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 must leave their final class early today to make it to the early showing of the new French movie on time.
All modles require infinitive verbs to follow. Capitalize all pronouns. Put all verbs in correct tense. 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 cannot accept the idea that the world's climate is changing quickly. Use the correct homophone. Put all contractions into normal form. Adjectives modify only nouns and pronouns; adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
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4 Having won the game a visit to cliffside restaurant was offered to the team by the principle of El Segundo high school. Having won the game, the principal of El Segundo High School offered the team a visit to Cliffside Restaurant. Add a comma to set off a temporal adverbial modifier. The principal is our "pal." Principle means a law or state. Cliffside and Restaurant are pronouns. 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. Shorter works need quotation marks. Get rid of e in your and get rid of the 's in mine. Capitalize Ralph Waldo and Self Reliance. Add an apostrophe after the N in Emerson. Appositives rename each other and require a comma. My aunt sally last summer attended a six week seminar at ucla she had morning classes and worked at the french embassy in the afternoons. Last summer, my Aunt Sally attended a six week seminar at UCLA; she had morning classes and worked at the French Embassy in the afternoons. Move last summer to the beginning and add a comma because it is an adverbial modifier. Capitalize Aunt Sally because it is a pronoun. Capitalize UCLA because it is a pronoun. Make it two sentences because it is a run-on sentence. Capitalize French Embassy because it is a pronoun. 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: the shape of the ball, the parts of the body used in play, and goal scoring. Capitalize American. Put a colon between ways and the or such as in between the and way. Put a comma after ball and play. Add and after the last comma and before goal. You need to finish the sentence. Change than to from because it is grammatically incorrect. Part two 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 raise in the United States because the value of the dollar has decreased. Capitalize Japanese and United States; they are proper adjectives. Move the causal adverbial modifier to the beginning of the sentence and add a comma. When you move it to the beginning it becomes a circumstantial adverbial modifier. Change raise to rise because raise is a transit. Raise needs a direct object with it. Change lowered to decreased because we have to be precise.
2 In her office mary noticed a box of dictionaries they were delivered their early by mistake. In her office, Mary noticed a box of dictionaries; they were delivered there early by mistake. Move in her office to the beginning of the sentence and add a comma. It is an locative adverbial modifier. Change their to there, because it is an incorrect homophone. Capitalize Mary, it is a proper noun. Add a semi colon after dictionaries to split the sentence. Action voice is preferred while reading and speaking over passive voice. 3 Three officers of the surf club decided between theirselves when the trip would occur irregardless of what other members thought. Regardless of what other members thought, three officers of the Surf Club decided amongst themselves when the trip would occur. Capitalize Surf Club. Move irregardless... to the beginning of the sentence. It is a circumstantial adverbial modifier. Change between to amongst. Get rid of the -ir in irregardless because it is not a word. Change theirselves to themselves because it is not a word. 4
The painting two angels appeared on the front of the greeting card this message was inside holiday joy to you and yours. The painting, "Two Angels" appeared on the front of the greeting card and the message inside was "holiday joy to you and yours." Put quotations around two angels. Capitalize two angels because it is a name of a painting. Add a comma before two angels because it is an appositive. Appositives only require one comma. Reword the sentence to <<said above>>. 5
After sailing around catalina island us girls laid in the sun on a beach overlooking avalon bay. We, girls, sailed around Catalina Island, then lied on a beach in the sun overlooking Avalon Bay. Capitalize Catalina Island because it is a proper noun. Put a comma after island because it is a temporal adverbial modifier. Change us to we. We is a subject, us is an object. We girls is an appositive because it redefines itself. Capitalize Avalon Bay because it is a proper noun. Six different tenses. Change laid to lied, laid is transitive. PRINCIPLE PARTS
Part 3 Grammar 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. Add a comma after summer because it is a temporal adverbial modifer. Capitalize all things needed to be capitalized. Change all of the abbreviations to not abbreviations. Group the cities with their states by using semicolons. 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, every Thursday at seven o'clock; a nature series on the Discovery Channel. Always right out the things. Never forget. Always seperate appositives with a comma. 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. Although it is too late to begin this semester, our class will be involved sometime in doing a project on the Civil War. Change to, to too because it is a something. Capitalize all words needed to be capitalized. Put the temporal adverbial modifier in the front. Never put I think, because if you wrote it then we know that you think it. 4 My friends that are members of the key club wants to visit the getty museum forextra credit. For extra credit, my friends, who are members of the Key Club, want to visit the Getty Museum. Relative pronouns introduce relative causes. Relative pronouns include; who, whom, whose, whoever etc., which, that. People need who or whom, that refers to non-humans. The antecedent must match in gender and number as it does in all other pronouns. Capitalize all words needing capitalization. Re-word sentence to said above. 5 Bob don’t have no yearbook yet but he can look at my for the time being. Bob does not have a yearbook yet, but for the time being, he may look at mine. Mine is a pronoun because you don't need a word after it. Get rid of no and add an a because it makes it a double negative. Change don't to doesn't. For the time being is a temporal adverbial modifier. Part 4 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 this amendment, it passed, and now we need to vote on the amended motion. Change have to, to need to because it is improper grammar. It passed is a circumstantial adverbial modifier. Change all things that Dr. Gen says to change because it is important that I learn proper English.
