16 rules of Grammar! 3.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? OtherOtherOther Created by: Nicole NgCreated on: 23-12-12 09:04 subject-verb agreement 1 subject and verb separated (cross out the fat- usually between commas) 1 of 16 subject-verb agreement 2 verb before subject (there is/are; shakespeare syntax i.e. funky word orders) 2 of 16 subject-verb agreement 3 subject seems plural (neither..nor/either...or; in addition to/along with) 3 of 16 Rule 4 (verb: simple past) simple past vs participle (complex verb forms with helping verbs) 4 of 16 Rule 5 (verb: infinitive) infinitive vs gerund (to add 'ing' or not? e.g. prevent to compete-->prevent FROM COMPETING) 5 of 16 Rule 6 (verb: general) wrong verb tense (look at time references: since, [specific time], today, yesterday) 6 of 16 Rule 7 (prepositions) wrong preposition 7 of 16 Rule 8 wrong word (watch out for homophones i.e. words that sound alike) 8 of 16 Rule 9 (adj) adjective vs adverb i.e. adj only describes n., adv. describes verb, adj etc. (adj and adv substitution; comparative vs superlative i.e. more, most) 9 of 16 Rule 10 double negative (watch out: hardly, scarcely, without) 10 of 16 Rule 11 Parallelism (faulty comparisons; listing) 11 of 16 Rule 12 noun number agreement (logical no. relations; countable vs uncountable nouns i.e countable: fewer, many, farther || uncountable: less, much,further) 12 of 16 Rule 13 (pronoun) pronoun number (cross out fat between subject and pronoun) 13 of 16 Rule 14 (pronoun) ***pronoun case 14 of 16 Rule 15 (pronoun) pronoun shift (one....one; everyone...he/her) 15 of 16 Rule 16 (pronoun) pronoun with ambiguous reference 16 of 16
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