There is a serious side to the ability to distinguish between good and bad grammar.
Yesterday I received an E-mail, purportedly coming from my bank (it had the correct logo at the head of the E-mail, etc. etc.). It asks me to click on a link, whereupon I shall be asked to confirm my login details, as part of a 'security upgrade'. Blah blah blah...
When I visited my online banking
via the normal login, there was no mention of any 'security upgrade'.
What aroused my suspicion is the
bad grammar in the E-mail, and a liberal sprinkling of exclamation marks, unlikely to feature in genuine messages from the bank.
Certainly I shall be checking this E-mail directly with my bank. Until then,
no way am I clicking on the link in it!
So, you see, assessing grammar has its uses!
Could someone explain that rule to me?
I was always taught: The police are...
Both may be correct. Grammatical rules can be and often are ambiguous.