Sentence Correction

There are two phrases you should pay particular attention to in these directions:

1. "Standard Written English" Standard Written English is not what we use for casual communication, and it is not as formal as the English used in scholarly writing.
2. "Clearly and precisely" Knowledge of "correct grammatical usage," by itself, isn't sufficient to find the right answer: you also need to look for answers that are concise and not redundant. 

The usual grammatical errors in Sentence correction includes the following :

A. Subject-Verb Agreement

B. Modifiers

C. Parallelism

D. Pronoun Agreement

E. Verb Time Sequences

F. Comparisons

G. Idioms

  


Method to the Sentence Correction Questions :

1. Read the complete sentence.
 
2. After you've read the sentence, look for clues indicating what grammar rule the question is testing.
    Agreement Issues: Look for pronouns, verbs, and nouns: do they agree?
    Modifiers: Look for introductory phrases set off by a comma: is the modifier used correctly?
    Parallels: Look for commas separating words in a list, as well as expressions such as not only...but also, both..and, either...or, neither...nor: is everything parallel?
 
3. After you've dissected the question, compare answer choices and note how they differ. Look for   the answer choice that preserves the meaning of the original sentence without creating new errors. Eliminate answer choices with grammar errors