English The Easy Way

How to check for checking for subject and verb agreement when proofreading and editing?

Sentence Fragments -

1. Print out a hard copy of the document.
2. Find the subject of each sentence; make sure that the verb matches the subject.
• A singular subject needs a verb in a singular form.
• A plural verb needs a verb in the plural form

Quote:

Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.

• Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), Mr. Dumby, Act III.

Editing & Proofreading

 

• Editing and Proofreading 
• Editing & Proofreading Tips
• Editing & Proofreading Guideline - Spelling
• Editing & Proofreading Guideline - Run on Sentences
• Editing & Proofreading Sentence Fragments
• Editing & Proofreading Guideline - Subject & Verb Agreement
• Editing & Proofreading Guideline - Double Words - Missing Words
• Editing & Proofreading Guideline - Apostrophes
• Editing & Proofreading Guideline - Correct Pronoun Usage
• Resume's Objective Statement
• Resume's Educational Information
• Resume Education Placement
• What is a cover letter?
• What should be included in a cover letter?
• Cover Letter Tips
• Types of Cover Letters

Vocabulary Word:

Adjective

brobdingnagian (comparative more brobdingnagian, superlative most brobdingnagian)

Positive brobdingnagian

Comparative more brobdingnagian

Superlative most brobdingnagian

1. Of or pertaining to Brobdingnag.
2. Enormous, huge, far larger than is customary for such a thing.
   • 1907, Booth Tarkington, "Glamour" in His Own People,

     The two men followed Madame de Vaurigard into a square hall, hung with tapestries and lit by two candles of a Brobdingnagian species Mellin had heretofore seen only in cathedrals.