Sentence correction

Subject verb agreement

1. Additive phrases: along with, in addition to, as well as. Accompanied by,
together with, including
Joe, along with his friends, Is going to angladesh
!. "r#either$ neither #nor
%either Joe nor his friends are
%either his friends nor Joe Is
&. 'ollective nouns singular: administration, army, class, audience, crowd,
faculty, team, orchestra etc
(. )%ation* indicates always plural##+,: -he angladeshi are good people.
.. Inde/nite pronouns usually singular: each. +very, everybody.
0. +ach will carry it subject li1e: -hey each are great player
2. -he number of #..singular and a number of #.plural
3. -he only one of the #..Singular. only one of the #.plural
4. A subject phrase always singular: 5aving good friends is a wonderful thing
"r whatever they want to do is /ne with me
16. It , its , they, their
+,: +veryone here will need his own pencil
-ense
7resent perfect: still going
5ave$has 8past participle
-hey have 1nown each other for the longest time
7ast perfect: +arlier action
5ad 8 past participle
-he /lm had started by the time we arrived at the teacher
Some important points
1. 9hich without a comma before it is wrong
!. After when is wrong
&. :orm , to up to y is wrong
(. 9ho$whom with he, she, or they then who is correct
"r
9ho$ whom with him, her, or then, them whom is correct
.. +ach other used when two persons are involved
+,: ;oss and 1oss love each other
0. "ne another used when there are more than two people
+,: -he three brothers love another
2. So##as <combined= is never correct
5e runs everyday so as to build his stamina <incorrect=
5er debts are so e,treme as to threaten the future of the company
<correct=
3. Such as is used to indicate e,ample. >i1e is used to indicate similarities
4. ?mat prefers whether instead of if
16. @ncertainty, hopes, proposal, desires , importance are called
subjunctive mood 8 use only verb word
If then constructions
7resent 8will 8verb word
7ast8would$could8verb word
7ast perfect8would 8have 8past participle
7arallelism
7ronouns A such as which, that, those, who etc signal parallel structure
I prefer to hire employees who wor1 hard to those who donBt.
I li1e varieties of people, including those who are popular and those
who are not.
'omparison
>i1e, unli1e, li1ening, as many as, as few as, as much as, as little as, as
high as, as short as,
>i1e is used to compare people or things
As is used to compare involving clauses
'ountable nouns <fewer, number, many=
@ncountable nouns <less, amount, much=
'omparison of actions
:rench wines better then china do
:rench wines taste better than china wines does
:rench wines taste better than do china wines
)Ing* form introduces an action
7attern to avoid
7reposition<7= 8 %oun<%= 8 7articiple<7=
+,##with shower facilities included
7 % 7
%umber greater than 1:
%umber greater than 1 is plural
-wo out of every three do owners in the @SA also own a cat
Cuanti/ers:
-hirteen percent of 'levelandBs teens are pregnant
Dof 'levelandBs teensB is not subject
7hrase$clause:
Should have subject8verb or both
-hin1ing words
-heory, belief, or believe are often followed by that
"thers
1. 9hether is correct when discussing two options
!. If is correct more than two options
&. -o include is often incorrect <use including=
(. -o implement <use implementing=
.. Avoid to be< because passive form=
0. Euring 8 de/ned time period is wrong
+,: Euring the past two hours, I felt sleepy <correct=
2. 5opefully is always wrong
3. 5aving 8 past participle
4. Fost of the students are#< In case of people=
16. Fost of the schools is#..< in case of institute=
11. EonBt us )because* to start a noun clause