[HPFGU-OTChatter] WANTED: Grammar Expert

[Jeremy Davis]

Comma before the "and"????

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cindy C." <cindysphinx at comcast.net>
To: <HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 2:52 PM
Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] WANTED: Grammar Expert


> Hey,
>
> I saw this in today's Washington Post, and I thought I'd test you
> guys.  Please, if you know the answer from reading about this in the
> media, let's keep the answer a secret and let folks who didn't read
> the story have a go.
>
> OK.
>
> A major standardized test in the U.S. asked students whether there
> was an error in grammar in the following sentence:
>
> "Toni Morrison's genius enables her to create novels that arise from
> and express the injustices African Americans have endured."
>
> Yes, there is an error (although the testing bureau denied that
> there was an scored "no error" as the correct answer).  A panel of
> outside experts in grammar was hired to rule, and they identified an
> error in grammar, forcing the testing bureau to re-score the exam.
>
> What is the error?
>
> Cindy -- who could not find the error
>
>
>
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