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Yunjin: "it would either be big or the worst television show ever"

"When I read it, I thought, 'Why don't they make a movie out of this? It would be a blockbuster.' I wasn't sure about it for TV. I knew it would either be big or the worst television show ever." - Yunjin Kim, in Stuff, on Lost
Yunjin has made a complex error in parallelism. She […]

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Nick: "the awkwardness is more made up in the media than it is for she and I"

"Honestly, I think the awkwardness is more made up in the media than it is for she and I. I think it will be fine tonight. I'm sure it will." - Nick Lachey, on seeing his ex-wife Jessica Simpson at the MTV Video Music Awards
Nick has made two errors in pronoun case. In the prepositional […]

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Eva: "which I can relate to easier than I can to stars today"

"Sophia Loren has been such an inspiration for me. She's beautiful in an offbeat, angular way, which I can relate to easier than I can to stars today." - Eva Mendes, in Lucky
Eva has made two errors in modifier confusion; one is straightforward and the other is relatively complicated. Furthermore, while it is easy to […]

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Jenna: "just beautiful, very alert, and she's got a great head of hair"

"Suri is a very special little girl. She's just beautiful, very alert, and she's got a great head of hair." - Jenna Elfman, in People, about Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise's daughter
Jenna has made a common error in parallelism. She has listed three of Suri's qualities, but the items do not conform to a single […]

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Mark: "to have the proper equipment and finding a place to practice"

"Football is like hockey in that it’s an expensive sport to play. You have to have the proper equipment and finding a place to practice and have games." - Mark Wahlberg, who stars as football player Vince Papale in Invincible, on the challenges of playing the sport in his youth
Mark has made an error in […]

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