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Bad Verb

Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:34 am
by Stargzer
So, I'm perusing the morning's EMail and this headline in a newsletter catches my eye:
'Bad Verb': A bad user interface in action
By M. E. Kabay
AHA! Linguistics meets computers!

Well, not quite, but it's still a great read.

From Network World, 2008/07/22. Enjoy!

Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 9:19 pm
by Slava
Aye, this an odd one. "Bad Verb"? When there's no verb there?

Then again, how about bad subject/verb agreement?
Question 8: "Is there a particular site, page or set of documents that are hard to find?" If you really insist on making this a required field, change the text to read, "Identify at least one particular site, page or set of documents that are hard to find...

Shouldn't that "are" be "is"?