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1/4/2009
Incomplete punctuation

Solution - lightbulb Possessive - Its   | Commas  |  Hyphens

 The appeal of Tesla's Model S lies in its lithium ion powered bater pack and its sexy sport car design.

12/14/2008
Incorrect

Solution - lightbulb Say vs. Tell

 Quick-thinking pizza man told he threw a large, hot pepperoni pizza at gunman to stop him.

12/7/2008
Incorrect

Solution - lightbulb Lie vs. Lay

 Laid-off workers lay the blame on management. "We're not going to take this laying down!"

12/30/2008
Incorrect

Solution - lightbulb Accept vs. Except

 Will Contress except the automakers' proposal?

11/232008
Incorrect

Solution - lightbulb  Affect vs. Effect

 If General Motors fails, it will have a domino affect on the rest of the country

11/16/2008
Incorrect

Solution - lightbulb Bulleted Lists

 Automakers will be expected to: change corporate management; design more energy-efficient cars; retool auto factories; and to get auto workers back to work.

11/9/2008
Incorrect

Solution - lightbulb Mentioning Titles

 

Barack Obama (President-Elect) will begin to build his transition team and appoint his cabinet.

11/22008
Incorrect

Solution - lightbulb Parallel Phrasing

 

We stood in a long line waiting, talking and discussed how to fix this this country.

10/26/2008
Incorrect

Solution - lightbulb Punctuating a series of items

 

Punch mark or fill in your ballot!

10/19/2008
Incorrect

Reference: "Sentence to Nowhere"
a complete thought
 

 I know that John McCain will do that and I, as his vice president, families we are blessed with that vote of the American people and are elected to serve and are sworn in on January 20, that will be our top priority is to defend the American people.

10/12/2008
Incorrect

Reference: Adverbs for Outcomes: 
noun phrases | pronouns | commas

 Because of it is coming soon, news coverage of the election is increasing.

9/28/2008
Incorrect

Reference:  Present Perf - Experience 
Word Order & Emphasis

 Never we have to have a financial bailout of banking institutions in the U.S. before.

9/21/2008
Incorrect

Reference:  That vs. What Clauses 

 Obama - What he said that change is coming.

9/14/2008

Double meaning
Try1:(experiment with a new approach: shooting)
(is going) to try shooting (the) defendent
Try2: (bring to legal trial)
(is going) to try (the) shooting-defendent. 
pop-question solution 101208 Solution: add a hyphen to clarify "shooting" as a modifier to "defendent.

 Juvenile court to try shooting defendent.

9/7/2008
Incorrect

Reference:
Number Modifiers
Nouns as modifiers

 Senator Obama spoke in front of a eighty-thousand persons audience.

8/31/2008
Incorrect

Reference:
Participial Adj Clauses

 Alcatraz Island surrounding by fog was a depressing place to be imprisoned.

8/24/2008
Incorrect

Reference:
Infinitives - Purpose
Gerunds - Function

 Why did you come here? I came for getting a good education.

8/17/2008
Incorrect

Reference:
Present Perf -recent past
Past - reporting source - where
Present Perf - experience (unspecified past)

 Where did you go on your vacation? We have been to the beach this summer.

5/25/2008
Incorrect

References:
Participial Adjectives -ed  vs. -ing
Exceptions to subj-verb agreement (sheep)
Prepositions for place (on the road)
Shortening - gerund phrases

 I was surprising to see the sheeps were walking in the road.

5/18/2008
Incorrect

Reference:
adverbs of emphasis

 The Gingerbread House Maker: He even works though he is retired now.

5/11/2008
Incorrect

Reference:
possessive relative pronoun

The runner who his balloons popped ran to the finish line naked.

5/4/2008
Incorrect

Reference:
fewer vs. less
fruit vs. fruits

 More fruits and vegetables, less wrinkles!

 

 
 

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Julie Sevastopoulos - College of San Mateo - San Mateo, CA 94402 USA