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Verb Tense

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The verb tense must match that of the rest of the sentence.

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Subject-verb agreement

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The verb must agree with the plurality/singularity of the subject closest to it, except if and is used.

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Pronoun agreement

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A pronoun must agree with agree with its antecedent (the noun it refers so) in number, gender, and person.

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Illogical comparison

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A comparison in a sentence must be between similar things(i.e. Not a person and a thing)

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Parallel construction

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All sentence elements that express parallel ideas must be in the same form( i.e. Consistent gerund)

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Wordiness

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The use of unnecessary words is an error.

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Incorrect preposition

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The preposition must fit the object of the proposition (always a noun)

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Misplaced modifier

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A modifier must be placed as closely as possible to the word it modified

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Who/Which

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The words who and whom are used to refer to people.

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Who/Whom

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Use who is an subject. Use whom as an object or a verb or preposition.

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By/from

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Things are caused by other, not caused from them.

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Less/least, more/most, between/among

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Less, more, and between are used to compare two objects. Least, most, among are for more than 2 objects

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Comma splice, run-on

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A run-on sentence us two complete sentences out together.