Sentence Correction

Question 1

When I see to research

Answer 1

I know that it is the idiom “to research - X” go straight into the what you want to research

Question 2

When I see a preposition (to, about on) in the first underline

Answer 2

I know it is likely testing idioms

Question 3

Preposition is

Answer 3

a word or group of words used before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships, or to introduce an object. Some examples of prepositions are words like “in,” “at,” “on,” “of,” and “to.”

Question 4

When I see that following a verb

Answer 4

I know it is to start a new clause. Then the noun after “that” will be a subject of a new clause instead of what the verb before is affecting. ex: predict that john walks vs predict john second one is predicting john vs predicting the clause of john walking

Question 5

When I see “would be”

Answer 5

I know it is conditional and needs to be dependent on some other event or condition. ex: would be if

Question 6

When I see the marker “less”

Answer 6

I know it’s a comparison marker used in the form “X is less than Y”

Question 7

When I see two comparison markers (less & compared to)

Answer 7

I know the answer is wrong for redundancy

Question 8

The past perfect tense is

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When something happened in the past but prior to another past event referenced, so it needs to be referencing something before the other time marker. Ex: Yesterday, I was thinking about how I “had acted” last year.

Question 9

An adverbial modifier like “ ,with “

Answer 9

is a modifier that refers to the main action (verb) in the sentence, but does not explain the entire clause. ex: He jumped crazily on the trampoline, with arms and legs flying everywhere.

If there is no action verb (ex: walk, jump, talk etc.) it does not work.

Question 10

When I see the marker “where as”

Answer 10

I know it’s the idiom “X where as Y” where X&Y are parrallel. Compare subject to subject or verb to verb

Question 11

When the marker “or” is used in parallelism

Answer 11

It follows the structure “X or Y” and X & Y need to be the same type of word

Question 12

When i see one -

Answer 12

It needs to be accompanied by another -

Question 13

When I see the marker “both”

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I know it’s “Both X and Y” only. No “as well as”

Question 14

If I see a lot of commas in a question with an “and”

Answer 14

I should look for parallelism issues because it may be a list

Question 15

If you see a “that” after a noun

Answer 15

It is a modifier describing the noun right before it

Question 16

When I see the modifier “, which”

Answer 16

I check for the closest main noun before the comma it is supposed to be modifying

Question 17

What does an adverb do?

Answer 17

It modifies a adjective, verb or other adverb or word group. It often is a descriptor ending in “ly”

It never should modify a noun

Question 18

When I see a marker for parallelism like “and”

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I make sure all items fit with the root phrase.

Question 19

When I see the marker “neither”

Answer 19

I know it’s the idiom “neither X nor Y”

Question 20

When I see the marker “between”

Answer 20

I know it’s “between X and Y”

Question 21

When I see the marker “distinguish”

Answer 21

I know its “distinguish” X from Y

Question 22

When I see the markers “different” or “similar”

Answer 22

I know it’s “ X Different from Y” and “X similar to Y”

Question 23

When I see the marker “In Contrast”

Answer 23

I know it’s “X’s Z in contrast to/with Y’s Z” Both Zs are the same

Question 24

When I see the marker “Like”

Answer 24

I know it’s used to compare nouns only!!! No comparing prepositional phrases or clauses

Question 25

When I see "as" in comparisons

Answer 25

I know its used to compare clauses only!!! Both parts need verbs. No Comparing nouns

Question 26

When I see only two things being compared

Answer 26

I know to use the comparative form of (er) of an adjective or adverb ex:shorter

Question 27

When I see a comparison with more than 2 things

Answer 27

I know to use superlative form of est ex: shortest

Question 28

If I see the plural version of an adverb that ends in -ly

Answer 28

I know that you need use more and not the -er from to make a comparison ex: I eat more quickly than Tom

Question 29

If I see a comparative word such as slower

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I know it must be followed by "than" ex: I'm taller than tom

