Because
Use the word "because" to make this sentence correct:
I got a D on my test for the reason that I didn't study.
I got a D on my test because I didn't study.
Choose "will" or "would":
If I had a million dollars, I will/would buy a big house.
If I had a million dollars, I would buy a big house.
I hate football, I never watch it.
I hate football, so I never watch it.
Add quotation marks or correct as is?
My brother told us that he didn't want to come with us, and we said that we didn't want him to come with us anyway.
Correct as is. (It's a paraphrase.)
How would you change the punctuation in the sentence below to make it appropriate for a formal college essay:
I agree with author James Bleak when he says that men should be more respectful to women!
Delete the exclamation point.
Use the word "because" to correct this sentence:
I'm hungry; the reason being is I didn't eat lunch.
I'm hungry because I didn't eat lunch.
Rewrite the sentence below by removing the word "would" and putting the verb in past tense:
When I was younger, I would play dodge ball.
When I was younger, I played dodge ball.
Correct the run-on below by using a period:
Yesterday was Sunday, I slept until noon.
Yesterday was Sunday. I slept until noon.
Correct this sentence:
I said, "Let's go", but nobody listened.
I said, "Let's go," but nobody listened.
During the Middle Ages physicians used blood-letting as a cure for many illnesses.
Insert a comma after the introductory clause:
During the Middle Ages, physicians used blood-letting as a cure for many illnesses.
This sentence shows an incorrect use of the word because:
I'm overweight because my mother noticed it.
(There is no cause/effect relationship. The mother noticing it did not cause the overweightness.)
Show that you understand that "because" must show a cause/effect relationship by finishing the sentence below:
I'm overweight because...
I'm overweight because I eat too much. (or anything else that shows a cause/effect relationship)
As a child, I wouldn't ever eat broccoli.
As a child, I never ate broccoli.
Correct the run on below by using a semi-colon:
There's only one more month of school, I can't wait until June.
There's only one more month of school; I can't wait until June.
Correct this sentence:
Rose Baxter wrote the essay "Our Failing Nation" about America, which "she says is failing the poor."
Rose Baxter wrote the essay "Our Failing Nation" about America, which she says is "failing the poor."
Correct the punctuation of the sentence below:
After the fire and floods we headed north.
Insert a comma after the introductory clause:
After the fire and floods, we headed north.
Use the word because to correct the sentence below:
Due to the fact of my mother working late is why she isn't home.
Because my mother is working late, she isn't home.
Rewrite the sentence below by removing the word "would" and putting the verb in past tense:
When I was six years old, I would go to the circus with my dad every week.
When I was six years old, I went to the circus with my dad every week.
Run on or just annoying long but grammatically correct sentence?
I don't like it when, if I'm stopped at a light on a busy road, the driver behind me honks his horn the second the light turns green, which makes me so nervous that I spill my coffee, and it takes even longer than it would have for me to make the turn.
Annoying but grammatically correct sentence. (Not a run-on.)
How would you fix this sentence?
"Gone With the Wind" is Margaret Mitchell's only novel.
Titles of novels are italicized.
Gone With the Wind is Margaret Mitchell's only novel.
Correct the sentence below:
My little sister has so many toys than she can play with.
My little sister has so many toys that she can't play with them all.
Rewrite this sentence to fix the cause/effect problem by replacing what comes after the "because":
I was late for school because it was already 9am.
Possible ways to correct the sentence:
I realized I was late for school when I saw that it was already 9am.
I was late for school; it was already 9am.
Rewrite the sentence below by removing the word "would" and putting the verb in past tense:
As a high school football player, I would throw long passes.As a high school football player, I threw long passes.
Correct the run on sentence below by inserting a period in the correct place:
Being Irish, I thought it might be nice to plan a trip to Ireland to visit the town where my grandmother grew up, it's famous for its Medieval fountains and lush green cliffs overlooking the ocean.
Being Irish, I thought it might be nice to plan a trip to Ireland to visit the town where my grandmother grew up. It's famous for its Medieval fountains and lush green cliffs overlooking the ocean.
Correct or incorrect use of quotation marks?
In the essay "Wild Mountain," Herbert Jones says that "the best" hunters are the ones who "respect the animals they hunt."
Correct.
Correct the sentence below:
The exam was hard that nobody passed it.
The exam was so hard that nobody passed it.