Part 1 1 The president of the united states together with the leaders of several central american countries have agreed to new meetings on agricultural practices. The President of the United States, together with the leaders of several central American countries have agreed to new meetings on agricultural practices.
Capitalize all proper nouns and proper adjectives. 2 Dan told Sally that they has got to leave their final class early today to make it to the early showing of the new french movie on time. Dan told Sally that they must leave their final class early to make it to the early showing of the new French movie. Use correct modal which require infinitives. Capitalize proper adjectives. Take away unneeded words from the sentence. 3 There are many people in this audience who cant except the idea that the worlds climate is changing quick.
There are many people in this audience who can't except the idea that the world's climate is changing quickly.
Place an apostrophe for a noun's possession, use aprotrophes for a contraction, adjectives modify nouns and adverbs, use correct homophones. Adverbs modify verbs, other adverbs, and adjectives.
4 Having won the game a visit to cliffside restaurant was offered to the team by the principle of El Segundo high school. After winning the game, the principal of El Segundo High School offered the team a visit to Cliffside Restaurant. Capitalize all proper nouns, temporal adverbial modifiers which is set off by commas. Use correct homophones. Verbs must be active. Subjects must be doing the action. 5 Youre copy of ralph waldo emersons essay self reliance is different than mine’s. Your copy of Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay, "Self Reliance" is different from mine. Use correct homophones. Capitalize pronouns. Place quotes around titles of essays. Get rid of apostrophes on words already showing possession. Italicize the longer works. Place quotations around the shorter works. Use a single comma to separate appositives. Use correct commonly accepted pairs 6 Last summer, my aunt Sally attended a six week seminar at UCLA; She had classes in the morning and worked at the French Embassy in the afternoons. Capitalize nouns and proper nouns, place semicolons to connect two sentences without using and/or. Correct temporal adverbial modifiers. You need a coordinating conjunction.
7 Soccer is different than american football in several ways the shapes of the ball the parts of the body used in play the scoring of goals.
Soccer is different from American football in several ways such as: the shape of the ball, the parts of the body used in play, and the scoring of goals. Capitalize proper nouns, used and to separate a list of two. Use commas to separate lists of three or more. Use colons to introduce a list. Only use "and" to clarify two pairs. Use correct adverbial tenses. PART 2 1 The price of japanese cars will raise in the united states according to Professor Nolan because the value of the dollar has lowered. According to Professor Nolan, the price of Japanese cars will rise in the United States because the value of a dollar has fallen. Capitalize proper adjective. Use correct causal adverbial modifiers on sentences explaining why. Capitalize proper nouns. Use proper attribution and transitive. Use similar tenses for the whole sentence. Use fewer on words that list measures or numbers.
2 In her office mary noticed a box of dictionaries they were delivered their early by mistake. Mary noticed a box of dictionaries in her office that were delivered early by mistake. Capitalize proper nouns. use appropriate locatives. Place commas between locative adverbial modifiers. passive voice sentence is where the subject is the receiver active voice sentence. ADVERBIAL MODIFIERS: temporal, casual, circumstantial, locative 3 Three officers of the Surf club decided between theirselves when the trip would occur irregardless of what other members thought. Three officers of the surf club decided between themselves, irregardless of what other member though, when the trip should occur. Use appropriate circumstantial adverbial modifiers. Capitalize all proper nouns. Replace words that does not exist with words that do. 4 The painting two angels appeared on the front of the greeting card this message was inside holiday joy to you and yours. On the front of the greeting card the painting, Two Angels appeared . Inside, the message read,"Holiday joy to you and yours." Capitalize pronouns, place quotes or italicize titles. Place locative adverbial modifiers in the front of a sentence. Use appositives that only use one commas that seperates it.
