Four Tips to Improve Your Writing Skills
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Be Consistent
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Sequence of Tenses
After he broke his arm, he is home for two weeks.
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Shift of Pronoun
If one is tense, they should try to relax.
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Parallelism
She skis, plays tennis, and flying hang gliders.
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Noun Agreement
Eric and James want to be a pilot
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Pronoun Reference
Several people wanted the job, and he or she filled out the required applications.
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Subject-Verb Agreement
There is eight people on the shore.
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Express Ideas Logically
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Coordination and Subordination
Jen has a rash, and she is probably allergic to something.
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Logical Comparison
Joey grew more vegetables than his neighbor's garden.
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Modification and Word Order
Barking loudly, the tree had the dog's leash wrapped around it.
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Be Clear and Precise
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Ambiguous and Vague Pronouns
In the newspaper they say that few people voted.
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Diction
He circumvented the globe on his trip.
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Wordiness
There are many problems in the contemporary world in which we live.
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Improper Modification
If your car is parked here while not eating in the restaurant, it will be towed away.
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Follow Conventions
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Pronoun Case
He sat between you and I at the stadium.
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Idiom
Jack had a different opinion towards him.
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Comparison of Modifiers
Of the sixteen executives, Gretchen makes more money.
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Sentence Fragment
Abby having to go home early.
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Double Negative
Andie has scarcely no free time.
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