I enjoy keeping up with Stephen Colbert's antics on Comedy Central. One of his shows this week included this phrase:...while Mom or Dad are fighting for you....
Whoops! If it's Mom OR Dad, not both of them together, fighting for you, then the verb should be singular. The phrase should read as follows:
...while Mom or Dad is fighting for you....
In spite of the grammar glitch, Colbert has a great charity challenge on his show right now. He wants viewers to vote for the branch of the service they want a contribution to go to--Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard. So far, the Coast Guard is lagging in votes.
What is great about this challenge is that the money goes to projects at the SCHOOLS attended by children of men and women serving in these military branches. If you'd like to participate, go to http://www.donorschoose.org/ and make a contribution while voting for one branch of the service.
Right now, either the Air Force or the Coast Guard needs more votes to stay off the bottom of the list.
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