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13 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
- 3rd side (hint)
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Rule A
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DON'T CHANGE THE VERB TENSE. keep the tense the same in the sentence, paragraph, and paper.
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*WRONG: I ate pizza and was drinking Pepsi.
*RIGHT: I ate pizza and drank Pepsi. |
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Rule B
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USE AN ACTIVE VOICE. Use active verbs in your sentences. Make sure the subject is doing an action.
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*WRONG: The students will be tested next week.
*RIGHT: The teacher will test the students next week. |
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Rule C
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USE PARALLELISM. Elements in a pair or or series need to be phrased in a grammatically equivalent form.
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*WRONG: I outlined the letters slowly and with care.
*RIGHT: I outlined the letters slowly and carefully. |
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Rule D
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CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD. Some examples are:
*their/they're/there *your/you're *its/it's *who/that/which *should've/could've/would've |
*WRONG: I did very good on the algebra test.
*RIGHT: i did very well on the algebra test. |
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Rule E
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AVOID USING THING.
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*WRONG : I learned many things in English last week.
*RIGHT: I learned many types of figurative language last week. |
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Rule F
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AVOID USING DANGLING PARTICLES,PHRASES, AND OPPOSITES
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*WRONG: Having finished the assignment, the tv was turned on
*RIGHT: Having finished the assignment, Jill turned on the tv |
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Rule G
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DON'T LEAVE OUT ANY WORDS.
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Rule H
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DON'T ABBREVIATE.
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Rule I
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USE SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT.
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*WRONG: One of these boxes are open.
*RIGHT : One of the boxes is open. |
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Rule J
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SUBJECT VERSUS OBJECT PRONOUNS.
· I/me ·who/whom -he=who -him=whom |
EXAMPLE:
who/whom the letter? He wrote the letter. Therefore who is correct. |
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Rule K
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DON'T USE DOUBLE NEGATIVES.
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Rule L
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DON'T BE REDUNDANT.
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Rule M
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AVOID USING AMBIGUOUS PRONOUNS.
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*WRONG: Buck received much critical praise and earned over $7 million, but she was very modest about it.
*RIGHT: Buck received much critical praise and earned $7 million, but she was very modest about her achievements. |
