“They are not artists in their job, but in their heart they are. Growing up in our house, music was always important - cinema, opera, ballet.” - Penelope Cruz, in Red, about her parents
Penelope has made two errors that are commonly found in questions on standardized examinations. One is an agreement shift in number, and [...]
While some people believe that one can leave a dog in a car if you keep a window open, as Orlando Bloom did when he went to a restaurant with Kate Bosworth on a hot summer day, others feel that the dog should remain at home to avoid being subjected to extreme, and possibly lethal, [...]
Tom Cruise will be reenacting a scene from Mission Impossible:III for the film’s Japanese premiere. He will amaze fans as he is chased in a speedboat by a helicopter, and he will commandeer a train and meet with you on board during the trip from Osaka to Tokyo.
The second sentence contains a pronoun error. The [...]
The number of nouns and pronouns and the person of pronouns must remain consistent within a sentence. Standardized examinations will present questions that contain agreement shifts, making instant recognition of these errors essential.
All of my friends want to be a rock star.
“All of my friends” is a noun phrase that is plural. “Rock star” is [...]
