Even professional writers also succumb to such danger

Keys are to secure propriety - what then is to prevent errors in professional writings? Vigilance, of course!






The weekly pullout of a popular national English daily has the following sentences in two separate articles written by professionals on the same day:-

1) Our companies are well positioned to not only weather the storm but to seize the many opportunities that present itself during these times.

2) The focus is on ties this week and we love how it dresses your work wear up in just a few twists and turns.

Are you able to detect anything wrong with the two sentences enumerated above? Just in case you are unable to do so, you may wish to take a second look at my earlier articles Inconsistency/Concord Failure/Noun-Pronoun Disagreement and Lurking danger of pronouns to assist you.

By now, I am sure you can realize that in sentence 1, '...opportunities that present themselves (and not itself)... and that in sentence 2, '...we love how they (and not it as the ties are referred to) dress your work wear up...'

Be careful of reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
-- Mark Twain