I hate to be the grammar police, but a couple of quick notes on errors I noticed.
1. "We must not be a nation who is unwilling to heed warnings." Should be a nation THAT is unwilling.
From Grammerly:
"Many people use the words who and that interchangeably, but it’s important to know the difference between them. In short, who is used to refer to people, while that is used for inanimate objects, organizations, and types of people."
"A company, organization, or government is an entity and not a person, so most of the time you’ll use that instead of who, unless you’re talking about specific people within the company."
2. "but what brought about the Nazis’ rise to power in 1933." Apostrophe is misplaced -- here the Nazi's (note the placement) is used in a possessive sense. It's the NAZI's rise.
From Grammerly:
"Apostrophes and possessive nouns:
The rules about forming possessive nouns probably cause the most apostrophe confusion. They vary a bit, depending on what type of noun you are making into a possessive. Here are the rules of thumb:
For most singular nouns, add -’s:
-- The dog’s leash
-- The writer’s desk
-- The planet’s atmosphere
For most plural nouns, add only an apostrophe:
-- The dogs’ leashes
-- The writers’ desks
-- The planets’ atmospheres
For plural nouns that do not end in s, add -’s:
-- The children’s toys
-- The geese’s migration route
Style guides vary in their recommendations of what to do to make a singular proper noun that ends in s possessive. Some recommend adding only an apostrophe:
-- Charles Dickens’ novels
-- Kansas’ main airport
Others say to add -’s:
-- Charles Dickens’s novels
-- Kansas’s main airport
No matter which style you use, add only the apostrophe to plural proper nouns that end in s:
There was another Cassandra 2 decades ago. Richard Clarke, and maybe others warned of imminent terrorist attack on America. The warnings were unheeded and 9/11 happened.
Thank you Reed
I hate to be the grammar police, but a couple of quick notes on errors I noticed.
1. "We must not be a nation who is unwilling to heed warnings." Should be a nation THAT is unwilling.
From Grammerly:
"Many people use the words who and that interchangeably, but it’s important to know the difference between them. In short, who is used to refer to people, while that is used for inanimate objects, organizations, and types of people."
"A company, organization, or government is an entity and not a person, so most of the time you’ll use that instead of who, unless you’re talking about specific people within the company."
2. "but what brought about the Nazis’ rise to power in 1933." Apostrophe is misplaced -- here the Nazi's (note the placement) is used in a possessive sense. It's the NAZI's rise.
From Grammerly:
"Apostrophes and possessive nouns:
The rules about forming possessive nouns probably cause the most apostrophe confusion. They vary a bit, depending on what type of noun you are making into a possessive. Here are the rules of thumb:
For most singular nouns, add -’s:
-- The dog’s leash
-- The writer’s desk
-- The planet’s atmosphere
For most plural nouns, add only an apostrophe:
-- The dogs’ leashes
-- The writers’ desks
-- The planets’ atmospheres
For plural nouns that do not end in s, add -’s:
-- The children’s toys
-- The geese’s migration route
Style guides vary in their recommendations of what to do to make a singular proper noun that ends in s possessive. Some recommend adding only an apostrophe:
-- Charles Dickens’ novels
-- Kansas’ main airport
Others say to add -’s:
-- Charles Dickens’s novels
-- Kansas’s main airport
No matter which style you use, add only the apostrophe to plural proper nouns that end in s:
-- The Harrises’ house
-- The Smiths’ vacation"
SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS!!!!!
Thank you!!
There was another Cassandra 2 decades ago. Richard Clarke, and maybe others warned of imminent terrorist attack on America. The warnings were unheeded and 9/11 happened.