10 COMMON GRAMMATICAL MISTAKES Flashcards
Subject verb agreement, the verb must agree with the subject. MUST IGNORE
intervening phrases or clauses, focus on the first part
a singular in form but plural in meaning, a noun the represent a group of persons, animals or things
collective noun
if the group is acting as a single entity, match with
singular verb
if the group is acting separately, match with
plural verb
when the subject consist of two or more words that are connected by the word AND, the subject is plural thus calls for a
plural verb
when the subject consist of two or more singular words that are connected by the words OR EITHER NEITHER NOR OR NOT ONLY BUT, the subject is singular and calls for a
singular verb
when the subject consist of singular and plural words that are connected by the words OR EITHER NEITHER NOR OR NOT ONLY BUT, choose a verb that agrees with the subject that is
closest to the verb
a sentence that has two or more independent clauses
compound sentence
when two independent clauses are joined by a coordinating conjunction such as and or but, make sure to place
a comma before the conjunction
occurs when two or more complete sentences are written as though they were one sentence
run on sentence
run on sentence can be solved by adding
dash, semicolon, colon, coordinating conjunction or a period
incomplete sentences, in order to make the XXX a sentence, it is necessary to supply an independent clause
sentence fragments
are words or groups of words that are not located properly in relation to the words they modify. NEXT TO THE WORD, PHRASE, OR CLAUSE IT MODIFIES.
Misplaced modifier
a phrase that is formed by a participle, its object and the object’s modifiers; the phrase functions as an adjective. modifies the noun that either directly precedes or directly follows the phrase
participial phrase
