Five Mistakes That Kill...
31 March 2009
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Beyond simple oversight, the same mistakes regularly appear in executive's writing. From the consistent errors to the little tricks to get around difficulties... a brief impromptu grammar lesson to correct the very first emails of the day.
"Their" or "theirs"? Let's set the record straight
"It's a recurring mistake," explains Bernard Fripiat. "In 'my parents speak to them,' there is often a tendency to think that 'their,' representing several people, should be pluralized. But 'their' is already a plural! The trick? Replace it with 'him'... which is singular."
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Posted March 31, 2009
"Their" or "theirs"? Let's set the record straight
"It's a recurring mistake," explains Bernard Fripiat. "In 'my parents speak to them,' there is often a tendency to think that 'their,' representing several people, should be pluralized. But 'their' is already a plural! The trick? Replace it with 'him'... which is singular."
Read the rest of the article on Cadremploi.fr
Posted March 31, 2009
