The Office
"Okay, that's a lot of good ideas. Thanks.” -Pam Beesly. This statement is (incorrect/correct)
Grammatically Correct, good is an adjective for an object, well is the adverb
“North has a better direction. I don't think we'll go with another direction. I think South is so stupid. It's the stupidest thing ever.” - Kim Kardashian. The statement is (incorrect/correct)
Grammatically Correct, Kim is comparing north to south which is only two things so she should use better, not best
“Oh no! She has Airpods in, she can’t hear me!” This statement is (incorrect/correct)
This is grammatically incorrect. The phrases “she has Airpods in” and “She can’t hear me” are two separate thoughts and a comma does not suffice to separate them. Instead they should be separated by either a semicolon (separating two thoughts) or a period (making two separate thoughts into two separate sentences.
“They couldn't make it to the summit and back before dark therefore they decided to camp for the night” This statement is (incorrect/correct)
Grammatically incorrect- “They couldn’t make it to the summit and back before dark; therefore, they decided to camp for the night.
“He now has two (mother/mothers)-in-law”
Mothers
always make the PRINCIPLE word plural
“I just want to lie on the beach and eat hot dogs. That’s all I’ve ever wanted.” -Kevin Malone. This statement is (incorrect/correct)
Grammatically Correct, lie is the verb to recline
“I lost my earrings in the ocean!” -Kim Kardashian
“Kim, there’s people that are dying.” -Kourtney Kardashian.
This statement is (incorrect/correct)
Grammatically Incorrect, people is a pronoun that is always plural, therefore it should be there are people dying, not there’s which means ‘there is’.
“This is so sad. Hopefully, Alexa will play Despacito.” This statement is (incorrect/correct).
This is grammatically incorrect. “Hopefully” does not equal “I hope.” It is an adverb that means “filled with hope.”
"A government unable to (effect/affect) any change is a government that will produce no surprises.”
effect
Put another way, a government that can't produce change won't be able to produce surprises; it will be predictable. Most of the time, you'll want affect as a verb meaning to influence something and effect for the something that was influenced. The difference between affect and effect is so slippery that people have started using "impact" as a verb instead. Another trick is to remember that affect comes first alphabetically, and an action (to affect) has to occur before you can have a result (an effect).
“(Who/Whom) do you believe?”
Whom
Whom is used as the object of a verb or preposition. Try substituting “he” or “she” and “him” or “her.” If “he” or “she” fits, you should use who. If “him” or “her” fits, you should use whom.
“Roy and I just got back from the Poconos. I get ten vacation days a year, and I try to hold off taking them for as long as possible, and this year I got to the third week in January.” - Pam Beesly. This statement is (incorrect/correct).
Grammatically Incorrect, ten should not be spelled out, it should be written as 10
“Hoping you heart is happy on the Valentine's Day. I love You, Kourtney.” This statement is (incorrect/correct)
Grammatically incorrect, she wrote you instead of your, and it should have been this and not the, because that would not make sense.
“Some of you have never lie down for five minutes and woken up three hours later with no idea what century it is and it shows.” This statement is (incorrect/correct)
This is grammatically incorrect. The verb “lie” is in the present form, which does not make sense in this context. In this context, the proper form is “lain down.”
"From the tone of your voice, I am (implying/inferring) that you are angry?”
Inferring
Infer means to deduce or conclude information from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statement of that information. The listener, or someone who is receiving information, may infer something. In short words, one who gives information implies, and one who receives information infers.
“A rage of factors (are/is) to be considered."
is
The word “factors” is not the subject. It’s part of the prepositional phrase that modifies range. “The word MUST agree in number)
“You guys I'm like really smart now. You don't even know. You could ask me, Kelly what's the biggest company in the world? And I'd be like, 'blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah blah.' Giving you the exact right answer.” - Kelly Kapoor. This statement is (incorrect/correct)
Grammatically Correct, biggest is correct because she is comparing all the companies in the world, not just two
“Those are Jeff Koons. He’s famous for the balloon dog” -Kris Jenner. This statement is (incorrect/correct)
Grammatically incorrect, Kris worded it as if the statues were, in fact, Jeff Koons himself, when in reality they were statues made by Jeff Koons, a common mistake when referring to an artist’s work
“Let’s set a world record together and get the most liked post on Instagram. Beating Kylie Jenner, who currently holds the record.” - World Record Egg. This statement is (incorrect/correct)
This is grammatically correct. If there is a proposition it takes the objective case, but since this sentence has no object, it takes the subjective case: who.
“The principal will notify the parents that any disruptive conduct will result in a student losing his or her hall privileges for the remainder of the school year. ” Where is the error?
The principal will notify the parents that any disruptive conduct will result in a student’s losing his or her hall privileges for the remainder of the school year.
The conduct will not result in the student; it will result in the loss of hall privileges by the student—in the student’s losing the privileges.
“This man would have liked to have two (wife/wives), but he couldn't.”
Wives
Irregular nouns made plural by changing vowels, changing the word, or adding a different ending.
“I guess the attitude that I've tried to create here is that I'm a friend first and a boss second and probably an entertainer third.” -Michael Scott. This statement is (incorrect/correct)
Grammatically Correct, because it would be incorrect to use firstly, secondly, thirdly
“Sophia loved the first set of looks your team left and went all Yeezy for her travel outfit today!”-Kim Kardashian. This statement is (incorrect/correct)
Grammatically correct, her use of noun and verb agreement states that, if a subject is plural, its verb must also be plural.
“This is my ten-year challenge. I look absolutely awful in the latter photo.” This statement is (incorrect/correct)
This is grammatically incorrect. “Latter” refers to the last noun mentioned, which in this context would be the recent photo. Because this sentence was trying to talk about the older photo, they should have used the word “former.”
“There wasn’t much unity (among/between) the council members”
Among
Among is used when talking about people or things that are not distinct and are viewed as a group.
“How much (further/farther) is it to the school?"
Farther
Use farther for physical distance. But, use further for metaphorical/ figurative distance (nonphysical).