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When you use "(s)" does the linking verb after it need to be plural or singular?
Ex: the driver shall always be at fault unless the victim(s) was/were at fault
I am desperately trying to conquer the diagramming of this sentence: "Homer is believed to have been from modern-day Turkey." I'm fairly certain "is believed" is a helping verb/verb combination, but what is "to have been"? Is it a verb phrase? It can't be a prepositional phrase, right? Where does it fit in a diagram? Any help would be appreciated.more »
"Empower them to take action on issues that affect their lives."
Affect? Effect? I know affect is usually the verb but why do I want to use effect here? Which is right in this instance? GrammarChecker.io is not showing anything in particular.more »
take a look here for a full break-down: https://www.grammar.com/chapter-8-affect-vs-effect
In short, affect is used when something actively changes something else. An effect is the result of that change.
So "Empower them to take action on issues that affect their lives." is correct :)more »
There is an ongoing humanitarian crisis happening at the US-Mexico border. How can I adjust this sentence to sound more like college level English? Thank.you
The hamburger comes standard with a bun. Which is correct? Sub a lettuce leaf for the bun to be healthier or sub the bun for a lettuce leaf to be healthier.
Sub a lettuce leaf for the bun, to be healthier. (If you leave out the comma, it sounds like you are trying to make the bun healthier instead of replacing it altogether.)
I want what she has.
Is this a simple or complex sentence? The noun clause acts as a direct object.
Can a noun clause ever be part of a simple sentence?
"In fact, I think I like you very much. Maybe even more than Mamma."
These two sentences could either mean that the speaker likes the addressee more than he likes Mamma, or more than Mamma likes the addressee. What is the name for this kind of syntactical ambiguity? Is it confusion in verb-subject relation? Or something else?more »
The news announcers consistently use sentences such as, “The lake it is choppy”. This drives me up the wall. What is the name of this grammatical error?
tHERE IS INCORRECT GRAMMAR FROM THIS SERVICE IT STATES ON THIS PAGE ' CHECK MY WRITING' WE DONT WRITE ON DEVICES WE TYPE , TEXT WRITE IS PEN AND PAPER METHOD.
I beg to differ, Daisy. Your writing is your actual penmanship or literary product, referring, specifically, to its textual content or quality, and not to the means by which it came about; whether by text, hand or type-written, hacked out of the bark of trees, as in hieroglyphics, or by Moss Code, it does not matter. They are all forms of writing.more »
This is not working at all, I wrote the sentence: I fourteen years old. Where it should correct that I didn't use verb To BE and did't detect the error at all.
STANDS4 sorry if made it sound like the program is not good. I should rewrite that, my intention was to let you know it is not detecting that kind of errors. Keep it up! You're doing a great job!
I must offer a long overdue thank you to Grammar.com. It was in the early 2000's that I had the pleasure of using this website. I was an avid learner and wanted desperately to improve my grammar skills. That's when I did a Google search and found Grammar.com. I printed much of the material and worked on it tirelessly back then. It may not surprise me if I still find some of the materials in one of my old binders. Today, I owe Grammar.com a debt of gratitude. I am hoping to get other family members to utilize the information here. Once again, thank you so much. You are a beacon in the dark world of English writing, and now I see you have added other languages as well. How nice! May you continue to be an inspiration to so many others.more »
I pasted my paragraph in the box and there was no feedback about my writing. My paragraph was erased and I am asked to enter my writing again. Thank you for following up. Respectfully, Ingrid
I put "There are two contestants. Whoever gets the most points wins.". I used this tool, and it did not find any errors. It should have found at least one error since one is supposed to use "more points" and instead of "the most points" when there are only two contestants playing.more »
It did not check my grammar because when i wrote a sentence "I was had a child." I think my sentence is wrong but it doesn't help me change my sentence.
These four ways (which is correct)?
- If we fail, it is I who pay the price.
- If we fail, it is I who pays the price.
- If we fail, it is me who pay the price.
- If we fail, it is me who pays the price.
I'm good at English grammar, but this one drives me mad.more »
Kristian Sidén sentence 1 & 3 is correct but it depends on what context you're using the sentence as in if you're speaking in general then sentence 1. If you're talking to someone then #3 will be more appropriate. I, we, me pay. He, she, it pays. Hope this helpsmore »
hi there. May I ask this, which one of the following two sentences goes grammarly correctly :
1, An English woman was the first person scientists studied who has four cones in her eyes.
