Tuesday, April 12, 2011

A grammar fumble on Kirstie's tumble!

Another ‘Dancing’ Mishap for Kirstie



Kirstie and Maks
ABC
After last week’s tumble, her and Maks were hoping for an error-free dance, but things didn’t go as planned.
Oh, dear! -- We have a dance mishap for Kirstie, and a pronoun mishap for the writer.  A fellow grammar crusader caught this gaffe on her AOL home page this morning.  Others must have notified AOL, because the article has been rewritten.  The replacement may or may not have been written by the original scripter, so I won't place blame on anyone.  But I'll bet that the reporter is in the under-age-35 category.  Many in this group seem to have never learned that "her," "him," and "me" are not subject pronouns.  Ouch!