Sentence Correction
Error in Subject-Verb Agreement 2
If a singular subject is separated by a comma from an accompanying phrase, it remains singular:
INCORRECT: The bride, together with the groom and her parents, are receiving at the door.
CORRECT: The bride, together with the groom and her parents, is receiving at the door.
Error in Subject-Verb Agreement
Check if the subject of the verb is singular or plural. If multiple subjects are connected by the word AND, they are plural:
INCORRECT: Ted, John, and Sam is going.
CORRECT: Ted, John and Sam are going.
Error in Tense Formation
Check if the tense has been formed correctly. Know the past participle of irregular verbs!
INCORRECT: He throwed it out the window.
CORRECT: He threw it out the window.
Error in Verb Tense
Check if the correct verb tense has been used in the sentence.
INCORRECT: When I came home, the children still didn’t finish dinner.
CORRECT: When I came home, the children still hadn’t finished dinner.
