2006-10-14 07:41:14 · 5 answers · asked by chand c 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
Reporters claim what they call a "journalistic" license to use nouns as verbs in writing captions. In this case, the word curb --- meaning to restrain--- is an honest-to-goodness verb, so that caption is grammatically correct A common, more glaring error you often read is when they do not use a posssessive pronoun with a present participle (words ending in "ing". Example: "I don't like him speaking so loud." The sentence should read: "I don't like HIS speaking so loudLY." This example also includes an adjective (loud) used as an adverb (loudly).
2006-10-14 07:56:25 · answer #1 · answered by Scoop81 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, a declarative sentence should end with a period: "UN curbs N. Korea."
As to your question, GRAMMATICALLY is how the word is spelled.
Carlen is an English major and did not pick up on that one?
2006-10-14 16:30:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say it is fine. It is not the best sounding statement ever, but it is grammatically correct. Oh, I have my B.A. in English, so I do know a little bit.
2006-10-14 14:49:31 · answer #3 · answered by Carlen 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
doesnt matter,,,, only matter is the meaning of wht they want to say,,, this world is ruled by some stupid , un wanted ppl.(from thousand years) in every area, specially in politics both in international and at locally because of ppl. like us who always keen for stupid things like gramatical mistake and this and that but never go in deep in matter and always judge things by world, and not by meaning of them....................
2006-10-14 14:45:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
By rights it should be clubs, not curbs.
2006-10-14 14:43:25 · answer #5 · answered by TiM 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