Question 30

When I see a question with "It or It's" and "they, them or theirs" in different options

Answer 30

I know it's testing plurality in pronouns, so I need to find the antecedent

Question 31

When I see "this or these" & "that or those"

Answer 31

I need to make sure that they are not replacing nouns which should use "it, they, them"

Question 32

When I see the marker "Ability"

Answer 32

I think about the idiom "ability *to*"

Question 33

When the Marker "neither" shows up

Answer 33

I know it's the idiom "neither X *nor* Y"

Question 34

When I see the marker "allow"

Answer 34

I know it's one of these 3 forms "Allows noun to verb" "was allowed to "verb" "Allows for noun"

Question 35

When the marker "not or not only" shows up

Answer 35

I use the structure "not X but Y" or "Not only X but also Y"

Question 36

When the marker "From" shows up

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Use structure "From X to Y" From always has to

Question 37

If I see X and Y

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I make sure that the X&Y are both the same type of word. (ex: nouns + nouns) Also if X has in then Y needs in ex: in France and in Spain

Question 38

When I see amount or less

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I know it's for something you can't count ex: amount of water or less water

Question 39

When I see number or fewer

Answer 39

I know it's for a quantifiable item ex: Number of hours or fewer hours

Question 40

When the marker "whether" shows up

Answer 40

I know it's the idiom "whether X *or* Y" Or has to be there

Question 41

When I see the marker "like or unlike"

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I know it's the either "X like Y" or Like X, Y

Question 42

When I see the marker "as" in parallelism

Answer 42

I know it's the structure X, as Y ex: Joe is tall, as is Niv

Question 43

When I see the marker "As adj as"

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I know it's "X as adj as Y" ex: I'm as tall as sam

Question 44

When I see "View"

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I know it's "view X as Y" ex: I view studying as hard

Question 45

When I see "in contrast"

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I know it's "In contrast to X, Y" Don't forget the comma

Question 46

When I see " Mistake"

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I know it's "Mistake X for Y"

Question 47

When I see "Estimate"

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I know it's "Estimate X to be Y"

Question 48

When I see: Consider Declare Make Assume

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I use the Idiom "Consider XY" ex: I declare Tom dumb not I consider Tom as dumb

Question 49

When I see a Q with a adjective that turns into an adverb

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I check for meaning and see if it should modify a noun or something else

Question 50

When I see a modifier in between commas

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I know it's likely a non essential noun modifier

Question 51

If I see a noun modifier preceded by "that"

Answer 51

I know that it is an essential noun modifier

Question 52

If I see a which vs that split

Answer 52

I know it's testing a noun modifier

Question 53

What are the 3 most important types of modifiers?

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1. Prep Phrases 2. -ing words 3. -ed words

Question 54

To find out what a prep phrase is modifying

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You ask what it is describing

Question 55

To find out if a -ing or -ed word is a noun or adverbial modifier

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You check to see if it's surrounded by commas. if it is then it an adverbial mod and not a noun mod

Question 56

When I want to check if a -ing or -ed modifier is essential

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I check to see if it's surrounded by commas. If it is then it is not essential.

Question 57

When I see a , which modifier

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I know it needs to refer to a very nearby noun

Question 58

When I see a , -ing modifier

Answer 58

I know it needs to refer to an action

Question 59

When differentiating between a ", -ing" and a ", which" modifier

Answer 59

I check to see if it should modify an action or a noun

Question 60

When I see a noun modifier

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I know it needs to be placed as close to it's noun as possible

Question 61

When a noun has both an essential and non essential modifier

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You put the noun next to the essential modifier first

Question 62

If I see a noun modifier modifying a possessive noun like "bill's"

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I know it's wrong because possessive nouns like "bill's" are adjectives and not nouns

Question 63

If I see a "which, who, whose, whom"

Answer 63

I know there should be a noun modifier

Question 64

If I see a noun followed by "that"