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After sailing around catalina island us girls laid in the sun on a beach overlooking avalon bay. After sailing around Catalina Island, we girls laid in the sun on a beach overlooking Avalon Bay. We girls laid in the sun, on a beach overlooking Avalon Bay, after sailing around Catalina Island. Capitalize proper nouns. Use commas to separate temporal adverbial modifiers. "We" is a subject of a sentence, "us" is the object. Subordinated. Principal Parts Present Past Perfect Walk Walked walked Run Ran run eat ate eaten swim swam swum begin began begun go went gone am, is, are was, were been lie lay lain lay laid laid lose lost lost swing swung swung shake shook shaken sell sold sold put put put meet met met draw drew drawn set set set write wrote written bite bit bitten build built built buy bought bought come came come rise rose risen Do did done take took taken Correct Corrected Corrected lay is transitive lie is not 6 tenses Future Present Past (Will/ shall) (-ed) Future/perfect present/perfect past perfect Part 3 1 This pass summer I went to sacramento ca reno nv salem or and seattle wa to visit relatives including grandma wilson. This past summer, I went to Sacramento, California; Reno, Nevada; Salem, Oregon; and Seattle, Washington to visit relatives including Grandma Wilson. Place commas between lists. Capitalize proper nouns. Use semicolons to connect sentences with cornated sentences. Write out state's names when writing essays. Use abbreviation for writing on an envelope or mail. 2 My sister hasnt never missed wild discovery a nature series on the discovery channel every thrusday @ 700pm My sister has never missed Wild Discovery, a nature series, on the Discovery Channel every Thursday at 7 o'clock p.m. Always use commas to seperate appositives. seperate renaming with a single comma. Capitalize days of the week, names of shows, and a channel. Spell out o'clock instead of using numbers. 3 Our class will be invovled I think in doing a project sometime on the civil war however it is to late to begin this semester. Sometime, our class will be involved in doing a project sometime on the civil was; however, it is too late to begin this semester. Remove I THINK from all sentences. Place temporal adverbial modifier. Compound cornated conjunction. Proper spelling. use sin tacts. Use appropriate homophones. (to- too)use commas. Use semicolons to separate compound cornated conjunctions. 4 My friends that are members of the key club wants to visit the getty museum for extra credit. For extra credit my friends, who are members of the Key Club, wants to visit the Getty Museum. Capitalize names of places. Use causal adverbial modifiers to tell what they are doing. Relative pronouns introduce relative clauses. Relative pronouns include: who whom, whose, whoever, which, that, etc. All pronouns have antecedents. Adverbial modifiers modify, adverbs, adjevtives, and verbs. Relative clauses modify nouns. If it is in the middle of the sentence, two commas. If at the end, one comma. 5 Bob don’t have no yearbook yet but he can look at my for the time being.Bob can look at a my yearbook for the time being, because he does not have one yet. Temporal adverbial modifier in beginning ,middle, or end. You should use only one negated (negative) word per sentence. My uses a noun to follow after it. Mine is a possessive pronouns. Man, person, etc. are understood. Nouns are used for sustainable use. 1 Although at least one forth of the group voted against this here amendment it passed now we have to vote on the amended motion. Although at least one- fourth of the group voted against the amendment, it passed and we now must vote on the amended notion. Use circumstantial adverbial modifier at beginning of the sentence. Use a semicolons or Commas/ and. Change have to to must.Delete one word (this here) Use proper homophones for forth and fourth. Place a hyphen between spelled out fractions in a sentence. 2. I like these kind of sculpture depicting american indians sally said so lets visit more galleries that sell them. "I like the kind of sculpture that depict. American Indians." Sally said. "So let us visit more galleries that sell them." Place two sets of quotes when people are speaking. Use punctuation inside to set of quotes. Capitalize proper pronouns. spell out conjuncted words. Change these to the. Place that before depict. Subject: Sally . Main Verb: said. Capitalize AMericans because it is a proper adjective. Capitalize Indians, because it is a proper noun. 3. The whether was real muggy so us three decides to not go to the game and goes to the movies instead. Since the weather was really muggy, the three of us decided not to go to the game and the movies instead. Use correct homophone from whether to weather Place a comma after muggy because it is a circumstantial adverbial modifier (or causal adverbial modifier). Almost always circumstantial adverbial modifier" Change real to really because really is describing the word "muggy" Place decided, replacing decides because it is the wrong tense. We is the subject. Us is appropriate when it is the object in a sentence. "We three" or "us three" 4. Use lost in replace of loss, which is showing the wrong tense. Use correct homophone for "their" and "there". Change quick to quickly because it is referring to browse. Quick is an adjective. Adjectives modify nouns. Adverbs modify verbs, adverbs, and adjectives. Change "is" to "was" because it is showing the wrong tense. Change welcome and add a -ed because the whole sentence is past tense. Split infinitives break up to and browse. The infinitive is "to browse" Bob will visit mexico this summer to improve his spanish his visit to mexico should improve his understanding of culture to and helping of his students. This summer, Bob will visit Mexico to improve his Spanish, his understanding of the culture, and helping his student's understanding. Use a temporal adverbial modifier in the beginning of the sentence. Use commas to separate lists of things. Capitalize the proper nouns: Mexico and Spanish. 