SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

• Subjects agree with their verbs in number (singular or plural)

CONTRACTIONS

• Always say both words
• Contractions are less formal

APOSTROPHES

• If owner: 's
• If more than one owner: s'

PRONOUNS

• It must be clear what the pronoun refers to
• Must agree in number and gender with its antecedent
• Get rid of the names around the pronoun

VOICE

• Voice cannot change within a sentence

COMPARING

• When comparing two things: use -er, more, or less
• When comparing three or more things: use -est, most, or least

NON-WORDS

• Irregardless
• Funner
• Where at
• Its'
• Could of

Subjuctive

If the sentence has 'if' or 'suppose' or 'i wish', go with 'were' as your verb

Problems
when truly torn between two answers, cross out all the gunk: prepositional phrases, adjectives, adverbs

WHO VS. WHOM

• Take out 'who' or 'whom' and plug in him at the end of the sentence
• If 'him' works at the end of the sentence, go with 'whom'