Answer 64

I know "that" is signaling a noun modifier

Question 65

If I see a "who/whom" and "which" split

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I need to check to see if the noun is a person or not because "who/whom" only modify people and "which" does not

Question 66

If I see the modifier marker "whose"

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I know it can be for both people and things

Question 67

If I see "which" or "whose" following a preposition ("through", "for")

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I check to see it's correct by inverting the sentence. ex: The Senator for whom we worked becomes: We worked for the Senator

Question 68

When deciding between a "where" or "in which" split

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I check to see if it's modifying a real or metaphorical place. Where = Real and in which = Metaphorical

Question 69

When I see a split with "When" or "in which" or "during which"

Answer 69

I know they can be swapped interchangeably

Question 70

If a prep phrase explains how, when, where or why an action occurred or answer a how much question

Answer 70

It is adverbial modifier

Question 71

When a non verb -ing or -ed word is not separated by commas

Answer 71

I know it is a noun modifier

Question 72

When I have two independent clauses and a modifier

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I need to make sure the modifier is on the right side of the conjunction connecting the two modifiers

Question 73

A subordinate clause is

Answer 73

almost a complete sentence except it has a subordinator at the beginning ex: although So, instead it modifies the main clause and is always an adverbial modifier.

Question 74

If there is a opening modifier

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it should go along with the noun of the main clause that it precedes.

Question 75

If I see two connection words in the same sentence such as "Yet" and "Although"

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I know it's wrong because of redundancy

Question 76

If I see the word "Numbers" in the sentence

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I know to use greater or less and not more than for comparisons

Question 77

When deciding between increase and greater

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I need to see if it is a comparison or not. If it's a comparison you use greater or less.

Question 78

If I see the word "and"

Answer 78

I know there is always parallelism with the structure: X and Y or X,Y, and Z

Question 79

What do And, or, but, from/to, and rather than have in common?

Answer 79

They are all markers of parralelism

Question 80

When I see the marker "either"

Answer 80

I know it's parallelism in the structure of "either X or Y" No and allowed!!!

Question 81

What are the closed markers of parallelism?

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"Both/and" "Either/ or" "Not/But" "Not only/But also" "From/To"

Question 82

When I see a closed marker of parallelism

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I know that the X & Y elements need to be directly after each marker. Ex: I saw both Tom and Jerry yesterday

Question 83

If I see parallelism in a prepositional phrase

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I know that the prepositions (in, on, under, etc.) do not have to be the same. Ex: It was important to leave the money in the drawer rather than on the table

Question 84

When I see a parallelism marker I know to

Answer 84

Check for the root phrases and distribute it to see if it's well matched up

Question 85

What are the open markers of parallelism?

Answer 85

"And" "Or" "But" "Rather than" With these comparisons there is no beginning marker that shows where the comparison starts.

Question 86

What do you do when you recognize an open marker?

Answer 86

Step 1: Identify the parallelism marker Step 2: Identify the Y element Step 3: Use the Y element to identify the X element Step 4: Identify the Root phrase and distribute it to each element.

Question 87

When I see the marker "and" preceded by only one comma

Answer 87

I know it's connecting two independent clauses

Question 88

When I see the marker "and" preceded by two commas

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I know it can be: 1) A list of 3 things 2) a comparison with a modifier in the middle offset by the commas. ex: The baker looked at the wedding cake, which stood over 4 feet high, and beamed proudly. The parallelism is between "looked" and "beamed"

Question 89

When I see as X as

Answer 89

I know it is comparing clauses with X being an adjective or an adverb ex: I am as tall as John

Question 90

When I see "as" at the start of a prepositional phrase

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I know that it is an adverbial modifier affecting clauses ex: Liat worked "as a consultant" for seven years as a consultant is a prep phrase and adverbial modifier.

Question 91

When I see a more vs greater split

Answer 91

I know to use more for numbered quantities and greater for percentage and others