Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Whom to hire

FOUND ONLINE: Now he’ll have to figure out whom to hire and trust as his football czars in San Francisco...

This is the first part of a long sentence. I know that grammarians will say that whom is correct here, and they'll give good reasons. Me, I prefer who here.

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Saturday, January 28, 2017

We have already seen it payoff

FOUND ONLINE: While such an approach can be risky, we have already seen it payoff under this current administration.

In this case, it's pay off, not payoff (as in making a big payoff).


ALSO FOUND ONLINE: Her net worth is all ready $130 million and growing.

This is similar to the payoff sentence above. It should be already, not all ready.

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Entries from The Dog Blog

Blog entries from The Auto Racing Journal
(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)
(the book of great NASCAR stories)

More blog entries by Tom Gillispie