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- The correct form of "good" for a
- comparison of three or more things
- is *. We do not add -est, as we
- would to other adjectives.
- The correct form of "bad" for a compari-
- son of three or more things is *.
- We do not add -est, as we would to
- other adjectives.
- The verb must agree with its subject
- in number. The verb in this sentence
- should be * because the subject, which
- comes after the verb, is plural.
- The verb must agree with its subject
- in number. The verb in this sentence
- should be * because the subject, which
- comes after the verb, is singular.
- The article _ is unnecessary after
- "kind of."
-
-
- This sentence is an indirect question.
- A period is used at the end of an in-
- direct question; a question mark is
- used after a direct question.
- We use "plan to," not _. Correct usage
- here is *.
-
-
- A series of similar ideas in a sentence
- should be expressed in similar form,
- e.g., all nouns or all verbs. Thus, _
- should be *.
- We do not use the pronoun _ as an
- adjective. "Those" or "these" is
- used to describe *.
-
- To form the possessive of a plural noun
- that ends in -s, we add an apostrophe
- alone after the -s. Thus, _ should be
- *.
- We should not confuse _ and *.
- "Except" means "leaving out" or
- "omitting." "Accept" means "receive"
- or "take."
- We use a comma before and after an
- appositive, that is, a noun that
- explains or identifies the word with
- which it is in apposition.
- _ is the contraction for "you are."
- This sentence needs the possessive
- pronoun *.
-
- We use _ when we mean "in addition to."
- We use * when we mean "next to," as
- in this sentence.
-
- We use _ when we mean "next to." We
- use * when we mean "in addition to,"
- as in this sentence.
-
- A pronoun should agree in number with
- its antecedent. Here, _, a plural
- pronoun, was used to replace a singular
- noun. Use * instead.
- A pronoun should agree in number with
- its antecedent. Here, _, a singular
- pronoun, was used to replace a plural
- noun. Use * instead.
- We do not use _ for *.
-
-
-
- We do not use _ for *.
-
-
-
- To describe an action, we need an
- adverb, not an adjective. Thus, _
- should be *.
-
- A pronoun should agree in number with
- its antecedent. Since _ replaces two
- nouns, the pronoun here should be *.
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