The Grammar School 5-12-99
Illustrious Idioms
There comes a time during any sales presentation when you have to home in on/hone in on your key message.
We will get back to you once we have had a chance to fleshout/flush out the details of our proposal.
It's usually a good idea to peak/peek/pique people's interest before you try to sell them.
Once we merge with Telcoms Limited, everyone in this department will have to tow the line/toe the line.
If someone arguing with you gives you a red herring, he or she is trying to:
a: impress you
b: mislead you
c. frighten you
Grammar Play
Based on the conversations I have had with Cassius and Casca their/there/they're is ever reason to believe that their/there/there’re going to give us their/there/they're full cooperation.
The goose as well as the gander was/were shipped yesterday.
Neither Helen nor her assistants were/was present when the ships were launched.
Neither Sally nor I was/were able to attend the tango dancing awards ceremony.
The Lunar Tides project has been going good/well.
The situation looks good/well.
How bad/badly do you want to judge the tango contest?
We're working extra careful/carefully this week.
The situation looks good/well to me.
No, I don't feel bad/badly at all.
There are no more nuclear reactors in the warehouse. Somebody must have taken it/them away
I don't get headaches: I give it/them.
I was hoping that you and her/she could work on this project together.
Learning the tango would be an excellent project for Frank and her/she.
It was them/they who first suggested the idea of combining tango lessons with the Lunar Tides project.
Who/Whom shall I say is calling?
To who/whom would you like this letter sent?
We held the tango contest in the large (comma, no comma) blue room next to the cafeteria.
The report offers a penetrating (comma, no comma) accurate analysis of frozen orange juice industry.
The red, white(comma, no comma) and blue colors tend to patriotic.
The red, white, blue (comma, no comma) and green are not so patriotic.
Inez was optimistic. She said, "it looks good(."or".)
"It looks good(", or ,") she said.