Incorrect:
Because we love Kobe Brant we are here.
Correct:
Because we love Kobe
Brant, we are here.
The subordinator should come before a verb.
Incorrect:
I went to the market after, I stopped at the bank.
Correct:
After I went to the market, I stopped at the bank.
MCQs: Choose the appropriate options from the statements below:
She sold the food before, she persuaded the buyer. B. Before she sold the
food, she persuaded the buyer.)
Answer: B
Due to ____ she could not make it. (A. technical reasons, B. technical
reasons)
Answer: A
Phrases
A phrase is a group of words used within a sentence as a unit to express a
concept. Types of phrases include noun, gerund, appositive, infinitive,
absolute, prepositional, participial, and verb.
Examples:
Sunday became
a cool, wet afternoon.
She
might enjoy a massage.
Do you know your phrases? Let’s see:
It is “one and the same” and not “one in the same.”
Incorrect:
The two balls are one in the same.
Correct:
The two balls are
one and the same.
It is “each one worse than the last” and not “each one worse than the next.”
Incorrect:
The disasters kept coming,
each one worse than the next.
Correct:
The disasters kept coming,
each one worse than the last.
It is “by accident” and not “on accident.”
Incorrect:
The truck crushed the ball on accident.
Correct:
The truck crushed the ball
by accident.
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