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16 Cards in this Set
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Common Error 1
Subject-Verb Agreement: When... |
Subject-Verb Agreement: When Subject Follows Verb
Through the locks of the Panama Canal (PASS, passes) more than fifty ships a day. |
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Common Error 2
Subject-Verb Agreement: When... |
Subject-Verb Agreement: When Subject and Verb are Separated
The level of chemicals and other air pollutants (is, ARE) now monitored in many offices. |
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Common Error 3
Subject-Verb Agreement: When... |
Subject-Verb Agreement: When the Subject Seems Plural
Both the word scuba and the word radar (is, ARE) acronyms. |
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Common Error 4
Confusion of... |
Confusion of Simple and Past Participle
Several passersby (seen, SAW) the bank robber leaving the scene of his crime. |
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Common Error 5
Confusion of... |
Confusion of Infinitive and Gerund
Any parent would see the value (to set, OF SETTING) a curfew for his or her child. |
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Common Error 6
Non-... |
Non-Idiomatic Preposition after Verb
The singer's new CD was (frowned at, FROWNED UPON) by many parents because of its violent lyrics. |
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Common Error 7
Wrong... |
Wrong Word
accept, accept - adapt, adopt - affect, effect -afflict, inflict - eminent, imminent |
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Common Error 8
Wrong... |
Wrong Tense
Over the last half-century, the building of passenger airliners (had grown, HAS GROWN) into a multibillion-dollar industry. |
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Common Error 9
________ Agreement Problems |
Number Agreement Problems
The two-piece bathing suit is considered by many to be a throwback to the 1960's. |
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Common Error 10
Pronoun in the Wrong... |
Pronoun in the Wrong Number
The mayor welcomed the foreign delegation by presenting (them, IT) with a key to the city. |
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Common Error 11
Pronoun in the Wrong... |
Pronoun in the Wrong Case
Uncle John and Aunt Rosie join my parents and (i, ME) for dinner every Thursday. |
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Common Error 12
Pronoun... |
Pronoun Shift
One cannot sleep soundly if (you, ONE) exercise vigorously before retiring to bed. |
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Common Error 13
Pronoun with... |
Pronoun with Ambiguous Reference
The manager benched the star player after he criticized the pitcher's lack of intensity. |
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Common Error 14
________ Comparison |
Faulty Comparison
TO LASH BACK at one's adversaries is a less courageous course than ATTEMPTING to bring about reconciliation with them. |
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Common Error 15
Misuse of _______ or ________ |
Misuse of Adjective or Adverb
Global warming would increase more (gradual, GRADUALLY) if solar energy sources were more fully exploited. |
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Common Error 16
Double _______ |
Double Negative
James easily passed the biology exam WITHOUT HARDLY studying his lab notes. |
