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SVA
Stop Signs
S & V must agree in number
SVA
SVA
SVA
a collective noun
A subject in the form of
Verb+ing or to+verb
SVA
SVA
SVA
SVA
an X of Y subject
the verb comes before the
subject
SVA
SVA
SVA
SVA
Each, Every
SVA
What to check
correct verb is used
Good Example
John is a tall man
Bad Example
The kids plays football
S&V
S&V
Neither the coach nor the players Neither the players nor the
are going to the game
coach are going to the game
SVA
SVA
always singular
Parallelism
Parallelism
Parallelism
Parallelism
Parallelism
Pronouns
Pronouns
Either/Neither cannot be followed by nor/or, He met them Either at the park or He met them at the park but
Not only/but also cannot be alone
at the train station
also at the train station
Bill Clinton is a former
Every pronoun in the underlined
a pronoun must agree with the noun to
Bill Clinton is a former president. president. She is no longer a
part of the sentence or after it which it refers in number, gender and person
He is no longer a president.
president.
New papers incorporating tiny
cellulose fibers, which allegedly
Check for ambiguity for every
if the pronoun can refer to more than one
give these materials the strength
John told the boy that he
pronoun
antecedent and it is a logical one.
of cast iron.
was quick.
Pronouns
The word/term it is
Pronouns
Pronouns
Pronouns
Pronouns
Pronouns
That/Those
Pronouns
This/These
Pronouns
Modifiers
Modifiers
one of
verb+ing or V3, at the beginning
of the sentence, and separated the modifier must appear immediately before
by a comma
or after the noun it describes
Noun modifier
Modifiers
Which,That,Who,Whose,Whom,
Where,When
Modifiers
Who/Whom
That/Whom
Modifiers
Modifiers
Where
Modifiers
When
Modifiers
Modifiers
Modifiers
That Which
That/Which
We had an arrangement
WHERE he cooked and I
cleaned
Recently documented
examples of neurogenesis,
Recently documented examples of the production of new brain
neurogenesis, the production of
cells, include. the brain
new brain cells, include. brain
growth in mice when placed
growth in mice that are placed in in a stimulating environment
a stimulating environment or an or the increase in canaries'
when + PAST PARTICIPLE refers to the subject increase in neurons in canaries
neurons when they learn
When + PAST PARTICIPLE vs. That of the sentence. Check if it is a logical one.
that learn new songs.
new songs.
Modifiers
Modifiers
Adjective/Adverb (-ly)
Modifiers
Modifiers
Resulting from
Modifiers
Modifiers
's or s'
Tenses
Tenses
Tenses
Tenses
Tenses
Tenses
Tenses
Tenses
Tenses
An examination of scandals
An examination of scandals within within the past few years
the past few years involving
involving insider
insider
trading reveals that most
trading reveals that most accused
accused employees had
employees have chosen to leave
chosen to leave their jobs
their jobs
preemptively rather than
Indicates an action that started in the past preemptively rather than face the face the embarrassment of
and continues in the present, hence the verb
embarrassment of being fired.
being fired.
should be in the present perfect.
actions that had been completed before [a
certain point in time/another action] in the John had moved to Seattle before
John moved to Seattle
past
he met Jane
before he met Jane
Tenses
Tenses
Tenses
Tenses
Tenses
Tenses
Tenses
Comparisons
Comparisons
Comparisons
if/unless
if/unless
Like,Unlike,Than,As
Like/Unlike
As
Comparisons
Comparisons
As/Like
That/It
Comparisons
Greater / Higher
Comparisons
Superlatives - most
Redundancy
Although, according to
several studies, the costs of
Although, according to several
treating acute otitis media
studies, the costs of treating acute (AOM) episodes amounted
otitis media (AOM) episodes
to higher than 2 percent of
amounted to greater than 2
the estimated $3 billion the
percent of the estimated $3
nation spent on illness last
billion the nation spent on illness year, doctors say that these
When describing the magnitude of a
last year, doctors say that these
costs can be mitigated if
quantity, use great and greater; one such
costs can be mitigated if parents
parents take preventative
magnitude includes the portion of a whole, a take preventative measures for
measures for their children.
percent.
their children.
the most adjective or the adjective-est. ,
include a definition of the group being
Jane is the most pleasant person
Jane is the most pleasant
compared
in town
person
Jane is not sure if John is
answer choice that uses whether (preferred
Jane is not sure whether John is
making dinner tonight or
to if) without the or not
making dinner tonight.
not.
Redundancy
Though/Although/Even
though/Despite/In spite of...
later followed by
but/yet/however/still/neverthel two opposition conjunctions when referring
ess
to the same relation is redundant
Redundancy
Redundancy
Redundancy
annual + year
Redundancy
Redundancy
Redundancy
amount to a sum
should be amount to
Redundancy
Redundancy
one/two/three/four times
Redundancy
as well as
Redundancy
Maybe
Many/Much, Few/Less,
Number/Amount, More/Great
rate / height
THE
a comma followed by a
FANBOYS - For And Nor But Or
Yet So
is the noun countable or not (Countable/Non There were fewer Numidian kings
Countable)
than roman emperors
I mediated a dispute among
Maya, Logan and Kalen
Earl walked to school; he later ate
his lunch
Post MBA compensation for
1. separate an aooisutuve from items in a
investment bankers tend to surge
list. 2. Restate or explain an earlier part of the far ahead of that for management
sentence. 3. Unlike the colon (:) the dash
consultants - by tens, if not
does not need to be immediately preceded hundereds , of thousnds of dollars
by the part needing explanation
a year
provides further explanation for what comes
before it. The words preceding the colon can I love listening to many kinds of
stand alone as a sentence.
music: classical, rock and pop.
2 things - between, 3 or more - among
connects 2 closely related statements. Each
must be able to stand alone.