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Monthly Archives: September 2006

Famke: "it's us three actresses" and "whomever is available"

"No. I mean, we all are either married or have boyfriends in the film, and there are guys, too. It’s us three actresses and a female producer at the moment. We’re looking for a [director of photography] right now and are looking at some females, but it really depends when whomever is available and is […]

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Good job! Alec knows how to lie

"I remember lying in bed, thinking I wanted to die on the spot. I would say, 'Please don't let me wake up. I can't face another day.'" - Alec Baldwin, about how he felt about living with his ex-wife Kim Basinger
Alec has avoided a very common error in diction. The verbs "lay" and "lie" are […]

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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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Rachael: "I get freaked out looking at pictures of me"

"I defaced my picture. I have a fat head. I get freaked out looking at pictures of me, so I got a Sharpie and drew horns and a goatee." - Rachael Ray, in People, on her response to seeing marketing materials for her new talk show

Rachael has used an incorrect pronoun. She chose the pronoun […]

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Owen: "one of those faces that registers"

"Kate has one of those faces that registers excitement and enthusiasm." - Owen Wilson, in British ELLE, about Kate Hudson
Owen has made a common error in subject/verb agreement that often appears in questions on standardized examinations.
Sentences that contain "one of" can be confusing: should the verb that follows agree in number with the singular […]

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