2. I like these kind of sculpture depicting american indians sally said so lets visit more galleries that sell them. "I like this kind of sculpture depicting American Indians,"Sally said, "So let's visit more galleries that sell them." Add quotes. Capitalize american and indians. Add and apostrophe after the t in lets because it is referring to let us. If you do not know why in writing than you are lucky you can write. If you know why then you can do it every time. 3. The whether was real muggy so us three decides to not go to the game and goes to the movies instead. The weather was really muggy so the three of us decided not to got to the game and instead, to go to the movies. Change whether to weather. Add a y to real because it is an adverb. Change us three to the three of us. Has to be the subject. This is becoming very easy. We can get reading time today. YAY
4. You are welcomed to browse quickly our classroom and see if your lost book was left there by mistake. Change quick to quickly because it is an adverb. Change loss to lost because it is incorrect tense. Change welcome to welcomed. It is a verb. Drives me up a tree to think of your welcome. Correctly it would be your welcomed. Move quickly to after browse so you are not splitting up infinitives.
5. 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, to improve his understanding of the culture, therefore helping his students. Capitalize the pronouns. Change the sentence around due to the adverbial modifiers and different clauses. Change it so that you are able to comprehend what the sentence is trying to say. Part 5 1 George Will a
syndicated columnist is very popular his success is based on common sense
solutions to problems. Add commas to separate. Separate the sentence with a period. It is not that hard anymore. He might have to make it harder.
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. Capitalize all things needing capitalization. Commas after Santa Fe and Consequently. Period after size for separation. Consequently subordinate sentence or a dependent clause. At the trading post in Santa Fe is a locative adverbial modifer.
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 most enjoyed the elephants. Change the voice from passive to active. Capitalize all things needed to be capitalized. put a comma in between Hall and the children. The junk in the beginning is a temporal adverbial modifier. These are getting easier and easier.
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 style tables that were discounted 25%. Change all things necessary to be changed for feedback and continue onto next.
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 Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, many more of his paintings are in London's, National Gallery. It is important that you put quotations around the works of art and capitalize the places, names, and pronouns. 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 most of the others; Sally, who drives the nicest car in her class, had went to the school expecting everything to be normal. This is a relative clause. Change whom to who. Change nicer to nicest. Relative pronouns are who, whom, whose, which, and that. Put commas and capitalize wherever and whatever necessary. The relative clause needs to be seperated by commas. I, you, he, she, it, who: subject words me, you, him, her, it, whom: object words 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." Move it to what said above. Keep the verbs active and capitalize all things. Reunite the continuous. 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 potluck meal for the Key Club, Ms. Black bought the following items: eggs, milk, Hershey's chocolate, sugar, flour, and vanilla. The time has come where Dr. Gen should stop giving us these and we should do it all verbally (my opinion). I put a colon to make it a proper list. I added all commas necessary. Capitalize Ms. Black and put a period after Ms because it is an abbreviation. Pr 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 at Los Angeles; she wants to major in psychology, political science, English, or engineering. Move she to after the semicolon. Capitalize all the proper nouns and places. Add a semicolon to split the sentence. Put commas where necessary. 4 More and more farmers especially them having little acreage are finding it difficult to maintain a decent standard of living isnt that true? "More and more farmers are finding it difficult to maintain a decent standard of living, especially those having little acreage- Isn't that true?" Add all commas where necessary. Put quotations because it is dialogue. Change them to those because it is not a subject. Talking about dialogue a lot. 5 He don't know if can attend tonites meeting but well be infomred by himself by the end of classes today. He does not know if he can attend tonight's meeting, but will inform us by the end of classes today Part 7 1 Mike gave a report about the family that we studied in the history and we write them a letter to ask them some questions. Mike gave a report about the family that we studied in history, to whom we wrote a letter to ask them some questions. The reason that it is whom not who is because they already have a subject so it needs to be an object. Add commas. Get rid of the i in familiy. The is supiferolus because it is unnecessary.
