round after Plurals handily beat One Word or Two, and Reflexive edged the upstart Misplaced Modifiers in the Final Four.

We couldn’t have asked for a more exciting championship, as the two teams traded the lead throughout both regulation and overtime. But a last-minute surge by Plurals/Possessive’s fell short, and Reflexive Pronouns itself emerged victorious.

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Topics: homonyms, possessives, pronouns, grammatical errors, reflexive pronouns, collective noun, plurals, government-related words

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