Grammar Discussions

[TheRealTMA]

Panda with a stutter?

Actually, being culturally appropriate, it was a WOMBAT!

 

[JohnM]

Actually, being culturally appropriate, it was a WOMBAT!

It eats roots shoots and leaves.

 

[Beano]

Another peeve is getting the subject-verb agreement wrt plurals. How many times have we seen a construction like "There is two airplanes on the route". "two planes" is more than one so is a plural. the verb must be a plural so should be "are". There are several other examples. Th e media is no exception.

Sometimes in long sentences the author looses track of the subject, singular or plural, and uses the wrong verb construction.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Another peeve is getting the subject-verb agreement wrt plurals. How many times have we seen a construction like "There is two airplanes on the route". "two planes" is more than one so is a plural. the verb must be a plural so should be "are". There are several other examples. Th e media is no exception.

Sometimes in long sentences the author looses track of the subject, singular or plural, and uses the wrong verb construction.

Could also be "The media are reporting on the story.

But that would open the box of worms that contains collective nouns.

 

[Beano]

Could also be "The media are reporting on the story.

But that would open the box of worms that contains collective nouns.

PS "media" is plural, covers newsprint, radio, TV and internet, i.e "many". "Medium" is singular.

 

[NM]

PS "media" is plural, covers newsprint, radio, TV and internet, i.e "many". "Medium" is singular.

And there was me thinking that "Medium" defies the size of a coffee cup... Who'd have thunk

 

[Beano]

And there was me thinking that "Medium" defies the size of a coffee cup... Who'd have thunk

Yup, English as she is spoke!