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100

Winners of the state contest goes to the national finals.

No

Winners - go

of the state contest = prepositional phrase

100

from the stands

prepositional phrase

100

Physicians are attracted by the monetary awards of high-tech research. 

No - Passive

The monetary awards of high-tech research attract physicians.

100

"Now he was on the bridge, hunched over on the bicycle, pedaling steadily."

-- Lois Lowry

Participial phrases

100

I started to exercise, my health began to improve.

No

Comma Splice

200

The patient is fully aware of the decisions that they are making. 

No

The patients are fully aware of the decisions that they are making.

200

Listening to my favorite album, I drove with my window down on my road trip home to Connecticut.

Listening to my favorite album

participial phrase

200

Love and being married go together.

No

Love and marriage

200
"Hermione was running toward them down the path, Hagrid puffing along behind her."


-- J.K. Rowling

Absolute Phrase

200

Children are brought up in different ways.  Some around violence.

No

Fragment - Some grow up around violence.

300

The Gettysburg School District has a serious problem on their agenda.

No

Collective noun - its agenda

300

Mrs. Rehm, the Gifted teacher before me, left a doll baby head in the filing cabinet.

,the Gifted teacher before me, 

appositive phrase

300

Give me liberty or kill me.

No

liberty or death

300

"Only Gatsby, the man who gives his names to this book, was exempt from my reaction." 

-- F. Scott Fitzgerald

Appositive Phrase

300

I know that to do, I just don't know how to do it.

No

Comma Splice

400

Whether student, teacher, faculty member, graduate, or parent, each wants their school to be the one that remains open.

No

Use a singular pronoun to refer to a singular indefinite pronoun, or reword the sentence.  

each want his or her school 

400

Its popularity waning, the Model T was retired from production in 1927.

Its popularity waning

Absolute phrase

400

The production manager was asked to write his report quickly, accurately, and in a detailed manner. 

precisely

400

When a noun and a participle are put together, with the noun coming first.

Absolute

400

He has the ability to attract guests who people want to hear.

No

whom - People want to hear him (whom)

500

The shelter gets most of its cats and dogs from owners who cannot keep their pets. 

Yes

500

My goal is to fully understand the chapter.

to fully understand

infinitive phrase

500

Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

Yes

500

An -ed or -ing verb that’s used as an adjective to describe a noun.

participle

500

Dust and dirt accumulates, bathrooms get mildewy, and kitchens get greasy. 

No

Dust and dirt accumulate - plural verb with compound subject

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