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. Separate which is across town from the sentence with commas. Circumstantial adverbial and causal adverbial modifiers. 3. Sally who did you see at the pizza hut last night jane asked in biology? "Sally, who did you see at the Pizza Hut last night?" Jane asked her in Biology. Put quotations around sally and night. The grammatical function is the entire sentence. Move the question mark from the end to after night before the quotation marks. It is whom not who because the object has to be confronted because it is continuously perceivable. 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" run in the spring. Change real to really,because it is describing incredible and therefore needs to be an adverb. Capitalize School and Cool and change but to and because it does not contrast. Add a comma because it is separating a clause. 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 is the most powerful play that I have read in English class. You need to figure out who did the borrowing. Italicize 12 angry men. Put a semicolon because the play renames 12 angry men which makes it an appositive. Change I read to I have read because it is present not past. Capitalize English. 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, therefore it will have to be taken down and done correctly. Change hanged to hung because it is past tense. Add a comma and change proper to properly because it needs to be an adverb. Change took down to taken down because it needs to be past tense and change correct to correctly because it needs to be an adverb.
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. Having a flexible lunch time has had a positive effect on aiding the students that were released late to be able to return to class on time. Change the sentence to said above. By rewording the sentence it changes it from passive voice to active voice. Add a comma after late. Change affect to effect. Effect is more immediate impact. Affect is the result of that action.
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 adress these envelopes; maybe the other member will help. Change or to or because neither goes with nor and either goes with or. Semicolon to connect the sentence. Coordinating conjunctions are where items on both sides of being connected are equal. These sentences are equal. Change envelops to envleopes. Take out here because it is hillbilyish. 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 so that I can be in my top shape. Lay should be changed to lie because I lie down and I lay a pencil down. Lay is a transitive because it cannot take an object. Add that so that you do not have to add quotation marks. Temporal adverbial modifier in the beginning.
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 who is the worst student in trigonometry. I will copy all of my notes for him so that I can help him. Change badest to worst because it is improper grammar. Change that is to who because there is no subject in the relative clause. Change myself to I because mself is a reflexive pronoun that you do for one's self ex: I gave myself a bath.
Part 9 1 Bill had less mistakes on her Shakespeare exam then Sue whom wants to go to the dance with him. Bill had fewer mistakes on his Shakespeare exam than Sue, who wants to go to the dance with him. Change her to his because Bill hopefully is a guy. Change then to than because then is time and than is comparative. Change whom to who because there is no subject in the relative clause. Add a comma. Change less to fewer because few means something you can put a number on it. You can't put a number on less.
2 Sue and Sally are in the play Othello and she is nervous about opening night which is about jealousy and love. Sue and Sally are in the play, Othello which is about jealousy and love, and they are nervous about opening night. Add commas before and after Othello because it is an appositive because it renames the play. Which is a relative pronoun. Move which is about jealousy and love next to Othello because it is describing it. 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 who was visiting us for the first time. Me instead of I because because me is an object and we need an object instead of a subject. Mom capitalized because it is a pronoun. Put a comma after room because it is an adverbial modifier. 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 we wanted to buy videos for a friend's birthday who likes action packed films. Change myself to I because I is a subject and myself is a reflexive pronoun. Put an apostrophe after the d in friends because it is not more than one friend and it is possessive. There is no subject in the relative clause so change whom to who. Change liked to likes because she is still liking them now. 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 is going to start against Costa because recently she has been outplaying Sue, to whom she lives next door. Change among to between because that is the correct phrase. Change I to me because you need an object in the prepositional statement. Capitalize coach. Outplayed to one word. Put a comma after Sue. Move the to before whom because prepositions take objects. 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, Mom and me a locally made gift of blankets and jewels, which Mom collects. Capitalize black hills. Don't abbreviate South Dakota. Switch around me and mom and get rid of my and capitalize mom. Keep me do not change it to I because we need an object not a subject. Change local to locally because it needs to be an adverb. Comma after Dakota because it is a temporal adverbial modifier. Change on to during because it makes it a temporal adverbial modifier. Comma after jewels because it is is a relative clause.
