Saturday, January 23, 2021

HAVE AND HAS

 FOUND ONLINE:  Four years later, Mr. Biden’s old stamping grounds has become a far less collegial and productive place.

To my ear, it ought to be stamping grounds HAVE, not has.

Four years later, Mr. Biden’s old stamping grounds have become a far less collegial and productive place.

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Sunday, January 17, 2021

RNC FROM MINNESOTA

FOUND ONLINE:  “I do not think a party centered on President Trump is viable,” said David Asp, a former member of the Republican National Committee from Minnesota.

From Minnesota just doesn't fit with the Republican National Committee. I'd move it.

 “I do not think a party centered on President Trump is viable,” said Minnesotan David Asp, a former member of the Republican National Committee.

FROM THE SAME ARTICLE: When Mr. Nixon died in 1994, then-President Bill Clinton praised his “wise counsel,” accomplishments and “devotion to duty,” delivering an eulogy that urged Americans to judge the former president on the “totality” of his life.

I apologize for posting that long sentence here. It's too long, but the main problem is an eulogy. Even though eulogy starts with a vowel, a eulogy sounds right to my ear.

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