Blogs about: Verb Tense
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Sweating it out
The writer on Yahoo! Shine should have sweated a bit more over this teaser and used the correct tense:… more →
Terribly Write
Sweating it out
Laura wrote 6 days ago: The writer on Yahoo! Shine should have sweated a bit more over this teaser and used the correct tens … more →
Uh-oh. You've been found out!
Laura wrote 3 weeks ago: Someone’s been found out! Now it’s time to find out who made this gaffe on Yahoo! TV: … more →
Verb Tense
grace wrote 3 weeks ago: A tense is a form of a verb that tells the time of action or condition. The 3 kinds of tense: Past … more →
It's Grammartime!
Laura wrote 1 month ago: It’s not unusual to find misspelled names on Yahoo! Shine, like Stanley Burrell’s: And i … more →
Has it really come to this?
Laura wrote 2 months ago: Has it really come to this? That a professional writer for Yahoo! Shine has no idea that verbs have … more →
We'd like to to think you knew better
Laura wrote 2 months ago: Readers of Yahoo! Shine (and I know you’re out there) would like to think that the writer of t … more →
No matter how many times
Laura wrote 3 months ago: Why does it always seem like no matter how many times you see a mistake on Yahoo! Shine, you’r … more →
Step away from the keyboard
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Laura wrote 3 months ago: Some people have an ear for language and are natural writers. And others don’t and aren’ … more →
Wenlan Chia: Misquoting is only the start
Laura wrote 3 months ago: I’m not a journalist and I’ve never played one on TV, so maybe I’m off-base. But, … more →
Can you see through this mess?
Laura wrote 3 months ago: Are you put off by the use of thru for through? I was until I saw this excerpt from a Yahoo! Shine a … more →
There's something seriously wrong here, and it's not Kelly Osbourne's addiction
Laura wrote 4 months ago: What’s the difference between Kelly Osbourne and the Yahoo! Shine writer of this blog post? Wh … more →
The capital is missing
Laura wrote 4 months ago: Looks like the writer for the blog of the Yahoo! Newsroom coasted through today’s assignment. … more →
Sample Morning Work #MWS3
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susanlud wrote 4 months ago: Name: ____________________________________________________ Verb Tense Practice Directions: The pass … more →
Publicly broke
Laura wrote 5 months ago: I hate to be the one to publicly break the news to the Yahoo! Shine writer, but this is crap: A verb … more →
Is your Shift key stuck?
Laura wrote 5 months ago: Random capital letters, a grotesque way to form a plural, and an incorrect verb. What is it? It … more →
A proofreader is not your frenemy
Laura wrote 5 months ago: Once again a writer at Yahoo! Shine comes up with an incorrect correction to an error reported here … more →
It's not surprising
Laura wrote 5 months ago: Everyone knows that Michael Jackson had three children, and not the two kids named here on Yahoo! Sh … more →
It's not surprising
Laura wrote 5 months ago: Everyone knows that Michael Jackson had three children, and not the two kids named here on Yahoo! Sh … more →
Common sense tense
Laura wrote 5 months ago: Someone over at Yahoo! Shine could use a little help with some basic language skills. Like how to wr … more →
