Post on 26-Mar-2015
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Subject-verb agreement
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Pronouns
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Row 1, Col 1
Feature four wheels in a row.
A subject is missing.
In-line skates feature four wheels in a row.
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We has been practicing our kicks for several weeks.
The first helping verb in a verb phrase does not agree with the subject.
We have been practicing our kicks for several weeks.
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Every town has their deserted house.
A pronoun doesn’t agree in number with its antecedent.
Every town has its deserted house.
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Soft drinks have rose in popularity over the past several decades.
The wrong form of a verb is used with a helping verb.
Soft drinks have risen in popularity over the past several decades.
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The computer store is a popular spotmany kids visit it.
It is a run-on sentence.
The computer store is a popular spot. Many kids visit it.
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Each of my friends hope to pass this class.
The verb doesn’t agree with an indefinite-pronoun subject.
Each of my friends hopes to pass this class.
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Ben and me will start the game.
Always use the subject case when a pronoun is part of a compound subject.
Ben and I will start the game.
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One consumer group spoken out against the popular trend of
soft drinks.
A helping verb is missing.
One consumer group has spoken out against the popular trend of soft drinks.
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In-line skates first in the 1700s.
A predicate is missing.
In-line skates first appeared in the 1700s.
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The other students doesn’t knowhow hard I studied.
The contraction doesn’t agree with its subject.
The other students don’t know how hard I studied.
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Anyone can claim that theysaw something extraordinary.
The pronoun doesn’t agree with an indefinite-pronoun antecedent.
Anyone can claim that he or she saw something extraordinary.
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Several decades ago, teens drunktwice as much milk as soda pop.
A past participle is used incorrectly.
Several decades ago, teens drank (or had drunk) twice as much milk as soda pop.
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Because they were much fasterthan traditional roller skates.
A dependent clause is treated as if it were a sentence.
They became popular because they were much faster than traditional roller skates.
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They were much faster than traditional roller skates.
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Like reading, mathematics are fun.
A singular subject ending in s or ics is mistaken for a plural.
Like reading, mathematics is fun.
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The best all-around player is her.
The pronoun that follows a linking verb is not in the subject case.
The best all-around player is she.
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Some heavy soda drinkers drink as manyas five cans a day and got one fourth of
their calories from these beverages.
Use the same tense throughout the sentence.
Some heavy soda drinkers drink as many as five cans a day and get one fourth of
their calories from these beverages.
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My sister wanted an inexpensivetoy, she rummaged through
the sale bins.
Add a coordinating conjunction, change the comma to a semicolon, replace the comma with an end mark and
start a new sentence, or change one of the independent clauses to a dependent clause.
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Thirty dollars are what it cost!
Use a singular verb with a period of time or an amount.
Thirty dollars is what it cost!
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You’re game has really improved!
A contraction is used instead of a possessive pronoun.
Your game has really improved!
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My dad and Uncle Mario has gone fishing.
A compound subject needs a plural verb form.
My dad and Uncle Mario have gone fishing.