5 1 George Will a syndicated columnist is very popular his success is based on common sense solutions to problems. A syndicated columnist, George Will is very popular, due to his success is based on common sense solutions to problems. Use a comma to separate descriptions of people. Use a comma for a sentence that renames the person, called an appositive. NEVER separate the subject from the verb unless it is an appositive. Appositives are the same subject. Adverbs modifier adjectives: this is an adverbial clause. You can also use a semicolon, period, or a, and to separate a sentence. 2. At the trading post in santa fe dad couldn’t find no navajo rug in the write size consequently he visited other stores to find them. At the trading post in Santa Fe, dad could not find a Navajo rug in the right size; consequently, he visited other stores to find them. Use correct homophone for write and right. Capitalize Santa Fe because it is a pronoun. Use only one negated word (not and no) per sentence. Capitalize Navajo because it is a tribe. Capitalize Dad because it is his name in the sentence. Place a comma after Santa Fe because it a locative adverbial modifier. Replace no for a because you can not use two negative words. Use a semicolon before consequently and a comma afterwards. 3. Watching the shrine circus at memorial hall the elephants were enjoyed most by the children. While watching the Shrine Circus at Memorial Hall, the children enjoyed the elephants most. Capitalize Memorial Hall because it it the name of a place. Capitalize the Shrine Circus because it is the name of a group. Change the passive voice to the active voice. Passive is where the subject is the doer of the action. Use while to make it a temporal adverbial modifier. 4. During the 2 day sale at sears my parents bought victorian style tables that was discounted 25%. During the 2- day sale at Sears, my parents bought Victorian styled tables that were discounted 25%. Capitalize Sears because it is a name of a store. Use a hyphen between 2 and day. Use a a comma after Sears because it is a temporal adverbial modifier. Was should be changed to were. Capitalize Victorian because it is a proper adjective. If it is one word, you write it out. (hundred, one, ten, google) 5. Although rembrandts night watch is in the rijksmuseum in amsterdam many more of his paintings is in londons national gallery. Although Rembrandt's Night Watch is in the Rijks Museum in Amsterdam, many more of his paintings are in London's National Gallery. Replace "is" with "are" because it is talking about more than one painting. Italicize Rembrandt's Night Watch because it is the name of a short work. Capitalize Amsterdam and London because they are the names of places. Capitalize Rembrandt's Night Watch, Rijsk Museum and and National Gallery. Place a comma after Amsterdam because it is showing a locative adverbial modifier. Use an apostrophe to show possession of Rembrandt's Night Watch and London's National Gallery. Separate Risk from Museum. 6. The day had began like most of the other; Sally whom drives the nicer car in her class had went to the school expecting everything to be normal. The day had begun like any other, Sally, who drives the nicest car in her class, had went to the school expecting everything to be normal. Use appropriate principle parts for begun. Use one of the two ways to separate the first phrase: comma, or semicolon. Use nicest because nicer is referring to a comparison between two things. Nicest is comparing to a group of three or more. Place a comma after Sally and after class because it is a relative clause. RELATIVE PRONOUNS:::::: WHO WHOM WHOSE WHICH THAT :::::INTRODUCE RELATIVE CLAUSES WHOSE IS TALKING ABOUT POSSESSION. I, You, he, she, it, > subjects WHO me , you him her it > objects WHOM Sally, whom we all love, went home < is there a subject in the relative clause (whom) Sally, who is a good student, went home > no subject IS THERE A SUBJECT IN THE RELATIVE CLAUSE??? part 6 1 Skimming my english book patterns in literature emily dickinsons poem the fly was seen by me. While skimming my English book, Patterns in Literature, I saw Emily Dickinson's poem, "The Fly". Capitalize Emily Dickinson because it is the name of a person. Capitalize The Fly and Patterns in Literature because it is a pronoun. Place quotes around The Fly because it is the name of a shorter work. Italicize Patterns in Literature because it is the name of a longer work. Add while to the beginning of the sentence because it is a temporal adverbial modifier. Change the sentence to I saw because you want the sentence to be doing the action. Capitalize English because it is a proper adjective. 2 In preparation for our potluck meal for the key club ms black bought eggs milk herseys chocolate sugar flour vanilla. In preparation for our Key Club potluck, Ms. Black bought eggs, milk, Hershey's Chocolate, sugar, flour, and vanilla. Use commas to separate the list of food. Capitalize Ms. Black because it is the name of a person. Use a period after Ms. because it is a title that is abbreviated. Use apostrophe s when showing a noun's possession. Place a comma after Key Club because it is a causal adverbial modifier (telling why she did it). Capitalize Ms. Black Hershey's and Key club because they are proper nouns. 