Then label each mistake as a comma mistake
Then label each mistake as a comma mistake, subject/verb agreement mistake, wrong word choice, period mistake, or quotation mark mistake. “In this country most people doesn’t even understand what pure research is” “I’d appreciate if you’d tell me what it is. It isn’t looking for a better cigarette filter, or a softer face tissue, God help us. Everybody talks about research and practically nobody in this countries doing it. Were one of the few companies that actually hire men to do pure research. When most other companies brags about there research, they’re talking about…. . “New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we has to work with, the richer we become”.
Bell Ringer conan an otherwise intelligent dude, were so busy impressing his peers with his virility that he grades drop to F’s. What type of mistakes were made in this sentence? List 3 TYPES (comma, quotation, subject/verb, etc)
Corrected Bell Ringer: Conan, an otherwise intelligent dude, was so busy impressing his peers with his virility that his grades dropped to F’s.
Corrected Bell Ringer: Conan, (parenthetical comma) an otherwise intelligent dude, was (sub/verb) so busy impressing his peers with his virility that his (possessive) grades dropped (verb tense) to F’s.
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