The original: https://www.nytimes.com/1979/11/04/archives/on-language-the-fumblerules-of-grammar.html https://www.nytimes.com/1979/11/04/archives/on-language-t

The original: https://www.nytimes.com/1979/11/04/archives/on-language-the-fumblerules-of-grammar.html https://www.nytimes.com/1979/11/04/archives/on-language-the-... > • Verbs has to agree with their subjects. But I saw what happened. Googling Safire's rules, the "helpful" top result via Google quoted a source that misquoted Safire, which I'm guessing is how it made it into your comment. So no worries.