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Cards (220)

  • 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