From the New York Times online today: the top version uses “curriculums”. The bottom version is what I see after clicking: it’s missing “a” before “new curriculum”. Unless they really meant curricula/“curriculums”.
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@grammartable @nyttypos Hmmm…I Googled it, and “curriculums” seems to be less popular but still considered correct🤮.
“Curriculum” without an article is 👎, though.
If each grade has it's own curriculum, then "new curriculums" would be correct. If for some reason they decided to change it to singular, then forgetting the article is a common mistake, especially with an interceding modifier.
In headlines, articles are often dropped, but these here have periods on the end of them, so they are sentences, not subheads.
Also, I think "Half of the children..." is correct, not "Half of children...", because it's talking about specific children, not children in general, so the definite article is required.
Given the subject matter, I wonder if these errors were intentional ironic humor.
(The AP style guide may specify "curricula" instead of "curriculums", I'm not sure, but either form is acceptable generally.)
@Pat @grammartable Does “half of children” mean the right half? The left half? The top half? 😉
@Pat @grammartable That reminds me of something I tooted earlier today: I hope *this* is ironic humor: https://www.cbsnews.com/video/author-ellen-jovin-answers-the-nations-grammatical-dilemmas/#x
Not all problems are dilemmas.