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11 Cards in this Set
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BEING
Word Being is not always wrong and can be used when other choices are incorrect. |
Tense
Under a provision of the Constitution that was never applied, Congress has been required to call a convention for considering possible amendments to the document when formally asked to do it by the legislatures of two-thirds of the states If you jump from simple (passive) past to present perfect or simple present... now we have a disconnect, because we have no idea whether the provision still has never been applied or whether it was just not applied before some unknown time in the past, but then it was actually applied. |
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MODIFIER
A survey by the National Council of Churches showed that in 1986, there were 20,736 female ministers, almost 9% of the noation's clergy, double the figure for 1977. a number double that of 197s would bd wrongly modifying clergy. double the figure modifies figure so its correct |
That vs Which
That- restrictive clause, critical to understanding the sentence Which - unrestrictive defining clause |
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If vs When
when - indicates a period of time if- indicates a condition |
ALTHOUGH
Although ususally introduces a subordinate clause that has a subject in it |
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IDIOM
reluctant to, not reluctant about |
CONTRAST
Unlike For contrast, its better to place the contrast first, and then place subject and verb of main clause together. Eg- Japanese unions, unlike those in US appear reluctant to - incorrect Unlike those in US, Japanese Unions appear reluctant to... |
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Following gradually declining to abou 39 hrs
Incorrect Phrase must be introduced by a preposition "after", not participle following |
Be careful about usage of "and"/"or" and do not use double negative phrases like do not contain nothing that has been synthesized.
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Participle -ing can be used as noun. But its usage with a posessive noun is not correct.
Organism's trying to metabolize - incorrect Organisms attempt to metabolize - correct |
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IDIOM
estimated to be |
BECAUSE
because it lives is the best way to introduce subordinate clause to show effect-cause relatio of the 2 parts of the sentence because of living - not idiomatic |
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IDIOM
the same to x as to y - correct the same to x, as it would be to y - incorrect |
LIKE
preposition like cannot introduce a clause Eg-Along with the drop in producer prices, the strong retails sales figures released today seem like it is indicative that the economy, alothough growing slowly, is not nearing a recession |
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CORRECT IDIOM
as much as even the strongest |
INCORRECT IDIOMS
so much as as much that so much that |
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IDIOM
credited with regarded as believed to have x is expected to y Incorrect - so x as to y |
in order that is followed by may or might but not would
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IDIOM
as many ... as - correct as many more x as -incorrect becos more is redundant |
present participle can parallel past participle
present tense cannot parallel past participle progressive present tense cannot be parallel to present participle |
