adverbs vs. adjectives
Jamaican hurdler Adrian Findley denies using steroids, despite Sports Illustrated’s alleged evidence. “I’ve been running stable all my life,” he told SI. “Trust me, I don’t use steroids.”
Here’s the problem - aside from possible steroid use. Adverbs are needed to modify verbs, in this case, running. Stably is an adverb, but stable is [...]

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Grammar Guard aims its red pen at high-profile people, but occasionally it can’t resist a high-profile news outlet. Today’s source: the Associated Press.
Tracie Cone just covered a wildfire near Yosemite National Park. She writes, “In Southern California, about 4,000 visitors were evacuated Sunday from the Los Angeles zoo as a fast-moving brush fire burned nearby [...]

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USA TODAY reporter Del Jones recently interviewed Robert Mazzuca, chief scout executive of Boy Scouts of America. Overall, his grammar was sound, but the 60-year-old showed signs of fatigue toward the end of the Q&A when he told Jones, “It’s time to reintroduce the American people to the Boy Scouts and quit letting other people [...]

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