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. Everyday, Bill rises at 5:30 AM to shower, dress, breakfast, and catch the bus to get to school in time so he can get good grades. Change raise to rise. It is just like lay and lie. Add commas after everything. Fix the AM and after every day put a comma because it is a temporal adverbial modifier.
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 Senator Bill's best friend in High School. Capitalize French Trade Commission. Change who to whom because there is a subject in the relative clause. Add commas where necessary. 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 Sue. Capitalize Spanish, change the then's to than because than is a comparative and then is temporal. Comma after sue and president. Change Whom to who because there is not a subject in the relative clause. Change less to fewer because you cannot count fewer. Change the last her to Sue because you need to specify. When in doubt repeat
5. When he
cleaned the yard dad found a three year old LA times that laid
under the bushes. When Dad cleaned the yard, he found a three-year-old LA Times that was lying under the bushes. Change around dad and he and capitalize Dad. Put a comma after yard because it is a temporal adverbial modifier. Change laid to was lying. Capitalize times. Hyphenate three-year-old. 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; gumbo, blackened fish, and bread pudding appear on many a menu now. Change real to really because you need to modify an adjective therefore it needs to be an adverb. Put a semicolon because it is two sentences combined. Change blacken to blackened. Change appears to appear because it appears is third person singular. Use commas because they need to be separated and the word and before bread pudding.
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; just what they are looking for. Capitalize what necessary. Change seen to saw because it is the wrong tense. Take out having because you already have with. Put a semicolon after seats because you need to seperate the two sentences. Put a comma after motors because it is a locative adverbial modifier. 3 It was him which had fell off the boat last weekend at thunder lake dr smith shouted. "It was he, who fell off the boat last weekend, at Thunder Lake!" Dr. Smith shouted. Add commas after he because it is the beginning of a relative clause. Add a comma after weekend to separate the locative adverbial modifier. Capitalize thunder lake and Dr. Smith. Put quotations because he is saying it. Predicate Nominative verbs are accusative. Change him to he because it needs to be predicate nominative.
4 The baileys had went to the pacific northwest and seen olympic national park last summer. The Bailey's had gone to the Pacific Northwest and seen the Olympic National Park, last summer. Comma after Park because it is a temporal adverbial modifier. Capitalize olympic national park, because it is a Pronoun. Capitalize Pacific Northwest. 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 two genres of painting: art Nouveau and art Deco. Italacize Tomato Soup. Put a comma after soup and after Capote because it is a relative clause. Capitalize soup. Capitalize Nouveau and deco. Part 12 1 There are many people in schools which are available to help poor performing students do good. There are many people in schools, who are available to help poorly-performing students to do well. Change which to who. There is no subject in the relative clause. Change poor to poorly because it needs to be an adverb to modify performing. Hyphenate poorly performing. Change good to well. Needs to be an adverb. Add a comma after school because there 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", the United States' national anthem. Change raise to rise. Rise is intransitive so it does not take a direct object. Raise does not take objects. Put commas after banner and anthem because it is an appositive. Change sang to sung because it is in past tense, but it needs to be in the present passive. Make it active by moving is sung to we sing. Capitalize Star Spangled Banner and hyphenate it. 3. Most students completed there book reports on invanhoe long before prof parker collected it. Most students completed their book reports on Ivanhoe, long before Professor Parker collected them. Capitalize Ivanhoe and Italicize ivanhoe. Capitalize and spell out professor parker. Long before Professor Parker collected it is a temporal adverbial modifier so separate it with a comma. Change there to their so it is possessive. Change it to them because it is plural. 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 have to go because the team needs at least one of us off in order to make the playoffs. Change me to I because it is a subject. Get rid of have got and just change it to have to. In order is two words. Change it to at least one of us off. Change cause to because.
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 Attack is a name a funny movie starring Jack Nicholson; the movie is about the funny looking martians, who attack Earth. Change staring to starring. Italacize mars attacks and capitalize attacks. put a semi-colon after nicholson and change that to the movie. Put a comma after martians because it is a relative clause. Change funniest to funny. Change whom to who because there is no subject in the relative clause.
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