Re: How would you type this?

OK. I printed off the explanation and will read it every time until I learn
it.

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Kathy
www.ambergriscaye.com/villadelsol
"Barbara Carlson" <bbcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:YdednagpDKOdV5DeRVn-jQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> This is one of the most common grammatical errors made. It IS the
> milliliters that were withdrawn. "Of" is the key. "Of blood" describes
> milliliters (could have been something else--urine from a catheter, or
> serosanguinous fluid, normal joint fluid, etc.) and is a prepositional
> phrase that modifies the subject. A prepositional phrase is NEVER the
> subject of a sentence. I know it doesn't sound right, but it is correct,
> plural subject, plural verb. I correct this grammatical error a lot in
> dictation. I can take the time to look it up in a grammar book if you
> need me to! But not on the second and we are heading out to make sure we
> have adequate hurricane supplies (It's not expected to be more than
> category 1 if that--but we'll probably lose power for a while.). Did you
> ever do the diagram where you break down the sentence? I can't draw it on
> the computer--but "of blood" goes on the little slanted line underneath
> the subject, milliliters.
>
> Not being argumentative. I'm a grammar "nut" I admit, but I am sure of
> this one and don't feel bad, it is a very very common error. I'm one of
> those people who sits in front of the TV and cringes with the grammar
> mistakes--I could give you a list--the misuse of the words proven/proved
> tops it right now. It is as if the word "proved" has disappeared from the
> dictionary!!!! Misuse of the word "like" is probably the most often heard
> (and most often dictated). I can forgive grammatical errors in a live
> news show--we all make them occasionally--but when I hear them on
> elaborate advertisements that should have been proofed it just make my
> blood curdle!
>
> Barb C.
>
> "Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply" <mmeahan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
> in message news:BgcPe.10530$p%3.40854@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Barbara Carlson wrote:
>>> I disagree strongly. The was should be were. Of blood is a
>>> prepositional phrase, not the subject, which is milliliters. It is not
>>> a case of a disagreement, was is wrong, were is correct.
>>
>> Why? It's not the milliliters that were withdrawn, it was the blood.
>>
>> This is not an argumentive question but a sincere one.
>
>


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