Among/between: Among is used to refer to relationships involving more than two objects.

Between is
used to refer to relationships involving only two objects.

As/like: As can be a preposition meaning “in the capacity of,” but more often is a conjunction of manner
and is followed by a verb. Like is generally used as a preposition and therefore is followed by a noun, an
object pronoun, or a verb ending in ing.

I like biking

It felt like a dream “ Noun”

People like you inspire me (They inspire )

I told him to do as I say ( I say myself)/manner/Immitation

Fragments: Parts of a sentence that are disconnected from the main clause are called fragments.
Example: Correct: “We saw the doctor and his nurse at the party.” Incorrect: “We saw the doctor at the
party. And his nurse.

Run-on sentences: A run-on sentence is two or more independent clauses that run together without
proper punctuation. Examples: Correct: “Jose Canseco is still a feared batter; most pitchers don’t want
to face him.” Incorrect: “Jose Canseco is still a feared batter most pitchers don’t want to face him.”

Constructions: Avoid wordy, redundant constructions. Example: Correct: “We could not come to the
meeting because of a conflict.” Incorrect: “The reason we could not come to the meeting is because of a
conflict.”

Prepositions: Specific prepositions have specific purposes. Examples: Correct: “She likes to jog in the
morning.” Incorrect: “She likes to jog on the morning.” Correct: “They ranged in age from 10 to 15.”
Incorrect: “They ranged in age from 10 up to 15.”

Correlatives: Word combinations such as “not only . . . but also” should be followed by an element of the
same grammatical type. Examples: Correct: “I have called not only to thank her but also to tell her about
the next meeting.” Incorrect: “I have called not only to thank her but also I told her about the next
meeting.”
Forms of comparison: Many forms follow precise constructions. Fewer refers to a specific number,
whereas less than refers to a continuous quantity. Between . . . and is the correct form to designate a
choice. Farther refers to distance, whereas further refers to degree.

Examples: Correct: “There were fewer children in my class this year.” Incorrect: “There were less
children in my class this year.”

Correct: “There was less devastation than I was told.” Incorrect: “There was fewer devastation than I
was told.”

Correct: “We had to choose between chocolate and vanilla.” Incorrect: “We had to choose between
chocolate or vanilla.” (It is also correct to say, “We had to choose chocolate or vanilla.”) Correct: “I ran
farther than John, but he took his weight training further than I did.” Incorrect: “I ran further than John,
but he took his weight training farther than I did

Modification problems: Modifiers should be positioned so it is clear what word or words they are meant
to modify. If modifiers are not positioned clearly, they can cause illogical references or comparisons or
distort the meaning of the statement.

Examples: Correct: “I put the cake that I baked by the door.” Incorrect: “I put the cake by the door that I
baked.”

Correct: “Reading my mind, she gave me the delicious cookie.” Incorrect: “Reading my mind, the cookie
she gave me was delicious.”

Correct: “In the Middle Ages, the world was believed to be flat.” Incorrect: “In the Middle Ages, the
world was flat.” Facts

Parallelism

Examples: Correct: “I took a bath, went to sleep, and woke up refreshed.” Incorrect: “I took a bath,
sleeping, and waking up refreshed.”

Correct: “The only way to know is to take the plunge.” Incorrect: “The only way to know is taking the
plunge.”
Good sentence structure avoids constructions that are awkward, wordy, redundant, imprecise, or
unclear, even when they are free of grammatical errors.

In addition to watching for problems of agreement or parallelism, make sure that verbs are used in the
correct tense. Be alert to whether a verb should reflect past, present, or future tense. Example: Correct:
“I went to school yesterday.” “I go to school every weekday.” “I will go to school tomorrow.” Each tense
also has a perfect form (used with the past participle—e.g., walked, ran), a progressive form (used with
the present participle—e.g., walking, running), and a perfect progressive form (also used with the
present participle— e.g., walking, running).

Present perfect: Used with has or have, the present perfect tense describes an action that occurred at
an indefinite time in the past or that began in the past and continues into the present. Examples:
Correct: “I have traveled all over the world.” (at an indefinite time) Correct: “He has gone to school since
he was five years old.” (continues into the present)

Past perfect: This verb form is used with had to show the order of two events that took place in the
past. Example: Correct: “By the time I left for school, the cake had been baked.”

Future perfect: Used with will have, this verb form describes an event in the future that will precede
another event. Example: Correct: “By the end of the day, I will have studied for all my tests.”

Present progressive: Used with am, is, or are, this verb form describes an ongoing action that is
happening now. Example: Correct: “I am studying for exams.” “The student is studying for exams.” “We
are studying for exams.”

Past progressive: Used with was or were, this verb form describes something that was happening when
another action occurred. Example: Correct: “The student was studying when the fire alarm rang.” “They
were studying when the fire broke out.”

Future progressive: Used with will be or shall be, this verb tense describes an ongoing action that will
continue into the future

Example: Correct: “The students will be studying for exams throughout the month of December.”
Present perfect progressive: Used with have been or has been, this verb tense describes something that
began in the past, continues into the present, and may continue into the future. Example: Correct: “The
student has been studying hard in the hope of acing the test.” Past perfect progressive: Used with had
been, this verb form describes an action of some duration that was completed before another past
action occurred. Example: Correct: “Before the fire alarm rang, the student had been studying.” Future
perfect progressive: Used with will have been, this verb form describes a future, ongoing action that will
occur before a specified time. Example: Correct: “By the end of next year, the students will have been
studying math for five years.”

Whether : choice

If : conditional

More (countable or uncountable)

Greater: A number

Myself : something you do to yourself

Argue + That

The noun phrase beginning with one is singular,” verb”

Their is the possessive case of the pronoun they, meaning belonging to

them. As in:
 They left their cell phones at home.

Their is generally plural, but it is increasingly accepted in place of the
singular his or her after words such as someone:
 Someone left their book on the table.

Like Specific person/Item

Such as , Item amoung a group “ Example from a group “
Verb + ing = Descriptive

Standing twelve feet tall, weighing nine thousand pounds, and

wielding seven-inch claws, Megatherium americanum, a giant ground
sloth, may have been the largest hunting mammal ever to walk the Earth.

Category 1: Suggestions, Demands, and Necessity (With “That”)

The subjunctive mood is used to express suggestions and recommendations with the
word “that”:

“I suggest that you get here early to park your car.”“I recommend that they take the bus
home.”
“The job requires that candidates be experienced in Javascript.”

“We demand that the traitor be executed.”

“They are insisting that he move to Denver to manage the new office.”

t is essential that you come to class today.”“It’s necessary that the tour group wake up

before sunrise.”
“It’s crucial that he find a subletter to take over the lease for him.”

Raised concern that “ Noun” ot the noun

Show that

Believe that

They who have “ description “ needed “ Verb”

Pledge to = promise to
Verb at start of sentense “ Running fast .. “, The verbs in the sentence should
be parallel + ing

Parallelism / They supply, they provide and they contain “ repeated they “

As +description
As beautiful
As bad
As harmfiul