1/4/2009 Incomplete punctuation
Possessive - Its | Commas | Hyphens
12/14/2008 Incorrect
Say vs. Tell
12/7/2008 Incorrect
Lie vs. Lay
12/30/2008 Incorrect
Accept vs. Except
11/232008 Incorrect
Affect vs. Effect
11/16/2008 Incorrect
Bulleted Lists
11/9/2008 Incorrect
Mentioning Titles
11/22008 Incorrect
Parallel Phrasing
10/26/2008 Incorrect
Punctuating a series of items
10/19/2008 Incorrect
Reference: "Sentence to Nowhere" a complete thought
10/12/2008 Incorrect
Reference: Adverbs for Outcomes: noun phrases | pronouns | commas
9/28/2008 Incorrect
Reference: Present Perf - Experience Word Order & Emphasis
9/21/2008 Incorrect
Reference: That vs. What Clauses
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. Solution: add a hyphen to clarify "shooting" as a modifier to "defendent.
9/7/2008 Incorrect
Reference: Number Modifiers Nouns as modifiers
8/31/2008 Incorrect
Reference: Participial Adj Clauses
8/24/2008 Incorrect
Reference: Infinitives - Purpose Gerunds - Function
8/17/2008 Incorrect
Reference: Present Perf -recent past Past - reporting source - where Present Perf - experience (unspecified past)
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
5/18/2008 Incorrect
Reference: adverbs of emphasis
5/11/2008 Incorrect
Reference: possessive relative pronoun
5/4/2008 Incorrect
Reference: fewer vs. less fruit vs. fruits
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