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100
*You should check up in her.
You should check up on her. ➔ ➔ ➔ ➔ It is a phrasal verb that requires a preposition, but a wrong preposition was used.
100
*Always Josh makes his bed in the morning.
Josh always makes his bed in the morning. ➔ ➔ ➔ ➔ The adverb of frequency should be placed before the main verb.
100
* John thoughtfully plays piano.
John plays piano thoughtfully. ➔ ➔ ➔ ➔ "Thoughtfully" is a sentence-final adverbial. It should be placed at the end.
100
* Every day he fools around.
He fools around every day. ➔ ➔ ➔ ➔ Adverbials of frequency usually occur at the end of a sentence.
100
*She has the application; she only needs to fill out it.
She has the application; she only needs to fill it out. ➔ ➔ ➔ It is a separable phrasal verb, so when the direct object is a pronoun, separation is necessary.
200
Don’t give up! *Don’t give up me.
Don’t give up on me. ➔ ➔ ➔ “Give up” is a kind of phrasal verb that requires prepositions when followed by an object.
200
*Stop whining and get it over!
Stop whining and get it over with! OR Stop whining and get over it! ➔ ➔ ➔ “get over with” is a separable phrasal verb and it means “complete or finish sth”. “get over” is an inseparable phrasal verb and it means “move on”.
200
*Through what did he get?
What did he get through? ➔ ➔ ➔ Only preposition allow wh-fronting, and “get through” here is a phrasal verb.
200
*The plane stopped before dawn at the gate.
Should be: The plane stopped at the gate before dawn. ➔ ➔ ➔ Goal comes before time.
200
*Charles ran an old friend into.
Should be: Charles ran into an old friend. ➔ ➔ ➔ “run into” is an inseparable phrasal verb.
300
She often comes early. *She often is early.
Should be: She is often early. ➔ ➔ ➔The adverb of frequency should be placed after the auxiliary.
300
*The guests asked for the recipe, after they finished eating.
Should be: The guests asked for the recipe after they finished eating. ➔ ➔ ➔ Sentence-final adverbial clauses are not preceded by a comma.
300
*Sara worked out her body very hard.
Should be: Sara worked out very hard. ➔ ➔ ➔ workout is an intransitive phrasal verb.
300
Where does she live about?
Should be: About where does she live? ➔ ➔ ➔ A particle makes a natural unit with the verb that precedes it.
300
*The mirror was looked into.
The matter was looked into. Should be: I looked into the mirror. ➔ ➔ ➔ Only particles allow passivisation. Look into the mirror! ← Preposition = No passivisation Look into the matter! ← Particle = Allow passivization
400
*I looked the new word that I heard the teacher say yesterday up.
I looked up the new word that I heard the teacher say yesterday. ➔ ➔ ➔ Even though “look up” can be separated, yet the direct object is long and complex.
400
*Dramatically crying and unable to be comprehended, her mother tried to calm her down.
Should be: Dramatically crying and unable to be comprehended, she needed her mother to calm her down. ➔ ➔ ➔The subject of the participle is not the subject of the main clause.
400
*Never we have witnessed such an amazing moment!
Should be: Never have we witnessed such an amazing moment! OR We never have witnessed such an amazing moment! ➔ ➔ ➔ If negative preverbal adverb of frequency (PAF) is in initial position, there has to be subject operator inversion because of the fronting of the negative adverbial.
400
*She behaved rather sillily.
Should be: She behaved in a silly way. Why: Some adjectives (including many ending in -ly) don't have an adverb equivalent. Instead, we use the adverbial phrase "in a silly way."
400
* Have eaten at the restaurant before, she has no desire to go back.
Should be: Having eaten at the restaurant before, she had no desire to go back. ➔ ➔ ➔ The present perfect form of a reduced adverbial clause is “having + past participle”.
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