3. My sister she is attending the university of california at los angeles wants to major in psychology political science or english or engineering. My sister is attending the University of California in Los Angeles, and she wants to major in psychology, political science, English, or engineering. Capitalize University of California and Los Angeles because they are proper nouns. use commas to separate the different subjects. Capitalize English because it is a language. Get rid of she because it already states the subject. Get rid of the first or because you only need one or/ and in a list. Use , and between Los Angeles and wants. Rewrite she after comma and to rename the subject. 4. More and more farmers especially them having little acreage are finding it difficult to maintain a decent standard of living isnt that true? "Isn't it true that more and more farmers, especially those who have little acreage, are finding it difficult to maintain a decent standard of living." Add an apostophe to isn't. Add a comma after farmers and acreage because it is an adverbial modifier modifiying difficult. Modifies adjectives, adverbs, and verbs. change them to those. Use quotes because it is a dialogue (because of the question) add a hyphen: break in thought. Use that to follow what is true. 5 He don't know if can attend tonites meeting but well be infomred by himself by the end of classes today. He doesn't know if he can attend tonight's meeting but he will have inform us by the end of classes today. Change don't to doesn't. Correct the spelling on tonight. Add an apostrophe to tonight because it is showing possession. Add have because it is future tense. Part 7 1 Mike gave a report about the familiy that we studied in the history and we write them a letter to ask them some questions. Mike gave a report about the family whom we studied in history and to whom we wrote a letter asking them some questions. Spelling errors on family. Change write to wrote to match gave and studied. Change to whom because it is a relative cause with a subject already included. Capitalize only English and Spanish class because it is a language. Use whom to continue the second whom. 2. Sue drives her car to Steves who's house is across town reckless because she was in a hurry to get to the beach with her frineds. Sue drove her car recklessly to Steve's house, which is across town because she was in a hurry to get to the beach with her friends. Use apostrophes to show possession. spelling error on friends. change to drove recklessly because it is modifying an adverb. use comma which because it is a relative cause. Who's is whose 3. Sally who did you see at the pizza hut last night jane asked in biology? "Sally, whom did you see at the Pizza Hut last night?"Jane asked in biology. Add quotes because it is dialogue. Add comma after Sally. Capitalize Jane and Pizza Hut because it is a pronoun. Place a period after biology and the question mark before the quote ends. The grammatical function is the object of the subject. You is the subject. IS THERE A SUBJECT IN THE RELATIVE CLAUSE? 4. It is real incredible that Bob runs at his age but he always enters the school is cool run in the spring. It is really incredible that Bob runs at his age, and he always enters the "School is Cool" in the Spring. Capitalize School Cool because it is the name of a program Cange real to really (an adverb) because it is modifying increbible. Add a comma after age because you are connecting two sentences. Change but to and because but is conrasting the sentence. Place quotes or italicize around School is Cool. Capitalize Spring because it is at a certain time. 5. Fran borrowed me a copy of 12 angry men the play about a jury deciding a murder case is the most powerful play I read in english class. Fran loaned me a copy of 12 Angry Men, the play about a jury deciding a murder case; it was the most powerful play I read in English class. Italicize (or underline) and capitalize 12 Angry Men because it is the name of a book. place a comma after the title of the book because it is an appositive, which renames the play. Capitalize English because it is the name of a language class.Change everything to past tense because the previous sentence was past tense. Part 8 1 That picture has not been hanged proper and it will have to be took down and did correct. That picture has not been hung properly and it will have to be taken down and done correctly.Change the sentence so that it is all past tense. Change proper to properly because it is modifying the picture. Change correct to correctly and proper to properly because it is modifying an adverb. Change hanged to hung because pictures are hung and people are hanged. MODIFIES ADVERBS VERBS AND ADJECTIVES. Change took to taken down because it is perfect tense. WILL HAVE is future perfect 6 TENSES FUTURE PRESENT PAST FUTURE PERFECT PRESENT PERFECT PAST PERFECT PRINCIPLE PARTS: PRESENT PAST PERFECT 2. The affect of an flexible lunch time has been positive in aiding the students that were released late to return to classes on time. Change an to a because the next word does not start with a vowel. Change the sentence from passive to active. Effect is the result of an affect. 3. Neither my friend or his sister have the time to address these here envelops maybe the other members can help. Neither my friend nor his sister have the time to address these envelopes; maybe the other members can help? Envelopes is spelled wrong. Get rid of here because it is renaming the location of the envelopes. Change or to nor. Established pairs: either goes with or and neither goes with nor. Add a semicolon after envelopes and before maybe. Coordination conjunctions : everything being connected are grammatically equally. A question mark is needed after maybe the other members can help?
