Wrong Sample Clauses

Wrong. Each kid has their own locker. Right: Each kid has his or her own locker. Right: Each kid has a locker. Even though they appear to be singular, collective nouns often take plural pronouns.

Wrong. A gas station attendant or a map are a valuable source of information. CORRECT: A gas station attendant or a map is a valuable source of information. WRONG: ▇▇▇▇ or the girls is bringing the volleyball and net. CORRECT: ▇▇▇▇ or the girls are bringing the volleyball and net.

Wrong. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇’s jealousy brought him tragedy and death. (Here, him must refer to ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, we think. Although this sentence implies that a person named Othello exists, the actual word

Wrong. The delinquent, as well as his mom and dad, were in the detention hall. CORRECT: The delinquent, as well as his mom and dad, was in the detention hall.

Wrong. She gave the Red Cross all her money, and this is the reason she declared bankruptcy. (Here, this refers to an implied concept that could be phrased something like “the fact that she gave the Red Cross all her money”; in other words, this concept does not appear in the sentence as a specific noun.)

Wrong. The troops are there to seal up the border, not protect anyone’s rights. Meanwhile, sources tell the Beachhead that commercial areas of Phoenix are like a ghost town since Latinos – both documented and undocumented – are afraid they will be seized if they leave home. The word Arizona became a source of derision around the world with the passage of SB1070 and its signing into law by Gov. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ on April 23. The bill is euphemistically titled, “Support Our Law En- forcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act.” Now South Carolina, the birthplace of the Confederacy, has a copy cat bill pending in its legislature. Cutting through its 16 pages of legal BS, the ▇▇▇- ▇▇▇▇ law permits police to determine who looks like an “alien” and to arrest them. It penalizes anyone who attempts to hire them for day labor, but goes easy on big employers who “unknowingly” employ aliens. It makes it a crime for a church or an individ- ual to give sanctuary to immigrants. It is a crime to befriend an immigrant by giving he/she a ride or other aid and comfort. Law 1070 also allows any person to sue a police officer, city, county or state agency for not being zealous enough in enforcing its draconian provision. But wait. We’re not done yet. How can you top SB1070? With HB2281, the so-called Ethnic Studies ban which Gov. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ signed May 11. Education will now be controlled by the state legislature. No classes will be allowed that are designed for one par- ticularly ethnic group or that advocate ethnic solidar- ity (▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ song, I’m Black and I’m Proud, will no doubt be prohibited in a music class). It also becomes illegal to “promote resentment toward a race or class of people.” Obviously, teaching about the Holocaust would be illegal since it might create resentment toward Germans. But it should be clear that the real target is Lati- nos. Any Latino reading ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇’▇ “Peoples History,” or numerous books by Latinos about the history of unfair treatment of immigrants, workers and U.S. citizens of Latino heritage would certainly cause resentment against those who perpetrated and continue to perpetrate discriminatory acts in Arizona. Most Venetians know Arizona, if at all, as a long yawn out the car window, or a moon-like landscape from an airplane window, on their way east. Arizona (arid zone) is a 310-mile-wide desert that must be gotten through to get anywhere interesting. There are two large oases in this desert – Phoenix and Tucson – and several smaller ones. Arizona is als...

Wrong. When you are pregnant, you sometimes experience strange food cravings. Right: When women are pregnant, they sometimes experience strange food cravings.

Wrong. In the room, there is a boy, a girl, and a box. CORRECT: In the room, there are a boy, a girl, and a box. When two or more singular subjects are joined by “or” or “nor”, use a singular verb. If one subject is singular and one is plural, the verb agrees with the subject nearer to it.

Wrong. Above a cluster of convents rise the Cathedral of St. ▇▇▇▇. CORRECT: Above a cluster of convents rises the Cathedral of St. ▇▇▇▇.