SentenceErrors

Level3
1,Agreementonsubjectandverb
a,*Interveningwordsbetweensubjectandverb Thesolutionbymembersofthetwogroupsisreallyhelpful. *Interveningphrases(aswellas,inadditionto,alongwith,including,) Mysisteraswellasmybrotherisgoingtoapartytonight. b,Subjectthatmaybesingularorplural ThefamilyisgoingtoFranceforthewholeweek.(afamilyasawhole) ThefamilyaregoingtoFranceatdifferenttimes.(membersofthefamily) c,Collectivenoun Aflockofbirdsfliesinfrontofhim. d,Compoundsubjectsthoughtofasoneunit Fishandchipsismyfavoritebreakfast e,Either/or,Neither/nor(thenumberoftheverbisdeterminedbytheclosernoun) NeitherInorheisdoingthejobtoday. f,(Singular)(Plural)orviceversa Taxesareagreatsourceofmoneyforthegovernment g,Reversesentence Happyandproudwassheonherwedding. h,Percentage/fraction+Subject 84%oftheresidentsdonthavetopayfortheirmedications. 1/3ofthecakeisfinished.

2,VerbTense
AfterIhadfinishedthejob,Iwenttobed. Afterhavingfinishedthejob,Iwenttobed Havingfinishedthejob,Iwenttobed. AfterIfinishedthejob,Iwenttobed. Afterfinishingthejob,Iwenttobed. Finishingthejob,Iwenttobed.(twoactionshappenatthesametime)

3,Diction(wordchoice)
a,Confusingwords Sheisaneminentscientist. IfapersonisaffectedbyHIV,deathisimminent. b,Samerootwords Theneedforfreshwaterisunquestionable. Childrenmustlistentotheirparentsunquestioningly. c,Wronguseofwords

Thereasonforthedropinhergradesisbecauseofherillness.(becauseshouldnotbeusedwith reason) Thereasonforthedropinhergradesisherillness.

d,Informalwords

Ikindofhatehorrormovies.(kindof,sortof,areinformal) Ihatehorrormovies.
e,Redundancy

Yourworkissobadlydone,soyouhavetoredoitagain.(thewordagainisnotnecessary)
Yourworkissobadlydone,soyouhavetoredoit.

4,AgreementofPronounandAntecedent
a,Number Everyonehastosubmittheirworkontime. Everyonehastosubmithisworkontime. b,Shiftinpronounperson Whenyouworkinthiscompany,onemustfollowitsrules. Whenyouworkinthiscompany,youmustfollowitsrules.

Level2
1,Verbforms
Thewinnersarechoseatrandom.(pastparticipleshouldbeusedinsteadofsimplepast) Thewinnersarechosenatrandom.

2,Useofcomparisons
a,Comparativedegreemustbeusedbetweentwosubjectsandsuperlativedegreemustbeused betweenmorethantwosubjects MikeandMicarebothhandsome,butIlikeMikemore. Ofthethreestudents,AnnisthebestatMathematics. b,Parallelstructure Playingtennisismorefunthantoplaybadminton. Playingtennisismorefunthanplayingbadminton. c,Ambiguouscomparisons AnnlovesBenmorethanChris. AnnlovesBenmorethanshelovesChris. AnnlovesBenmorethanChrisdoes. d,Comparisonsbetweenasubjectandagroup(else,other,areneeded) Bensflyingskillisbetterthananypilots. Bensflyingskillisbetterthananyotherpilots. e,as(adjective)as Icanrunasfast,ifnotfasterthanTom. Icandoasfastas,ifnotfasterthanTom.

3,Pronounreference
a,Therearemorethanoneantecedents BentoldMarkthathiscarhadbeendestroyedbyastranger.(hisheremaymeanBensorMarks) BentoldMarkthatBenscarhadbeendestroyedbyastranger. b,theycannotreplaceapronoun IntheDailyProphettheysaythatSiriusBlackhasescapedfromtheAzkaban. SiriusBlackisreportedby the Daily Profet to have escaped from the Azkaban. c,Theuseofit Ifwestayclosetoeachother,itwillbebetter. Itisbetterifwestayclosetoeachother.

d,Ambiguouswhich Iwentintothehauntedhouse,whichfrightenedeveryone.(whichmayrefertothehouseorthefact thatIwentintothehouse) Iwentintothehouseandthatfrightenedeveryone. e,Possessivenoun Bensnovelbringsalotofmoneytohim. Benearnsalotofmoneyfromhisnovel.

4,Pronounchoice
a,Objectpronounisusedafterpreposition Hepromisedmethathewouldtakecareofher. b,Parallelism Dadboughtacakeformeandhe. Dadboughtacakeformeandhim. c,Possessivepronoun Iamsorryformecominglate. Iamsorryformycominglate. d,Anounnexttoapronoun Weboysfinditirritatingtocleantheladiestoilet. Itisirritatingforusboytocleantheladiestoilet. e,ItwasI/me Itwashewholockedthedoor. Itwashimwhomtheteacheristalkingto.

Level1
1,Parallelconstruction
a,Listing Ilikepainting,drawing,skiingandtodance. Ilikepainting,drawing,skiinganddancing.

b,Comparisons Ilikedrawingmorethantodance. Ilikedrawingmorethandancing. c,Either/or,neither/nor Ilikeneithertodrawnorskiing. Ilikeneithertodrawnortoski. d,Samegrammarstructuremustbeusedforparallelideas Sheobjectedtomycomingtoschoollateandmyuncombedhair. Sheobjectedtomycomingtoschoollateandtomyuncombedhair.

2,Idiom
Theystartedtofightafterarguingagainsteachotherfor2hours. Theystartedtofightafterarguingwitheachotherfor2hours.

3,Modifier
a,Wrongposition Idonatedacartoanorganizationthatnolongerranwell. Idonatedacarthatnolongerranwelltoanorganization. b,Danglingmodifier Goinghomefromschool,mycatalwayswaitsformeatthedoor. Goinghomefromschool,Ialwaysseemycatatthedoor.

4,Doublenegatives
Ididntseenoonelookingforyou! Ididntseeanyonelookingforyou

5,Sentencefragments,runonsandcommasplices
a,Sentencefragments Becausetheweathertodayisreallygreatforarun. Theweathertodayisreallygreatforarun. b,Runonsandcommasplices SheisthemostbeautifulpersonIhaveeverseen,shehasattractiveblueeyesandsheistall. SheisthemostbeautifulpersonIhaveeverseen;shehasattractiveblueeyesandsheistall.

6,Wordiness
ThewordsarearrangedalphabeticallyfromAtoZ. Thewordsarearrangedalphabetically.