Monday, March 9, 2009

Answer Key

In the National Geographic paragraph, everyday should be every day. "Everyday" is an adjective meaning routine or ordinary. In their paragraph they should have used the adverbial phrase meaning "each day".

From the school district, we see the mismatching of a singular noun, child, and the plural pronouns, their and they. I know what they are trying to do. The attempt to remain gender neutral by avoiding his or her is obvious. What drives me crazy is that they could have chosen political correctness AND grammatical correctness by using the plural noun children. For the love of Pete, if the school system doesn't value good grammar, who will?

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