1. There are many people in schools, who are available to help poor-performing students, do well. There are many people in schools which are available to help poor
performing students do good. Schools is used because it is modifying the school. Good replaced by well because it is modifying adjectives Who replaces which because it is used for better Hyphen between poor performing
2. It is customary for everyone to rise when singing the Star-Spangled Banner, our national anthem. It is customary for everyone to raise when the star spangled banner our national anthem is sang. Rise replaces raise because you raise your hand but rise when standing up Raise is a transitive verb taking a DO Rise takes an IO intransitive verb Subject is doing the action so dont need DO People are rising. People raise flags Star Spangled Banner capitalized because it is a proper noun. We want to get rid of sang and make it an active verb singing Comma after banner and anthem because it is an apositive 3. Most students completed their book reports on "Ivanhoe", long before professor Parker collected them. Most students completed there book reports on invanhoe long before prof parker collected it. There changed to Their to show possession Ivanhoe Capitalized because it is proper Comma after Ivanhoe for temporal adverbial modifier Spell/capitalize Prof Parker' Them replaces it because there are several reports or more than one
4. Either you have got to go or me cause the team need at least one off us inorder to make the playoffs.
5. Mars Attacks is the name of a funny movie starring Jack Nicholson, which is about funny-looking martians, whom attack Earth. 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 completely capitalized and Underlined. First a is replaced by the because it is a specific movie, not a wide range of titles Funnier changed to funny because it is not funnier than normal. Funniest looking changed to funny-looking because they are still not funnier than something in this sentence and there is a dash between the two words because it is an adjective and noun thingy the is omitted before Earth and Earth capitalized that is is omitted and changed to which is Whom is changed to who because there is a subject
1 Cajun food has become very popular; gumbo, blackened fish, and bread pudding now appear on many menus. Cajun food has become real popular gumbo blacken fish bread pudding now appears on many menus.
Real turned to very because it modifies adjective and so we need an adverb (Real is an adjective and so is popular. We need to change real to an adverb.)
; added after popular to split two sentences.
Commas after each food because they are each subjects.
Appears is appear because it is singular and appear is plural
Blacken is to Blackened because it needs to be adjective.
2 At Import Motors, the Jones have saw a used Honda with air conditioning and leather seats; it was just what they are looking for.
At import motors the jones seen a used honda with air conditioning and having leather seats just what they are looking for.
Import Motors capitalized because it is a company. Jones capitalized because it is a family name Honda cap. because it is a type of car Seen is changed to saw because it needs to be past Having is omitted because there is already with in the sentence Semi colon can be added after seats because it was just... can be a new sentence. Locative comma after Import Motors because it is indicating where 3 "It was he, who had fallen of the boat last weekend at Thunder Lake!" Dr. Smith shouted.
It was him which had fell off the boat last weekend at thunder lake dr smith shouted.
Thunder Lake, Dr. Smith capitalized because proper nouns. Parenthesis needed because someone is saying this sentence. Predicate (anything after verb) Nouns can be the subject, possessive, indirect objects, direct objects Boy, Boy's, To the boy, boy Subject = Nominatives Possessive = Genitive Indirect = dative Direct = accusative Noun Cases
*Ring* *Ring* -Hello -I'm looking for Lane Crychick -It is I !! Equative Verbs = To be The boys were they is gramatically correct. 'They' Ran away from home. Which is changed to Who because which is for 4 Last summer, the Baileys went to the Pacific Northwest and saw the Olympic National Park.
The baileys had went to the pacific northwest and seen olympic national park last summer.
Cap. Bailys, Pacific Northwest, Olympic National Park Add a the before Olympic because it is a proper noun Put last summer at the beginning of sentence and then comma for temporal adverbial modifier. 5.Tomato Soup, which was produced by Truman Capote, is often cited as an example of two genres of painting: art nouveau and art deco.
Tomato soup by Truman Capote is often cited as a example of art nuveau and art deco two genres of painting.
Add a comma after tomato soup and Capote Colon after painting to list An instead of a before example because before a vowel there is always an Soup is capitalized, still the name of the piece of art. Which was produced added to make it a relative clause Nuveau changed to nouveau if it is french
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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.
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.
3 The French Trade Commission sent a gift to the president, whom Senator Bill voted for because he was his best friend in high school. The french trade commission sent a gift to the president who Senator Bill voted for because he was his best friend in high school. Capitalize french trade commission capitalized, who changed to whom, comma after president because it shows the relative clause 4.Sue, who is the student body president, made fewer mistakes on her Spanish test than Sally because she was more careless than Sue. Sue whom is the student body president made less mistakes on her spanish test then Sally because she was more careless then her. Apositive is a word/phrase renaming something. "The teacher, Ray Gen,..." There are no one commas. No subject in relative clause so change to who. Two commas, one after Sue and one after president, because it is the relative clause Then changed to than because then is a time phrase. Spanish is proper noun Fewer replaces less because less is not countable and mistakes are countable. 5. When Dad cleaned the yard, he found a three-year-old L.A. Times that lay under the bushes. When he cleaned the yard dad found a three year old LA times that laid under the bushes. Dad put in place of the he because we don't know who the he is until Dad is stated, so dad in front of he so we know we're refering to him. Cap. dad Comma after yard for temporal adverbial modifier Cap. Times because it is still aprt of newspaper. Under line L.A. Times because is newspaper L.A. has periods because it stands for something.
