Sentence Correction
Just around the corner Is a fantastic bakery and a small supermarket.
11. Just around the corner [] a fantastic bakery AND a small supermarket. [Flip it! A fantastic bakery AND a small supermarket ARE just around the corner. The word and makes the subject plural.1
Planting all these seeds is more Involved than I thought.
12. PlantIng all these seeds Ijj more involved than I thought. CORRECT ISubject phrases are singular.1
TIred of practicing, the orchestra decide to walk out on their astonished conductor.
Computer games designed to Involve many players at once [have proliferated] such games [were] first [developed] before the widespread availability of Internet connections. [The subject and the verb must make sense together. original, the proliferation.., were first developed does not make sense. Rather, themselves were developed. Several solutions are possible.]
The proliferation of computer games designed to involve many players at once were first developed before the widespread availability of high-speed Internet connections.
Computer games designed to Involve many players at once [have proliferated] such games [were] first [developed] before the widespread availability of Internet connections. [The subject and the verb must make sense together. original, the proliferation.., were first developed does not make sense. Rather, themselves were developed. Several solutions are possible.]
A new textbook focused on recent advances In artificial Intelligence assigned by our instructor. Just around the corner Is a fantastic bakery and a small supermarket.
A new textbook focused on recent advances in artificial intelligence [was assigned] by our instructor. [The original is a fragment. A simple fix is to add a form of the verb to be, such as was.]
A number of players on the team have improved since last season.
A number of players on the team [have improved] since last season. CORRECT [A number of is plural.]
I was so thirsty that either of the two drinks were fine with me.
I was so thirsty that either of the two drinks [was] ]fine with me. [Either as a pronoun is singular.]
Whoever rented these movies has to take them back before midnight.
Whoever rented these movies [] to take them back before midnight. CORRECT [Subject phrases are singular.]
A venomous snake designated the emblem of the rebellion by the insurgency.
3. A venomous snake [was designated] the emblem of the rebellion by the Insurgency. (The original Is a fragment, with designated as a past participle. A simple fix Is to a form of the verb to be. such as was.]
After all the gardening we did, the sun shining on the flowerbeds make a beautiful sight.
8. After all the gardening we did, the sun shining on the Ilowerbeds [makes] a beautiful sight. [Omit the middleman phrase shining on the flowerbeds.]
Jack, along with some of his closest friends, Is sharing a limo to the prom.
Jack, along with some of his closest friends. [is sharing] a limo to the CORRECT [Omit additive phrases beginning with words such as along with.]
The placement of the unusual artwork in the mansion's various rooms was impressive.
The placement of the unusual artwork in the mansion's various rooms [1 Impressive. CORRECT [Omit middleman prepositional phrases beginning with ofand
The recent string of burglaries, in addition to poor building maintenance, inspired the outspoken resident to call a tenants meeting.
The recent string of burglaries, in addition to poor building maintenance, [has inspired] the outspoken resident to call a tenants meeting. [String is used here as singular collective noun. Omit the additive phrase beginning with in addition to.]
The traveling salesman was dismayed to learn that neither his sons nor his daughter were Interested in moving
The traveling salesman [was] dismayed to learn that neither his sons nor his daughter [was] Interested In moving. [With or, the noun nearest the verb agrees with the verb. In this case, that noun Is daughter.]
There is, according to my doctor, many courses of treatment available to me. x
There [are]. according to my doctor, many courses of treatment available to me. [The subject comes after the verb with there is or there are. Flip It: many courses... are available.]
