Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Media is or media are

This headline makes me wonder:

How Social Media Is Muddying the Waters for Jobseekers

The problem is that the word media is already plural, so social media are muddying the waters for job seekers. Yes, I also think job seekers is two words.


How Social Media Are Muddying the Waters for Job Seekers

What do you think?


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3 comments:

  1. Terri EldersJune 1, 2011 at 8:36 PM

    I agree with the "are"...but I would have written:
    "How Social Media Muddies the Waters for Job Seekers." Saves a few letters and avoids the singular/plural issue entirely.
    (Miss you, Tom, from your old list serv and sometimes miss those heated discussions when I'm not the one under attack from the guy in Nine Mile Falls for writing for anthologies.)

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  2. RobCromptonJune 2, 2011 at 12:39 PM

    Terri, if you agree with the "are" perhaps you should have thought about "How Social Media Muddy the Waters for Job Seekers." :)

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  3. Tom GillispieJune 3, 2011 at 3:04 PM

    Terri, I have to agree with Rob here. Muddy rather than muddies...

    As for the freelance network, check out http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FreelanceWriters-n-Editors/. Rob is a member of the network. We need more active members, though.

    Thanks for the comments.

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