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I would appreciate any feedback on these sentences. Problem word is bolded and the suggested correction I was given is just below.

There is no logical way that humongous, long extinct short face bears are really roaming the park?
Long-extinct was the suggested correct usage

Victoria Oldsea, an environmental scientist, is the public liaison of Buckthorn corporation. Who are finally seeing the fruition of years of efforts to mine erbium in Olympic National Park,
Is (singular) was the recommended correction. But the sentence relates to the Buckthorn corporation (plural), or am I incorrect?

Thank you

Hi,

In the first example, "long-extinct" should be hyphenated because it is a compound adjective preceding the word it modifies. Actually, after doing a Google search on the animal, I would hyphenate "short-face[d]" as well.
https://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/hyphens.asp#

In your second question, "corporation" is a collective noun. According to the following link, collective nouns are treated as singular in American English and plural in British English, so you are both right.
https://editorsmanual.com/articles/coll ... or-plural/

I hope this helps.

Thanks! I appreciate it