Sentence Correction

Question 0

Absolutely necessary- must

Morally obliged - should

Answer 0

The court ruled the plantiff MUST pay full damages

Question 1

Helping verbs

Answer 1

May, will, must, should

Question 2

Only and all quantify nouns or otherwise restrict meaning

Answer 2

ALL children are covered in mud.
The children are ALL covered in mud.
ONLY the council votes on Thursdays
The council votes ONLY on Thursdays

Question 3

Avoid redundancy

Past

Answer 3

Previously
Formerly
In the past
Before now

Question 4

Avoid redundancy

Present

Answer 4

Now
Currently
Presently
At present

Question 5

Avoid redundancy

Yearly

Answer 5

Annual
Each year
A year (eg three launches a year)

Question 6

Cousin words with distinct meaning

Aggravate - worsen

Answer 6

Aggravating - irritating

Question 7

Cousin words with distinct meaning

Known as- named

Answer 7

Known to be- acknowledged as

Question 8

Cousin words with distinct meaning

Loss of- no longer in possession of

Answer 8

Loss in- decline in value

Question 9

Cousin words with distinct meaning

Mandate- command

Answer 9

Have a mandate- have authority from voters

Question 10

Cousin words with distinct meaning

Native of - person from

Answer 10

Native to- species that originated in

Question 11

Cousin words with distinct meaning

Range of - variety of

Answer 11

Ranging - varying

Question 12

Cousin words with distinct meaning

Rate of- speed or frequency of

Answer 12

Rates for- prices for

Question 13

Cousin words with distinct meaning

Rise- general increase

Answer 13

Raise- a bet or salary increase in American English

Question 14

Cousin words with distinct meaning

Try to do - seek to accomplish

Answer 14

Try doing - experiment with

Question 15

Past participle- the participle used in perfect tenses and passive voice. A past participle may also be used as an adjective. Past participles tend to indicate completed action, although not necessarily in the past (relative to now)

Answer 15

The tires will be PUNCTURED. They have BROKEN the lamp. A FROZEN lake. Regular past participles are formed by adding -d or -ed to the base of the verb.

Question 16

Past participle- the participle used in perfect tenses and passive voice. A past participle may also be used as an adjective. Past participles tend to indicate completed action, although not necessarily in the past (relative to now)

Answer 16

Many irregular past participles are listed below, together with irregulat past- tense forms. Sometimes the past-tense form and the past participle are identical.
Lead- base form
Led -past tense
Led-past participle

Question 17

Connecting word.
Also known as SUBORDINATORS because they turn the vlauses they are attached to into a SUBORDINATE CLAUSES, which cannot stand by themselves

Answer 17

Because and which

Question 18

Prepositional phrase
Eliminate the middlemen, and skip the warmup. They modify or describe other parts of the sentence. Thus you can eliminate them to find the subject

Answer 18

OF mice
IN Guam
TO the store
FOR milk
WITH her
ON their orders
BY 1800
AT that level
FROM the office

Question 19

Preposition- a word that indicates a relationship between the obect (usually a noun) and something else in the sentence. In some cases, prepositions can consist of more than one word

Answer 19

Of. in to for with on by at from as into about like after between through over against under out of. Next to. Upon

Question 20

Subordinate clause. They do not contain the main sibject or verb, they are frequently used as middlemen and warmups

Answer 20

Begin with connecting words such as WHO or WHICH

Question 21

Present and past participles

Other modifiers

Answer 21

Present -ing forms derived from verbs

Past -ed smd -en forms derived from verbs

Question 22

A noun in a prepositional phrase cannot be the subject of the sentence

Answer 22

Use structure to decide

Question 23

And vs additive

And - are. Both plural

Answer 23

The word AND can unite two or more singular subjects, forming a compound plural subject.

Question 24

And vs additive. Additive phrases do not form compound subjects. Rather they function as modifiers and cannot change the number of the subject

Answer 24

``` Additive phrases do NOT form compound subjects. Along with Accompanied by In addition Together with As well as Including ```

Question 25

Or, either. . . Or, neither . . . Nor | If one noun is singular and the other is plural, what verb form should be used?

Answer 25

Find the noun NEAREST to the verb, and make sure the verb agrees in number with this noun. Neither the coach nor the players ARE going to the beach

Question 26

And vs additive

Answer 26

Note that when the words EITHER or NEITHER are in a sentence alone (without OR or NOR) they are considered singular

Question 27

Collective nouns: almost always singular Usually does not end with an -s The CROWD IS cheering Our ARMY IS attacking

Answer 27

People- agency army audience committee crowd orchestra team Items- baggage citrus equipment fleet fruit furniture

Question 28

Indefinite pronouns. Usually singular End in -one, -body, -thing Pronouns are words that replace other nouns

Answer 28

Anyone, anybody, anything | No one, nobody, nothing

Question 29

Indefinite pronoun- not specific about the thing it refers Usually singular

Answer 29

Anyone

Question 30

Indefinite pronoun that can be either singular or plural | S A N A M

Answer 30

``` Some Any None All More / Most ```

Question 31

Not one is ALWAYS singular

Answer 31

NOT ONE of my friends IS here this weekend

Question 32

With SANAM pronouns the noun object of the OF PHRASE can help you determine the number of the subject

Answer 32

Right- Some of the money WAS stolen Right- Some of the documents WERE stolen

Question 33

Each and every: singular senations if BEFORE NOUN If each is AFTER NOUN, no bearing on verb

Answer 33

Right: Every dog and cat HAS paws- singular Right- They EACH ARE great tennis players- plural

Question 34

Quantity word or phrases. Same as SANAM. The noun in the OF prepositional phrase will indicate whether the verb is singular or plural

Answer 34

The majority of the students are hard workers.

Question 35

The number is singular The number of hardworking students in this class IS quite large

Answer 35

A number is plural A number of students in this class are hardworkers

Question 36

The words majority, minority, and plurality are either singular or plural depending on their context.

Answer 36

The majority of the students are hard workers. In the Senate, the majority is a unified voting block

Question 37

Half of the PIE (subject) is blueberry, and half of the SLICES (plural sub) ARE already gone.

Answer 37

Fractions and percents can be both plural or singular. Depends on the "of prepositional phrase"

Question 38

Subject phrases and clauses. Always singular

Answer 38

Having good friends IS a wonderful thing. Don't use plural friends Whatever (singular) they want to do IS fine with me.

Question 39

Lists with and

Answer 39

You should flip lists so that the longest item is last, if possible