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Between you and me (always) No one but/except Janet and me knows is correct, I is wrong I was I who did it He did it, not I Taller than I / taller than I am (taller than me is wrong) as clever as I or as clever as I am is correct, as clever as me is wrong The fastest runner was I is correct was him is wrong => The winner is I a number of people are, a variety of people are For number and variety only However: The number of people is, The variety of people is 9. Collective noun: family, jury, group, team, community, entourage is singular (in unity) However, when refer to individual members of a group, eg: The family are fighting against one another (the members are not acting the same), then treated as plural 10. The USA is, the lyric is, the lyrics are 11. chore is singular, chores is plural 12. police is plural, always say the police are 13. audience can be plural or singular 14. There is amount => the amount is 15. There are amounts => the amounts are 16. There are a car and a bike is correct 17. How important are your strength and mentality? Is correct 18. The mental and physical strength is 19. The freedom of expression and speech is 20. If I were, if he were, eg: I did it as if I were being chased, as if you knew 21. I wish I were is correct 22. sound, taste, smell, feel does not go with adverbs but with adjectives 23. as must come in a pair of as 24. Whenever there is comparison, there must be than 25. Comparative is for 2 things, superlative is for more than 2 things 26. one another is for more than 2, each other is for 2 27. Although, does not require the same thing to be the common subject Eg: although I tried hard, the teacher still failed me. 28. Starting a sentence with though instead of although is fine 29. goes outdoors is as fine as goes outside 30. In error ID question, look out for a phrasal verb, verb with a preposition 31. climb does not go with up (watch out for use of preposition) clean does not go with up fight does not go with against fall does not go with down help does not go with out protest does not go with against except does not go with for red, blue does not go with in color a.m does not go with morning, p.m does not go with evening 32. Graduate must go with from

Preoccupied must go with with In contrast to, contrary to Contrasting to Identical with disdain for charged with accused of concede to accede to rise up inconsistent with synonymous with appreciation of (n) enamored of approve of comment on st devote to distinction of being ST capacity for doing ST coerce + into hesitate + on thought + about doing ST sentive to being criticized intolerable to SB provoked by 33. pracetise + V-ing resent + V-ing appreciate+ V-ing adore+ V-ing admit+ V-ing pretend + to V continue, cease can use both V-ing or to V 34. There is not such word as destruct(v) 35. Simile is always indicated by the word like, as 36. requested that we be in the hospital is correct, it is important that he receive treatment =>after that, verb is in normal form (without to) 37. He requested/demanded/suggested (that) I be at school at 8 am. (can omit that) 38. Long been isolated from the outside world, must be long isolated 39. Far from draining energy means did not drain energy 40. In the hope of gaining not in the hope to gain 41. Neither/Either Steve nor/or Dave believes he has done it (correct) (depends on plural or singular) A or B (is/are) depends on B. If B is plural then are. Neither/Either of the dogs is (is if only one subject mentioned)

42. not so much by as by 43. due to means caused by. Use it carefully Eg: Due to the riot, I ran home = Caused by the riot, I ran home =>no sense However: my running home is due to the riot is correct =>due to must have to be verb in front 44. Due to must not be in front of a sentence. Instead use because of, owning to 45. If hang means to kill then past tense and past participle must be hanged 46. It was primarily when I visited the seashore that I felt nostalgic for my childhood home, which was on a small island (everything has to be in past tense). Eg: Tense should be consistent, especially if the sentence contains all simple past tense (very important) 47. Center on is correct, center around is wrong 48. Doubt that is correct, doubt whether is wrong: I doubt that he will come 49. Farther refers to distance, further refers to degree 50. Note the difference between may and can: The car can travel as fast as 51. None of, any of , some of, most of, more of, all of can be plural or singular depending on the noun that follows 52. None of them is or are? 53. One of is always singular 54. There is no hardly no, there is only hardly any There is no cant hardly, there is only can hardly 55. Sam and Bob are; but Sam, in addition to Bob or along with Bob or together with, is. 56. Phenomena, data, criteria, media are plural 57. who is strictly for people, which and that are strictly for things and animals 58. whom is like her, him; who is like she he so: She is the person whom everyone likes (because everyone likes her, not everyone likes she) 59. Before a gerund, always use possessive word like his, her, eg: I resent you taking of my phone it wrong, I resent your taking is correct 60. A theory, a work, a fact then the verb is timeless, take present tense 61. Depending on the chronological order of action to decide whether to put past participle. But normally, tenses are not errors 62. Angry with SB, but angry about ST 63. Concerned with means involved in, concerned about means worry about 64. Agree on means agree on mutual decision, agree to means agree to offers from others, agree with SB 65. Compliment: praise, complement: to make whole 66. Stationary: not moving, stationery: writing stuff 67. Council: committee, counsel: give advice 68. Discrete: distinct, discreet: tactful 69. Ambivalent/ambiguous, faze/phase, reticent/reluctant, principle/principal, moral/morale, proceed/precede, elude/allude, accept/except, allusion/illusion, iniquity/inequity, flout/flaunt, lay/lie (past tense of lay is laid, past tense of lie is lay), envelop/envelope, captivate/capture (wrong word used in this group only) 70. Healthful: good for health, healthy: being well

