Name the Error
This is the type of grammar error found in the following sentence:
The success of Frank Capra and George Stevens as a director of motion pictures can be attributed to the technical work of talented film editors.
what is singular vs plural?
Which of the following is punctuated correctly?
A. I'm taking the ACT tomorrow at Sleepy Hollow and I'm super excited about the test.
B. I'm taking the ACT tomorrow at Sleepy Hollow, and I'm super excited about the test.
Bonus $50 if you can name the FANBOYS
What is B?
Bonus: What is "FOR, AND, NOR, BUT, OR, YET and SO"?
sentence + comma + FANBOY + sentence
What do you do when you see HOWEVER and NEVERTHELESS as answer choices in a transition question?
Bonus for $50: what purpose does INDEED serve?
What is "cross them both off"? Both are thought reversers.
Indeed is used to show emphasis
Singular or Plural?
The debate team
Chappaqua
Last month's paycheck
All are singular
Earning a living while helping others, the proceeds from Mia Davie's farm-to-table venture are donated to food banks.
A. NO CHANGE B. Mia Davie's donations from her farm-to-table venture go to food banks. C.the donations from Mia Davie's farm-to-table venture go to food banks. D. Mia Davies donates the proceeds from her farm-to-table venture to food banks.
What is D?
This is proper MODIFICATION. Mia Davies is earning a living while helping others.
This is the type of grammar error found in the following sentence:
Guerilla farming is a set of practices desgined to facilitate self-sustaining agriculture, promote public health, and encouraging environmental service.
what is faulty parallelism? (should be "encourage" instead of "encouragaing"")
In todays world, Will Rogers would of become a talk show host.
A. NO CHANGE A. NO CHANGE
B. today's world B. would have
What is B and B?
What is the general pattern for SHORTEST IS SWEETEST questions?
What is "the 3 other answers will be longer and repetitive/redundant?"
The large population sizes of the many species of salamanders in a forest and they're high rate of daily insect consumption make salamanders one of the most unique organisms.
A. NO CHANGE. B. their
C. its D. DELETE
What is B?
In the glove compartment of my car is/are the set of spare keys to the house.
What is "IS"
The set is in the glove compartment
This is the type of grammar error found in the following sentence:
My colleague and myself received an award for our paper on the accuracy with which a polygraph measures physiological processes.
what is a pronoun issue? (should be "my colleague and I")
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
A. Schools are responsible for teaching children to develop healthy eating habits, however, a recent study reveals that not all parents agree.
B. Schools are responsible for teaching children to develop healthy eating habits; however, a recent study reveals that not all parents agree.
What is B?
Which is the correct answer and WHY?
A. those
B. them
C. the engineers
D. both
What is C. We like the most specific answers?
While the lockdown in all five boroughs has caused widespread job loss, it/they has given many enterprising home bakers and cooks the push they’ve needed to start new businesses.
what is IT?
lockdown = it
Upon the arrival of the digital camera, professional photographers complained that they produced ugly, low resolution images.
A. NO CHANGE. B. it
C. one D. he or she
What is B?
digital camera = it
digital camera produced ugly images
This is the type of grammar error found in the following sentence:
In the United States, the industrial use of plastics are greater than the use of steel, aluminum, and copper combined.
what is subject / verb agreement? (should be "the industrial use of plastics IS")
After miniature satellite transmitters were developed in the 1990s, many bird researchers, or ornithologists, made significant strides in learning about the migratory patterns of birds.
A. NO CHANGE B. researchers or ornithologists
C. researchers, or ornithologists
D. researchers or ornithologists,
What is A?
(You need a blanket commas around non-essential information "or ornithologists")
Name all of the BIRTHDAY words. BIRTHDAY is an acronym that we use to remember the thought reversers.
What are BUT, INSTEAD, RATHER, THOUGH, HOWEVER, DESPITE, ALTHOUGH AND YET?
Great literature, such as the Greek tragedies or the novels of Jane Austen, endures by their speaking directly and freshly to each new generation of readers.
A) No Change B) by its speaking direct and fresh
C) because it speaks directly and freshly
D) because of speaking direct and fresh
What is C?
great literature = it
directly and freshly desribe HOW it speaks
Readers of the novice writer's recent book have said that it is frustrating because of its chaotic structure but its originality is still a delight.
A) NO CHANGE
B) although it is delightfully original.
C) while being so original as to delight them.
D) but delightful because of its originality.
What is D?
Parallel structure. Note the repetition of the wording "because of its"
This is the type of grammar error found in the following sentence:
As a student becomes familiar with both early and contemporary Native American literature, they may notice that traditional stories have influenced recent ones.
what is pronoun agreement? (should be "he/she may notice" rule: any singular noun should be = he/she/it)
Which is correct?
Eating fat is essential to good health. It must be the correct type of fat, though; most people aren’t aware of the difference between healthy and unhealthy fats.
A. NO CHANGE
B. It must be the correct type of fat; though most people
What is A?
Can you find and correct two errors below?
Before the pandemic in 2020, Manhattan-born comedienne, Alex Costanza, delighted in performing for live audiences; nevertheless, after the lock-down she was forced to use zoom. Alex has since returned to the stage, which she enjoys more then remote work.
What are a comma error and misuse of then
No commas are needed around her name and THAN should replace then.
How can you correct the underlined words?
Though the thought seems humorous now, we - both my friends and I - dreamed of becoming a garbage-truck driver when we were much younger.
What is "garbage truck drivers"?
An early frost in Florida can affect/effect the orange crop negatively.
What is affect?
affect - verb
effect - noun