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Participle
-ing form, eg-acting Run on Sentence - Comma cannot separate 2 independent sentences |
If original sentence has "may", ans also must have uncertainty.
However much is a correctly used phrase/idiom however much US may "agree that". agree is incorrect |
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Idiom
Not ... But ->shows contrast sentence after Not should be parallel to that after But |
Prepositional phrase
in a flash of lightening Idiom Range from X to Y |
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Use Like to compare 2 nouns
do not use "being" where a clause needs a subject and verb Idiom - Except for |
Idiom - Excepting is used in negative contrucions
Subject Verb If, a plural appears first, then a singular, the verb should be plural. In long sentence be careful |
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As introduces a clause. It cannot introduce a phrase
Eg-As only 5% of the worlds population, US citizens ..... Incorrect |
Idiom
to think of X as Y to think of X to be Y is unidiomatic |
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Which as a pronoun cannot be used for people
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verb tense had been suggests they were no longer.
use past perfect only when required |
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Which as a pronoun cannot be used for people
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verb tense had been suggests they were no longer.
use past perfect only when required |
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Diction
Words used incorrectly. As/Like, quantity words, amon vs between etc |
like should not be used to introduce examples. ITs only for comparing nouns with nouns
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Idiom
Except for should be followed by noun Excepting is used foe negative constructions |
AS
cannot introduce a phrase. but only clause. Be on a look out for sentences that show contrast. use contrast words. |
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Pronoun reference
A pronoun is not ambiguous when it refers correctly to a particular subject. Check if pronoun refers to two subjects. Only then its ambiguous. It cannot refer to the object. |
Redundancy
can potentially is redundant |