4. My friend said I should lay down for awhile before I participate in the track meet other wise Ill not be top shape. Before I participated in the track meet, my friend said that I should lie down for a while otherwise I'll not be in top shape. Change lay to lie because lie is present. Lay is a transitive verb (take direct object). Does that do not take direct objects are called intransitives. Add an apostrophe to I'll because it is showing possession. Add that between said and I or change it to suggested . rearrange temporal Verbal modifier. Connect other wise to otherwise.
5. Tom and myself will be helping Bill that is the badest student in trigonometry and I will copy all of my own notes for him so he can help me help him.Tom and I will be helping Bill, whom is the worst student in trigonometry and I will copy my notes for him so he can help me help him. Replace badest with worst because it is not a word. Place a comma after Bill because it is describing him after. Change myself to I because myself, himself, and herself is a reflexive pronoun (He watched himself, I watched myself, she watched herself) Change that is to whom. Remove own because my is already showing possession. Adj Comparative Superlative Blue Bluer Bluest Good Better Best Bad Worse Worst Fast Faster Fastest Unique Perfect more most Few fewer fewest PART 9 1.Bill had less mistakes on her Shakespeare exam then sue whom wants to go to the dance with him. Bill has had fewer mistakes on his Shakespeare exam than Sue, who wants to go to the dance with him. Change then to than because than is comparative. Place a comma after Sue. Change whom to who because there is no subject in the relative clause. Change less to fewer because fewer is comparing two nouns. (Fewer refers to numbers (you can count it) like mistakes) IS THERE A SUBJECT IN THE RELATIVE CLAUSE? 2. Sue and Sally are in the play Othello and she is nervous about opening night which is about jelousy and love Sue and Sally are nervous about opening night because they are in, "Othello", which is a play about jelousy and love. Place quotes around Othello because it is the name of a shorter work. Place jelousy and love after Othello because it is describing the play. Place commas around jelousy and love (one comma to introduce it and one to end it) and move it after othello because iti s modifying a noun. Relative pronouns: who whose whom, which, sometimes that. Change she is to they are because it is describing both people. Place a comma before Othello becasue it is an appositive 3 Last night mom told me and my sister to clean our rooms because she had invited a friend over whom was visiting us for the first time. Last night, Mom told my sister and me to clean our rooms because she had invited a friend over whom was visiting us for the first time. Switch me and my sister. Keep me instead of I because me is an object . Capitalize Mom because it is a proper noun . Place a comma after last night because it is a temporal adverbial modifier. Since there is not a subject, use who. Is THERE A SUBJECT IN THE RELATIVE CLAUSE???? 4 Sara and myself met Sally and Sue at the mall because she wanted to buy videos for a friends birthday whom liked action packed films. Sara and I met Sally and Sue at the mall because they wanted to buy videos for a friend's birthday who likes action packed films. Add an apostrophe to friend's because it is showing possession. (possessive noun) Change whom to who because there is no subject in the relative clause. Change myself to I because I is a subject pronoun. Myself is a reflexive pronoun. (herself, himself, myself) Change she to they because is is referring to both girls. If it was only referring to Sue, it would restate her. 5 Among you and I coach said that Sally will start against Costa because she has recently out played Sue whom she lives next door to. Between you and me, Coach said that Sally will start against Costa because she has recently outplayed Sue, to whom she lives next door . Change I to me because you need an object pronoun. Object of prepositions(among, into between, by) are prepositions. PREPOSITIONS TAKE OBJECTS. Capitalize Coach because it is a proper noun. Change out played to outplayed. SHE IS THE SUBJECT IN THE RELATIVE CLAUSE. Take out the to at the end, it is called a dangling preposition. Place to before whom because PREPOSITIONS TAKE OBJECTS. Change among to between. Part 11 1 On our trip to the black hills of S. Dakota Uncle Billy gave Sue, me and my mom a local made gift of blankets and jewels which she collects. During our trip to the Black Hills of South Dakota, Uncle Billy gave Sue, my mom, and me a locally made gift of blankets and jewels which she collects. Capitalize Black Hills because it is a proper noun. switch my mom with me because first person goes last. Place a comma after my mom because it used in making lists. Place a comma after S. Dakota because it is a temporal adverbial modifier. Change on to during to make it an actual temporal adverbial modifier. change local to locally because it needs an adverb Modifies verbs adverbs and adjectives. Me instead of I because me is a direct object. Spell out South because abbreviations is only used on mail. Relative clauses are introduced by relative pronouns. Which refers to things Who, whom etc refers to people
