I'm currently understudying a Broadway show, and there's a particular line of dialogue that I stumble over when rehearsing. The line is:
"In situations like this, the truth is never in good taste."
I think I stutter over the line because my inner grammar nerd is complaining. The way I want to say it is:
"In situations like these, the truth is never in good taste."
or, less effectively:
"In a situation like this, the truth is never in good taste."
In other words, I want the demonstrative pronoun ("these") to match the plural noun ("situations"). In my line of work, of course, I have to swallow my objections and say the line as written. But in this case, is my inner grammar nerd mistaken?
"In situations like this, the truth is never in good taste."
I think I stutter over the line because my inner grammar nerd is complaining. The way I want to say it is:
"In situations like these, the truth is never in good taste."
or, less effectively:
"In a situation like this, the truth is never in good taste."
In other words, I want the demonstrative pronoun ("these") to match the plural noun ("situations"). In my line of work, of course, I have to swallow my objections and say the line as written. But in this case, is my inner grammar nerd mistaken?
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