71. The reason we cancel ST is that (not because) since the reason is a thing 72. There is not more unique, more inevitable, most perfect 73. He would feel better only if he would eat (correct, cannot replace would eat by ate) 74. In a sentence, C;D they are 2 independent clauses, but C:D means D explains C. It also means that D is a list that follows : If ; is used, 2 clauses must be separable into 2 sentences If there is no ; , a comma must be used followed by a linking word must be used (and, but, for, or, nor, so, yet: coordinating conjunction, strictly these, no therefore, thus, hence). Alternatively, full stop can be used. Eg: the first act was interesting but the last act was boring is wrong, should be the first act was interesting, but the last act was boring or the first act was interesting; the last act was boring or the first act was interesting. The last act was boring 75. When spring comes, I feel happy (introductory phrases must have comma) Feeling bad, I 76. A founding member of the club, Mr B feels proud of his son is correct as a founding member, Mr B is wrong because the introductory phrase but be parallel to Mr B. Using as to start is not parallel But as the founding member of the club, Mr B is correct The distinction is between a and the 77. He faced many challenges but they were all resolved is wrong (subject shift) It should be He faced many challenges but he resolved them all The more I read about movies, the more I want to is right The more I read about movies, the more it makes me is wrong (subject shift) 78. Try to avoid passive voice 79. Sentence should not begin with numerals, for example: 90% of colleges 80. Avoid slang words, non-standard English, informal: totally, cool, alright, awful, aint, irregardless, in the back of, lots of 81. Dont use try and destroy use try to destroy 82. The equipment you need is a rope and a ladder But a rope and a ladder are the equipment you need 83. emigrate or migrate from a country (to leave a country), but immigrate to a country (to come to another country) 84. bring means carry from farther to nearer place, eg: Bring it back take means carry from nearer to farther place, eg: take it to him 85. all together means a group: We are all together at school altogether means completely: The plane has stopped altogether 86. When compare one in a group to the others in the group, the word rest or others must be used 87. Modifier should be strictly as close as possible to the clause that it supports Eg: children walk down the street in colorful clothes is wrong, should be children, in colorful clothes, walk down the street 88. would not necessary only the past tense of will. May be used to suggest imaginary action => dont choose would as wrong

89. When the sentence does not make sense, one word could possibly used completely wrong 90. Thesis statement is usually at the end of the first paragraph 91. Presenting argument like: First, Second, is fine just like Firstly, Secondly, 92. Such of his novels as were humorous were successful 93. I cannot help but think I will win, I cannot help but do it 94. In correcting sentence, some choices may alter the meaning of the sentence 95. Former and latter used to describe only 2 items 96. kind of a, sort of a is redundant. Remove a 97. Missing train made use late, not we missed the train, which made use late (train does not make us late) 98. If there is which and that, check for modifier 99. Either a or b: a and b must be equal => either discouraged to be critical or to examine is incorrect since discouraged to be critical is not equal to to examine 100. Not only a but also b: a and be must be equal 101. Both a and b: a and b must be equal 102. Like birds eat worms, I defeat him easily is correct as birds eat worms, is also correct 103. Avoid repetition of word in correcting sentence eg: It is the plane that did it and that is wrong: that is repeated unnecessarily He is the one who and who: who is repeated unnecessarily 104. On the bottom is OK, on the evening is OK 105. Many people smoke, not to realize is wrong Many people smoke not realizing is wrong Many people smoke, not realizing is correct 106. Law of parallelism must be strictly observed 107. The purpose/The aim/ of this is to improve is correct, is improving is wrong 108. Short form of 2006 is 06, not 06 (must have ) 109. It became famous last year and is now even more popular is correct 110. If since then is in a sentence, there must be use of participle tense, use of past tense is wrong 111. Participle does not go with after, only goes with since 112. Past participle or present participle can stand alone in a sentence 113. a, b, c are three different, if inter-related, subjects is correct (the use of comma is correct) 114. besides working as a waiter, I also work as a constructor is correct 115. both poets and painters is correct although poets and painters are plural 116. was anything but nice = was not nice 117. still goes with yet is redundant: still hasnt done it yet 118. between does not go with or, only with and 119. Despite Peters effort, he was unable to do it": he is wrong, no antecedent. The antecedent is Peters effort, not Peter according to his memory, I am tall: his is wrong, no antecedent =>Both pronouns and possessive pronouns must have antecedent

Alternatively, they can have antecedent that is behind Eg: when he looked at it, Peter found it simple. 120. Rote learning is how people memorize things is correct 121. the difference between them is their names is correct 122. the most number of people is wrong, should be the largest number of people 123. In the past, people do not need to work hard like now is wrong because work hard cant be compared to now => The phrase like now, as now are problematic 124. only until and not until are both OK 125. and does not go with also because it causes wordiness It helps you get better and also taller is wrong It helps you get better and taller is correct 126. No sooner had he done it than: no need to care about anything, as long as there is comparative => use than 127. There are 2 reasons: A and B is correct There are 2 reasons: A with B is wrong 128. Two of them want to become a singing duo is correct 129. It has become popular in the last few years is as fine as in the past few years 130. Global warming raises sea level, causes sea level to rise 131. hether the Sumerians Awere the first people Bto develop writing is Cuncertain, but Dtheirs is the
oldest known writing system. ENo error (Ans: No error)