March 13

1. Grammar review from yesterday (add this to your sentences)
Wrong: I had allot of great experiences at south, it is "the bomb!"
Right: I had a lot of great experiences at South; it's "the bomb!"
IF YOU COULD USE A PERIOD, YOU CAN'T USE JUST A COMMA
SUBJECT 1 VERB 1      .     SUBJECT 2  VERB 2
SUBJECT 1 VERB 1      ;     SUBJECT 2  VERB 2
SUBJECT 1 VERB 1      , and    SUBJECT 2  VERB 2
I had a lot of great experiences at South. It's "the bomb!"
I had a lot of great experiences at South, and I think that it's "the bomb!"

New sentences:

Wrong: The team receives it's award if they win the championship.
Right: The team will receive its award if it wins the championship.

Wrong: The profits earned by the cosmetic industry is not high enough.
Right: The profits [SUBJECT] earned by the cosmetic industry are not high enough.
Wrong: My brother and his friend commutes a lot from the coast.

2. Write questions of your own for the test on Night.
3. Journal: Free write. Write as much as you can about anything at all for 5 minutes.

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Subject-Verb Agreement

1. Make sure that the subject and verb of each clause or sentence agree—that is, that a singular subject has a singular verb, and a plural subject a plural verb. When other words come between subject and verb, you may mistake the noun nearest to the verb—before or after—for the verb’s real subject.

Wrong: A central part of my life goals have been to go to law school.
Right: A central part of my life goals has been to go to law school.

Wrong: The profits earned by the cosmetic industry is not high enough.
Right: The profits earned by the cosmetic industry are not high enough.

2. Be particularly careful that your subject and verb agree when your subject is made up of two or more parts joined by and or or; when your subject is a word like committee or jury, which can take either a singular or a plural verb depending on whether it is treated as a unit or as a group of individuals; or when your subject is a word likemathematics or measles, which looks plural but is singular in meaning.

Wrong: My brother and his friend commutes every day from Louisville.
Right: My brother and his friend commute every day from Louisville.

Wrong: The committee was taking all the responsibility themselves.
Right: The committee were taking all the responsibility themselves.
(Note that the use of the word themselves shows that committee is being treated as a group of individuals, not as a unit.)

Wrong: Measles have become less common in the United States.
Right: Measles has become less common in the United States.

To proofread for subject-verb agreement, circle the subject and verb in each sentence and be sure they agree.

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Pronouns

1. A pronoun (like I, it, you, him, her, this, themselves, someone, who, which) is used to replace another word—its antecedent—so the antecedent does not have to be repeated.Check each pronoun to make sure that it agrees with its antecedent in gender and number. Remember that words like each, either, neither, and one are singular; when they are used as antecedents, they take singular pronouns. Antecedents made up of two or more parts joined by or or nor take pronouns that agree with the nearest antecedent. Collective-noun antecedents (audience, team) can be singular or plural depending on whether they refer to a single unit or a group of individuals.

Wrong: Every one of the puppies thrived in their new home.
Right: Every one of the puppies thrived in its new home.

Wrong: Neither Jane nor Susan felt that they had been treated fairly.
Right: Neither Jane nor Susan felt that she had been treated fairly.

Wrong: The team frequently changed its positions to get varied experience.
Right: The team frequently changed their positions to get varied experience.