"OR"
2, A English woman was the first person scientists studying who has four cones in her eyes.
THANKS a lot!more »
do you have copy and paste tools in grammar.com cause i will like to connect with other digital media sites using grammar.com.
thanks in anticipation of a reply...
What kind of grammar checker is this? It has marked "Where they had gone?" as a correct sentence. Now everybody knows that theobject and the verb change places in an interrogative sentence. Developers, please comment"more »
"The Space Station can be seen sweeping across the night sky." What part of speech is the word "sweeping"? I think that "can be seen" is a verb phrase and "across the night sky" is a prepositional phrase, but what is "sweeping"? Thanks!more »
Jessica, "can be " is a linking verb, while "sweeping" is an intransitive verb, having no direct object, and is followed by a prepositional phrase, "across the night sky", which can act as an adverbial phrase, modifying WHERE The Space Station was seen sweeping. Hope that helps.more »
The result of the evaluation shows that the highest criterion is the functionality of the system with a weighted mean of 4.75 which means that the system is able to produce an exact output. Is this correct?
The Grandparents Day program, “Just Another Day in Paradise,” will begin at 8:15am on Thursday and Friday. Thursday is for parents. Hope to see you all there!
Are the commas needed?
Do u ever heard ppl talking like this sentence "her cute because father is from pakistan". I said it's wrong. It's actually "she's cute because her father is from pakistan". Am i right? Then he replied me his sentence is actually right cuz his one of his friend is from the USA n always talk without cares about their grammar sometimes. For me it's genuinely a broken english tho'.. LOL *cus it doesnt sound right and incomplete*more »
I'm really sure about my sentence. Is my grammar correct?
When” I go to KEn-kEn Akip's room I saw this little girl (Greigh-Greigh) trying to copy what's her tita doing her tita is actually prayingWhen
im not so sure about this.
Dear Sir/ Madam,
Could you tell me, please, if you have any scholarship programmes (of cross institutional study) for international students at your university. Is it possible for Ukrainian students, who have, as an example, a bachelor degree of jurisprudence, to apply for a master`s degree program in molecular biology, biotechnology, biochemistry or other connected biology fields . Thanks for your time and attention.
Respectfully yours,
Bohdan Andriichukmore »
im not so sure about this, which one is correct...
1- Please attach you tickets for these flights. or
2- Please attach your tickets on these flights. or
3- any other suggestion to correct the statement???
thank you.more »
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"After I thoroughly examined her, I discovered that she is pregnant for 3 months already."
Clearly, a couple are needed.
However, you won't ever (likely)have the (every) truth regarding your past. At least if I'm right about it.
Depending on the facts (if any) and if there's an actual story involved.more »
We’ll still be posting while you are working on building your
business. We’ll still be posting when you are on holiday or
off sick. We’ll still be posting when you are called out to an
urgent meeting that runs on all day. It’s hard work to post
four or five times per day with well thought out content. (is the We'll be posting) is this correct grammermore »
Please help me to find the right answer.
You couldnt have seen me in Rome because I had stayed (or had been staying?) in the country since June to August last year.
This is nice coloumn in a grammar practice, for me its very valuable becuase i am a weak in grammar.
So i am glad i have learn more. Thanks to this grammar role.
