Sentence Corrections

Question 1

Subject +Verb

Answer 1

Check that subject+verb and object align

Question 2

Adjective

Answer 2

Sentence work logically with what they modify

Question 3

Pronouns

Answer 3

Make sure that the pronouns and nouns match

Question 4

Make sure it makes sense

Answer 4

In many cases, our final step in answering a sentence correction question will be to eliminate versions that don’t convey a meaning that make sense and find a version that does convey a meaning that makes sense

Question 5

Cross out double commas

Answer 5

White-tailed deer, found in Canada, the United States, Mexico, and Central and South America, they are the smallest member of the North-American deer family. -> will not make sense if you cross out the double comma

Question 6

Adjective placed between two verbs

Answer 6

Create ambiguity; Example: The tennish shoes that Adele borrower recently were taken from her car by a thief -> were the shoes recently taken by a thief or did she recently borrowed a shoe.

Question 7

The author said in 2020 the price of her books would need to double.

Answer 7

Ambiguous: did the author make the statement in 2020? Or was the statement made about something that would occur by 2020?

Question 8

In sentence correction

Answer 8

typically more than one flaw in same sentence

Question 9

In sentence correction

Answer 9

remove the four versions that are the most clearly flawed -> there has to be something grammatically wrong

Question 10

Eliminate choices because

Answer 10

we see why they are incorrect not because we can’t see why they are correct -> don’t move forward unless you understand clearly why they are not correct

Question 11

Debating between two answers

Answer 11

seek to pinpoint the essential ways in which the sentence differ. There must be at lest one key point of difference between them that will render one more effective (correct) than the other

Question 12

Setting up your scratch pad for elimination

Answer 12

when you are working with sentence correct, look at the choices/write them (a, b ,c, d, e) and cross them out as you move on

Question 13

Intended meaning

Answer 13

There is no such thing as intended meaning in sentence correction. You just need to find the grammatically right answer -> any choice can be correct as long as its sentence is free from grammar errors and makes logical sense

Question 14

Chane the meaning

Answer 14

It’s perfectly fine for an answer choice to change the meaning from the meaning conveyed by the original sentence

Question 15

Awkward answer

Answer 15

It’s okay to have awkward answer as long as it’s grammatically correct

Question 16

Approaching the sentence correction using ears

Answer 16

might not he right all the time -> so find the grammatical mistake with the answer

Question 17

Be careful of E

Answer 17

Although answer choice (E) will be correct as frequently as the other four answer choices, you should not choose answer choice (E) as correct simply because you do not see why any of the other answer options are correct