Saturday, December 07, 2013

Great Sentiments. Terrible Grammar.

The first, second, and fourth errors are errors in agreement. The post begins with the singular "a lost loved one." The switch to "them," "them," and "their" causes disagreement between these plural pronouns and their singular antecedent. The third error is an error in tense. It should be "shared" since the time would be in the past. The last circled error is a comma splice, meaning that two sentences have been incorrectly joined with a comma. A period, a semicolon, or a comma and coordinating conjunction could correct this error. 

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