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Subject-Verb Agreement
How the subject and verb
relate
to each other in a
sentence
Subject-Verb Agreement
When a subject is singular, the corresponding verb is also singular
When a subject is
plural
, its verb is
plural
Issues
usually arise when the subject is not placed very close to the
verb
and the sentence still 'sounds' right, but isn't
Subject-Verb Agreement
He is a
singer
He are a
singer
Parallelism
Related words that are, in a way,
equal
, or
similar
Parallelism error
He ate some pizza,
grabbed homework
, and will rush
upstairs
Redundancy
Some words repeat what was already made clear in the sentence, resulting in something
awkward
like a
double negation
Redundancy error
They
haven't
not been
eating
Idioms
Set
phrases
in the English language that are used regardless of
grammar
Idiom
I'll be
hitting
the
books
tonight
Preposition Use
Certain prepositions can only be used with certain types of words and cannot be mixed and
matched
as
readily
as you might think
Preposition
error
He lives in
18
Broadway St,
New York
Comparison
Comparisons
can only be done between
similar
quantities or entities
Comparison error
Kim's weight is
higher
than Mark
To correct the comparison error, simply add an
apostrophe
s to
'Mark'
Idioms
Phrases that have a
subliminal
or
figurative
meaning
Idioms
Follow
straight
to the letter (follow
carefully
)
Singing is my
bread
and
butter
(livelihood)
Get on
To
get on
a
vehicle
Get by
To survive or to overcome
Get on/Get by
She got on a plane and never returned again
I know this loss is hard to accept, but we will
get by
Sympathize with
To
sympathize
with someone
Sympathize in
To
sympathize
in a situation or
condition
Sympathize with/Sympathize in
Germany
sympathizes
with France over Notre Dame
conflagration
I sympathize in your reaction to CNN's
libelous
comments
Back off
To stay away
Back out
To
withdraw
Back off/Back out
You must
back off
me before I
beat
you
up
The famous band
back out
from its North Korea tour
Drop by
To pay a short visit
Drop in
To pay a
short visit
Drop off
To go to a place
Drop
by/
Drop
in/
Drop off
Charles
just
dropped
by to say "hello"
Can you drop me
off
my office
Fewer
Used with
countable
nouns
Lesser
Used with
uncountable
nouns
Fewer/Lesser
You should drink
fewer
glasses of chocolate milk
Lesser
orcs will go
dizzy
at such a height
Amoral
Without regard to
morality
or
immorality
Immoral
Violating morals
Amoral/Immoral
His job is
amoral
; all he needs to do is to evaluate the
statistics
Extralegal
killing
is immoral
Search into
To
examine
Search for
To
find
a
missing
object
Search into/Search for
You need to
search into
this
matter
for there must be a
cause
He is
searching
for his
missing wallet
Hang up
To
end
a
conversation
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