Sunday, April 19, 2009

E-Post #6 - Spotting the grammer mistakes

One of the common grammar mistakes I had was subject verb agreement (SVA). One of the common error was “…. discussion by several groups was…” and should not be “…. discussion by several groups were..”. My common misconception was to judge singular or plural form from the word before the verb.

Another of my common mistake was verb form. One of the error was “…. does not adhered…” and the correct form should be “…does not adhere…” Another of my mistake was “. ..can tapped..” and should be change to “..can tap…” I believed until today I am still confused about when to use past perfect, present perfect or simple past or simple present tense, so the errors are rather random.

Another of my major error is sentence structure. The errors are mainly due to the arranging of my word selection and trying to forcefully put them in. One of the errors is “…its possible impacts it could have socially and economically.” and it should be change to “…its possible social and economical impact.

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