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Avoid these common errors and improve your writing instantly!

  • Mr. Mason is coming late to classes everyday ➡ Mr. Mason comes late to classes everyday.  
  • Present tense for habitual action and present continuous for right now.
 
  • Siripong he is my brother, he lives in Changmai ➡ Siripong is my brother, and[who] he lives in Changmai    
  •  A compound sentence needs a coordinating conjunction or a relative pronoun and mentioning the subject as a noun and then as a pronoun in a clause is not allowed as it is redundant.
 
  • My home there is a servant she takes care of the cooking ➡ My home has a servant/In my home there is a servant who takes care of the cooking  
  • Do not use servant and she as it is redundant; if you use a preposition make it “there are” but without the preposition make it “has”
 
  • My mother is a wife house and she nice ➡ My mother is a housewife, and[who] she is nice
  • Is/am/are + adjective; in compound nouns the first noun acts the part of an adjective
 
  • As I would like to learn English ➡ As I would like to learn English I study the subject everyday
  • If it is an independent clause “as” can be deleted; but if you have “as” it is a dependent clause without an independent clause, which is a fragment
 
  • My sister said go to her classes everyday improved her English ➡ My sister said that going to her classes everyday improved her English  
  • The gerund, or verb-noun, “going” is needed as a subject for the second clause
 
  • In my club we there are much elections to determine the officers ➡ In my club there are many elections to determine the officers/My club has many elections to determine the officers
  • The preposition “in” needs “there are” but without the preposition and you must use “has”
 
  • I meet with her everyday next week ➡ I will meet with her everyday next week
  • It is a one time occurrence stretched over many days so present tense is not correct
 
  • Every Friday she will go to her class at 9:00 ➡ Every Friday she goes to her classes at 9:00
  • Present tense is for habitual action
 
  • Because she doesn’t want drink alcohol ➡ Because she doesn’t want to drink alcohol she drinks coffee
  • If you delete because it is a simple sentence or independent clause, but if you use “because” you have a dependent clause with no independent clause, so a fragment
 
  • He said he want marry her ➡ He said that he wanted to marry her
  • Subject verb alignment with an “s”; verb+infinitive; align past tense in both clauses for good parallel structure
 
  • I listening to music and to eat pizza ➡ I like listening to music and eating pizza
  • Keep it harmonious in both clauses with parallel structure
 
  • My brother said in choose this field I will be earning a lot of money ➡ My brother said that in choosing this field I would be earning a lot of money  
  • Align past tense in both clauses; preposition+gerund
 
  • There is other thing that is important to me, it is my part-time job ➡ There is another thing that is important to me, and it is my part-time job  
  • “Other” is usually an adjective for a plural noun and “another” is one other; you need a coordinating conjunction or there will be a comma splice
 
  • I want every people do his very best work ➡ I want every person to do his very best work
  • Every is for singular nouns; verb+ infinitive
 
  • Because she don’t want to get married ➡ Because she does not want to get married  she remains single
  • This is a fragment for “because” alters this simple sentence, this independent clause into a dependent clause and here we do not have an independent clause to connect with
 
  • Louis he is my cousin, he lives in Nongkai ➡ Louis is my cousin, and he lives in Nongkai
  • The coordinating conjunction of “and” is needed, for without it there is a comma splice; don’t repeat the subject as a noun and then a pronoun
 
  • In the theater have much chairs ➡ In the theater there are many chairs/The theater has many chairs
  • Remember preposition + there is/there are/there was/there were
 
  • My home there is a gardener he takes care of the plants ➡ At my home there is a gardener who takes care of the plants /My home has a gardener who takes care of the plants
  • Conversely, without the preposition and use has/have/had
 
  • I like sing at karaoke every Saturday ➡I like to sing at a karaoke every Saturday  
  • Verb+infinitive
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