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Paulson’s problems: ‘unexcusable’
singular-plural disagreement, word choice, redundancy
When Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson sat down with Tom Brokaw this morning on Meet the Press, he proved that his many financial woes are matched by linguistic ones.
“Borrowers have done things that were irresponsible also,” Paulson said. “But there’s a lot of, a lot of mistakes made.”
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Child-like speech
verb-object agreement
Just as his quarterback wasn’t connecting with his receivers, his verbs weren’t connecting with his objects. Times are tough for Vikings coach Brad Childress.
He decided to replace QB Tarvaris Jackson with veteran Gus Frerotte. His grammar still needs to be reformed. In describing the athletic change, Childress said, “I know there’s many other plays, [...]
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