2 Each and every day Bill raises at 5:30am to shower dresses breakfasts catches the bus to get to school in time so he can get well grades. Every day, Bill rises at 5:30 A.M. to shower, dress, breakfast, in order to catch the bus to get to school on time, so he can get good grades. Place a comma after day because it is a temporal adverbial modifier. place a comma after shower, dress, and breakfast. Change raises to rise (intransitive verb- needs no object) because there is no object and is intransitive. Change dresses to dress. Get rid of each because you don't need both. Change well to good (adjective) because well is a n adverb. ADJECTIVES MODIFY NOUNS. Place a comma after time because it is a causal adverbial modifier. TO SHOWER IS AN INFINITIVE. Present active indicative third person singular Place a place between 5:30 and A.M. Verb Tense: 6 voice Active and passive mood: Indicative, Imperative, command, Subjunctive (i.e if I were you), Person: 3: third second and first Number: singular or plural. 3 The french trade commission sent a gift to the president who Senator Bill voted for because he was his best friend in high school. The French Trade Commission sent a gift to the president whom Senator Bill voted for because he was his best friend in high school. Capitalize French because it is the name of a language. THERE IS A SUBJECT IN THE RELATIVE CLAUSE. CHANGE WHO TO WHOM 4. Sue whom is the student body president made less mistakes on her spanish test then Sally because she was more careless then her. Sue, who is the student body president, made fewer mistakes on her Spanish test than Sally because Sally was more careless than her. Capitalize Spanish because it is the name of a language and is a proper noun. THERE IS NO SUBJECT IN THE RELATIVE CLAUSE! Change whom to who. In a relative clause you would still retain both commas. Change both then to than because than is used as a comparative. Add a comma before and after who is the student body president because it is a relative clause. (begins with a relative pronoun) Change less to fewer because less can not be measure. Then is temporal 5. When he cleaned the yard dad found a three year old LA times that lay under the bushes.When Dad cleaned the yard, he found a three- year- old Los Angeles Times that lay under the bushes. Capitalize Dad because it is used as a proper noun. place a comma after yard because it is a temporal adverbial modifier. Capitalize Times because it is the name of a newspaper. Underline newspaper Lay is an intransitive verb. To make present progressive, use lay. ( or had lain) Use hyphens between three- year- old. Spell out LA Part 11 1 Cajun food has become real popular gumbo blacken fish bread pudding now appears on many menus. Cajun food has become really popular; ,now gumbo, blackened fish, and bread pudding appear on many menus . Change real to really because it is an adverb modifying the adjective popular. Add commas between gumbo, blacken fish, and bread pudding because it is a list. REAL IS ANOTHER ADJECTIVE. Add a semicolon after popular to connect the two sentences. Change appears to appear because it is a multiple subject that needs a verb that can handle it. Change blacken to blackened. , and before bread pudding. NOW IS A TEMPORAL ADVERBIAL MODIFIER. 2 At import motors the jones seen a used honda with air conditioning and having leather seats just what they are looking for. At Import Motors, the Jones saw a used Honda with air conditioning and leather seats, which was just what they were looking for. Capitalize Jones, Import motors (name of a company), and Honda because it is a proper noun. Place a comma after Motors because it is a locative (showing location) adverbial modifier. Change seen to saw for simple past tense. Seen needs to be used with an auxiliary verb (is a perfect) Take out having because with can apply to both air conditioning and leather seats. Add "which was" (was was the verb) 3 It was him which had fell off the boat last weekend at thunder lake dr smith shouted. "It was he who had fallen off the boat last weekend at Thunder Lake." Dr. Smith shouted. Place quotes to show the dialogue . Capitalize Thunder Lake. Change which to who because which refers to things. Change him to he. Change relative pronoun to who. Add fallen for past perfect PREDICATE NOMINATIVES: Accusative ALL THINGS NOUN CAN DO: SUBJECT (NOMINATIVES), POSSESSIVE (GENITIVE) , INDIRECT