Monday, October 12, 2009

Following up on "Commensurate"


My posting of August 24, 2009 has stated that the word "Commensurate" is not a verb but an adjective as can be seen from a newspaper article titled Verbs gone astray by a Dr. Lim.

There is a need for the Sports Ministry, sponsors and the Association to check the slide for the under achievements which does not commensurate with the funds injected.

The preceding sentence is taken from a newspaper with "commensurate" therein again used as a verb apart from the irregularity of matching the plural noun of achievements with a singular helping verb of does.

The sentence should have been written as "There is a need for the Sports Ministry, sponsors and the Association to check the slide for the under achievements which are not commensurate with the funds injected.

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