1Bill had fewer mistakes on his Shakespeare exam than Sue, who wants to go to the dance with him. Bill had less mistakes on her Shakespeare exam then Sue whom wants to go to the dance with him. - Change her to his because Bill is a guy clarified later in the sentence. - Change then to than because it is comparitive - Whom changed to Who If there is a subject, we use whom If there is no subject, use who. -Less changed to fewer because Fewer talks about numbers and Less is not countable.
2 Sue and Sally are in the play, Othello, which is about jealously and love, and they are nervous about opening night. Sue and Sally are in the play Othello and she is nervous about opening night which is about jealousy and love. -Titles of Plays are underlined -Comma added after Othello and love (Which is a relative pronoun)to explain what the Othello is. -She and is is changed to they and are to make it plural. 3 Last night, Mom told me and my sister to clean our rooms because she had invited a friend over who was visiting us for the first time. 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. Do not change me and my siser because We need direct object not a subject pronoun. Mom capitalized. Comma after last night because it is an adverbal modifier Who was visiting us for the first time? the friend!! This is the relative clause If there is a relative clause, you use who!! 4 Sara and I met Sally and Sue at the mall to buy videos for a friend's birthday, who liked action packed films. 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. Myself changed to I because it is a subject pronoun. Reflexive pronoun is myself. Because she wanted is omitted because it makes the sentence unclear on who wants to buy videos Whom is changed to who because there is a subject of the relaitve clause. Comma after birthday to provide a pause. Friends has appos. for owning something. 5 Between you and me, Coach said that Sally will start against Costa because she has recently out-played Sue, to whom she lives next door. 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. Quotes put up because somebody is speaking to somebody else. Whom changed to Who because there is no subject in the relative clause. Among is changed to between because between is for two people, not among people. Words that show position are preposition. Take objects. I is the object of the preposition. PREPOSITIONS TAKE OBJECTS To is put in front of wh Relative clause is the Who and Whom, She is the subject because it is a noun Week 1 1. That picture has not been hung properly and it will have to be taken down and corrected That picture has not been hanged proper and it will have to be took down and did correct. -Hung is the correct past tense of to hang, not hanged. - -ly must be added to proper to make it an adverb. -Taken is correct past tense of to take, not took down Principal parts include present, past, perfect. Take, Took, Will take. Perfects: Will have, have/has, had. I will have taken the test tommorow, She has taken the test. He had taken the test yesterday. -Corrected actually makes sense, I don't understand what did correct means.
2.The effect of a flexible lunch time has had positive in aiding the students that were released late to return to class on time. The affect of an flexible lunch time has been positive in aiding the students that were released late to return to classes on time. -an effect is the result of an affect. - An was changed to a because an is used on vowels and a is used on consonants. - been changed to had in order to make the verb present perfect. -classes changed to class becuase we are only talking about one class... It does not have to follow students to become classes.
3. Neither my friend nor his sister have the time to address these envelopes; maybe the other members can help? Neither my friend or his sister have the time to address these here envelops maybe the other members can help. - Nor is used instead of or when you are refering to two people not being able to do the same thing. Semicolon used to connect two good sentences, as well as period, "comma and,yet,but, etc." After period 2 dashes down. -Here was eliminated because it is an unnecesary word. - An 'e' was added to envelops because it is spelled envelope. - A period was added to make the sentence clearer. - Second sentence is a question is why a question mark was added to the end of the sentence.
4. My friend said that I should lie down for a while before I participate in the track meet; Otherwise I won't be in top shape. My friend said I should lay down for awhile before I participate in the track meet other wise Ill not be top shape. Verbs that take direct object are called transitive verbs. Intransitive verbs are verbs that do not take direct object verbs. -Lay is turned to lie because lie is the correct transitive verb. - Awhile is correctly spelled a while. -Two complete sentences divided by semi colon. -Won't is the correction combination of will not. -That is added to add clarification to sentence. - Otherwise should be connected
5. Tom and I will be helping Bill, who is the worst student in trigonometry, by copying all of my notes for him. -Myself changed to I because myself is reflexive. - Who and Whom is used for people Called a Relative Clause Is there a subject in the relative clause? Adj Comparative Superlative Blue Bluer Bluest Good Better Best Bad Worse Worst -Much of the sentence was taken out because it was unnecessary |