OBJECT (DATIVE), DIRECT OBJECT (ACCUSATIVE) To be: equative verb Subject- predicate They he she the boy Subject Their his her the boy's possessive Them him her to the girl indirect object Them him her the girl direct object 4 The baileys had went to the pacific northwest and seen olympic national park last summer. The Baileys had gone to the Pacific Northwest and saw Olympic National Park, last summer. Capitalize Pacific Northwest and Olympic National Park because it is a proper noun. Change seen to saw because saw is simple present tense. Capitalize Baileys because it is someone's last name. Change the sentence to past perfect. Change went to gone. Place a comma before summer because it is a temporal adverbial modifier 5. Tomato soup by Truman Capote is often cited as a example of art nuveau and art deco two genres of painting.Tomato Soup, which was painted by Truman Capote, is often cited as an example of art nuveau and art deco, two genres of painting. Italicize Tomato Soup because it is the name of a painting. Place a comma after painting. Change a to an because the word after starts with a vowel. Capitalize Soup because it is the name of a painting. Place a comma after Capote because it is a relative clause. 1 There are many people in schools which are available to help poor performing students do good. There are many people in schools, whom are available to help poorly- performing student do well. Change which to whom because which describes objects: IS THERE A SUBJECT IN THE RELATIVE CLAUSE? Change good to well because well is an adverb and good is an adjective. Place -ly after poor to modify performing. Add a hyphen between poorly and performing. Add a comma after schools because it is a relative clause. 2. It is customary for everyone to raise when the star spangled banner our national anthem is sang. It is customary for everyone to rise when we sing the Star- Spangled- Banner, our national anthem. Change raise to rise because they are two different words/ different meanings. Rise means to get up, raise means to lift. Raise something up, a person rises. Rise is intransitive: doesn't take a direct object. Raise is a transitive verb taking an object. Capitalize Star Spangled Banner because it is the name of a song. Italicize and hyphen Star Spangled Banner because it is the name of a shorter work. Place a comma before and our national anthem. Customary is the predicate adjective. " For everyone" is causal. Change is sang to is sung (present passive). The sentence is a subordinate clause. Rise and is are the verb of the clause. Re- place song to before the title of the song so that it isn't passive. Subject: It verb: is 3. Most students completed there book reports on invanhoe long before prof parker collected it. Long before professor Parker collected them, most students completed their book reports on Ivanhoe. Write out professor. Capitalize Parker. Italicize and capitalize Ivanhoe because it is the name of a book. Move: long before professor parker collected it to the front, making it a temporal adverbial modifier. Add a comma after it because it is a temporal adverbial modifier. Change there to their because it is the wrong form. There signifies location. Change it to them becasue there are more than one book reports. 4. Either you have got to go or me cause the team need at least one off us inorder to make the playoffs. Either you or I must go because the team needs at least one of us off in order to make the playoffs. Change off to of because they are different words with different meanings . Change cause to because. Add an "s" after need because team involves more than one person. Add a space between inorder, because they are both two separate words. Change you have got to go or me because you or I must go is the subject. 5. Mars attacks is a name of a funnier movie staring Jack Nicholson that is about them funniest looking martians whom attack the earth.Mars Attacks is the name of a funny movie starring Jack Nicholson, which is about the funny looking martians, who attacked the Earth. Capitalize Mars Attacks because it is the name of a movie. Italicize Mars Attacks because it is the name of a movie. Change funnier to funny because funnier is used to describe two different things: nothing is being compared. Capitalize Earth because it is the name of a place. Get rid of them because it is unneeded. Change staring to starring because they are two different words. Change that to which because which is particular (specific) That is general base. All relative clauses can be made into sentences of their own. Antecedent of the relative clause: the movie. Italicize for the name of a longer work.. Antecedents of whom: martians. Change whom to who because there is no subject in the relative clause (martians is part of previous relative clause) IS THERE A SUBJECT IN THE RELATIVE CLAUSE???????? |