Is this right? No grammar checkers fixed up the whole thing
Chocolate almost everyone’s guilty pleasure. Almost because not everyone like sweet- even if that included Hershey’s dark chocolate. Whenever chocolate is mentioning everyone rushes to see where toh te source lead to. Whether it is be milk or dark chocolate no one, seem to care. Chocolate can be used as part of a : balanced, heart healthy diet.more »
please help me. is this correct paragraph
"I started off my career as a cashier 3 years ago with Twins Supermarket where I performed my duties and also as a sales lady at CNC shopping center before I got my degree. After all my contracts of these companies, I took my course at don Carlos polytechnic college. I had been handling senior high school students and I have learned a lot. In that role, a major accomplishment I'm most proud of was that I was able to handle difference characteristics of people."more »
Suggest changing "In that role, a major accomplishment I'm most proud of was that I was able to handle difference characteristics of people." to "In that role, a major accomplishment I'm most proud of was my ability to handle difference characteristics of people."more »
Please can you help me with this short story. Sunday, I was in my chamber washing my filthy shirts that have gathered almost one month, and I heard a great multitude shouting, a thief, thief I was wondering where the noises were coming from, so I walked out, and I saw slim unalarmed young man carried a bag of cocoa, chasing by furious mobs, holding stone and machete, Blood was breeding down on his torn shirts, Amponsah notorious guy in our town tightly hugged him on air, live one leg dragging to police station. I heard him pleaded them to temper mercy with justice, but the more he was pleading the vexed they became. I couldn't hang on any more to the horrific scene, so I get back into my business. I woke up early in the morning getting my way to urine place I heard someone whispered a word to my step mum, at the midnight the thief colleagues came to your husband office holding guns, and they squabble with him to release their friend, but he was hesitation, so they shoot his arms, and we sent him hospital because imminent to Xmas the fog is too deep to penetrate your eyes to see someone who behind you, they couldn't see me.more »
A friend posted a reply to a picture of my food. He said I should have came to your house. My answer was, You would have been welcome to. Is that correct grammar?
The easiest way to remember is to take Mike out of the statement, so then you are left with either 'I enjoyed.."or 'me enjoyed'. You know which is correct.
The crucifixion of Christ shed His blood by which all who choose may live.It was and is by His sacrifice that we live. So, in a true sense, I live by His shed blood.
The below sentence has a comma splice. I copy and pasted to check, but the Grammar.com did not see the error.
When people converse in these neighborhoods sometimes English is not spoken at all, they do not see the need to learn English.more »
Both versions of this sentence (me as well as I) show as correct in your Check My Writing box above. Are both really correct?
But it was time for my wife, Carol, and me to forsake scenery for savings.
or
But it was time for my wife, Carol, and I to forsake scenery for savings.
Thanks!more »
Hi there,
I'm teaching English as a second language, and my students often make mistakes in the question sentences that are not highlighted by your app. I'd like to share some of them:
- Did my dog had breakfast? (the verb "to have" in the same form as the auxiliary verb - you catch it in Present Simple tense, but not in the Past Simple)
- Had my dog breakfast? (no auxiliary verb)
- I don't want to see him, don't I?
Also I'd like to thank you for catching the most common type of mistake - the wrong word order in question sentences :) Thanks a lot! And if you could add checking for these types of mistakes, your help would be absolutely invaluable!more »
Nice to meet you! I am Vietnamese.
I want to improve my English skills.
If you have a lot of free time, could you add friend with me.
Thank you so much...
During the term ( 10-20-2014) of this agreement, A: shall pay to B: $100.)) per month retroact9ve t0 to 4-12-2013. What does the rectovacrive modify? Term or payment?
I wanted to see which of two versions of a sentance about a book had the correct grammar:
1:
Its desolate swamps of somber, poison-soaked pages, as beautiful as the chance encounter of a sewing machine and an umbrella on a dissection table, was recognized as an important precursor of Surrealism.
2:
Its desolate swamps of somber, poison-soaked pages, as beautiful as the chance encounter of a sewing machine and an umbrella on a dissection table, were recognized as important precursors of Surrealism.
(Two phrases in each sentence are quotes, but I removed quotation marks to avoid confusing the app.)
The app says both are correct. How can that be?more »
@Mamita Shrestha that sentence only has threet three one spelling and two punctuational.
I've been improving my English a lot via grammar.com.
That is the way it is typed, at least with all of the rules followed.
I'm not trying to be a perfectionist here, I receive text messages with many more errors than this, just trying to help if you're still learning the languages and all of its rules.
Keep up the good work!more »
I love my local news station, but get annoyed with one weather anchor who always uses the word YEA instead of yes. Perhaps I'm just on old nun and out of
sync, but I cringe every time Ashley uses this word!more »
This is torture! I am a teacher who loves instilling proper grammar in speech and writing in my students. This app gets in the way of everything I use. I've tried it for months. It wouldn't uninstall. I'm forerly deleting it through the site!more »
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