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Inserting missing auxiliaries |
I would very interested to meet you. |
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Right correction
I would
be very interested to meet you. |
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Wrong correction
I would very
interest to meet you. |
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Inserting missing determiners |
Meredith made decision a long time ago, not to eat chocolate ever again. |
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Right correction
Meredith made
a decision a long time ago, not to eat chocolate ever again. |
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No correction |
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Determiner-noun agreement |
Three bird soared to the skies. |
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Right correction
Three
birds soared to the skies. |
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Right correction
Three
birds soared to the skies. |
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Determiner-noun agreement |
One of the guy turned around. |
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Right correction
One of the
guys turned around. |
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Irrelevant correction
One of the
people that were there turned around. |
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Punctuation: run-ons |
He fainted It was a hot day. |
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Right correction
He fainted
. It was a hot day. |
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No correction |
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Preposition-verb agreement |
I would like to goes for a walk. |
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Right correction
I would like to
go for a walk. |
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No correction |
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Inserting missing prepositions |
James used come here as child. |
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Right correction
James used
to come here as child. |
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No correction |
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Inserting missing prepositions |
He started go there when he was 33. |
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Right correction
He started
going there when he was 33. |
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No correction |
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Auxiliary-verb agreement |
Trying to climb the mountain, Georgina had twist her ankle. |
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Right correction
Trying to climb the mountain, Georgina had
twisted her ankle. |
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Right correction
Trying to climb the mountain, Georgina had
twisted her ankle. |
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Subject-verb agreement |
Mary want to know that. |
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Right correction
Mary
wants/wanted to know that. |
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Right correction
Mary
wants to know that. |
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Subject-verb agreement |
Marketing are bad for our brand. |
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Right correction
Marketing
is bad for our brand. |
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No correction |
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Contextual spelling |
They did not except our offer. We could not offer more then two thousand dollars. |
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Right correction
They did not
accept our offer. We could not offer more
than two thousand dollars. |
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No correction |
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Inserting missing prepositions |
She graduated Yale with honors. |
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Right correction
She graduated
from Yale with honors. |
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No correction |
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Inserting missing prepositions |
I lived New York for many years. I try to live life to the fullest. |
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Right correction
I lived
in New York for many years. I try to live life to the fullest. |
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No correction |
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Auxiliary-verb agreement |
Have you saw the new Tarantino? |
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Right correction
Have you
seen the new Tarantino? |
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Ambiguous correction
Non–Standard Question (consider revising) |
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Inserting missing nouns |
I just bought a new for my friend. |
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Right correction
I just bought a new
[[MISSING WORD]] for my friend. |
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No correction |
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Inserting missing copula (be) |
He happy with your work. |
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Right correction
He
is happy with your work. |
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Ambiguous correction
Fragment (consider revising) |
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Punctuation: comma after introductory phrase |
In my humble opinion this shouldn't have happened. |
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Right correction
In my humble opinion
, this shouldn't have happened. |
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Right correction
In my humble opinion
, this shouldn't have happened. |
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Punctuation: comma after prepositional phrase in the beginning of the sentence |
Over the past couple of years we have come to realize the importance of this factor. |
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Right correction
Over the past couple of years
, we have come to realize the importance of this factor. |
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Right correction
Over the past couple of years
, we have come to realize the importance of this factor. |
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Common grammar error |
Barry shouldn't of done that. |
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Right correction
Barry shouldn't
have done that. |
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Right correction
Barry shouldn't
have done that. |
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Common grammar error |
He won't have nothing to do with you. |
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Right correction
He won't have
anything to do with you. |
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Right correction
He won't have
anything to do with you. |
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Style: substitute coordinating conjunctions in sentence beginnings to appropriate sentence connectors |
Yet the author does not address this problem directly. |
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Right correction
However, the author does not address this problem directly. |
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No correction |
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Style: Offering alternative wording to whole phrases |
It is difficult to make an evaluation of this subject. |
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Right correction
It is difficult to
carry out an evaluation of this subject. |
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No correction |
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Style: Offering alternative wording to whole phrases |
This is not possible. |
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Right correction
This is
impossible. |
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No correction |
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Adding missing words in set phrases |
Global climate changes are mainly due human actions. For, deforestation. |
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Right correction
Global climate changes are mainly due to human actions. For
example, deforestation. |
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No correction |
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Mixed-case correction |
THis is wonderful. |
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Right correction
This is wonderful. |
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Right correction
This is wonderful. |
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