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Check immediate surroundings or context—are the tenses all consistent or is that an isolated one that is inconsistent with its cousins?

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Check timeframe: Is this in the past, present, future, etc.? (Note: Not foolproof; for instance, some writers may represent a PAST encounter in the PRESENT tense to lend their narrative a sense of immediacy but good writers—the sort whose work will be used for Editing exercises anyway—will be CONSISTENT and INTENTIONAL with this.)

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- Make reference to what noun the text is referring to (a proper noun, plural noun, singular noun).
'A/an' is an indefinite article while 'the' is a definite article.
- Sometimes, determiners are quantifiers so we should look out if they are referring to any number of things (e.g. all, some).
Other times, they are possessives (e.g. your, my).
- Common sense. Hah, kidding.

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- Check the subject that is being referred to (singular/plural)
Example: "she" should be paired with "is/was" while "they" should be paired with "are/were"

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- Check the subject that is being referred to (first-person/second-person/third-person & singular/plural)
Example: "they" should be paired with "their" while "he" should be paired with "himself"

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- Check the subject in the sentence (person/object/place/time etc.)
Example: "boy" should be paired with "who" while "it" should be paired with "which"

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- look out for FANBOYS to find the error

for, and, nor, but, or, yet & so

- determine the link between the first half and second half of the sentence (separated by the conjunction)

is it a cause-effect link, or a turn-of-events link?

- ...common sense? if the sentence makes sense (without taking into account irony or sarcasm), then the conjunction used to link the two phrases is probably correct
eg. I knew what was coming, so I got scared.

although the speaker knew what was coming, they still got scared, so it should be ‘yet’ instead of ‘so’

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In preparation,
- go through a list of commonly misspelt words so that you are clear of some common errors and what is the correct spelling you should take note (for example, the position of words with double letters: e.g. dissapear (incorrect) vs disappear (correct)

In context,
- read aloud the passage in your head
- for words with silent letters, read out the words and spell them out. this will ensure that you do not spell the way your pronounce e.g.  enviroment (how we pronounce) vs environment (the actual spelling)

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In preparation,
- Understand the uses of the various punctuation available.
- Identify common punctuation errors and the correct punctuation to be put in place/how to avoid making these punctuation errors.

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Understand the meaning of common prepositions and their uses.

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check in front of and behind that word to decide the word form.
also decide what the purpose of the word is, in the sentence.
"beauty" and "view" are both nouns, instead of being a noun, the word "beauty" is used to describe the noun, so its an adjective, "beautiful"

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- Check for the verb (action being done) in the sentence to ensure that the verb and the preposition fit in with the entire context, including  aligning with the subject (eg. in this case, turn down means to reject, but you can't reject a tap.)

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1. read the entire passage first to understand who is the. main subject/ how many are there.
2. read the sentence that has the question to decide which verb form to take based on the subject that is being written.
3. take a stand- singular or plural.

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read the sentence and understand the meaning.
decide if the blank should be an adjective or adverb.

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If the same object has already been mentioned in the text, it should be 'the'. Also, sometimes the sentence implies that the object has already been established and thus 'the' should be used

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If the object has been mentioned earlier in the text, "the" should be used. If the object has not been mentioned before in the text, use "a".

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- Read.
- Prepare a list of commonly misspelled words
- See the context. For instance, if they referring to writing materials 'stationery' would be appropriate. If they are referring to something/someone being motionless, 'stationary' would be appropriate.

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Check the subject/noun of the sentence, and see what it is. (who? what? where?) e.g. "We must help THEMSELVES or no one will." Identify the pronoun that it matches with.

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Check if the noun is singular or plural and match with singular or plural verb accordingly

Be aware of certain sentence structures used and how SVA is applied in the particular sentence structure

neither nor, both and, either or

Example: Neither my parents nor Charley are a graduate.

The verb should be “is” instead of “are” since the neither nor sentence structure follows the proximity rule (follow the noun closest to the verb).

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Prepare by observing how common prepositions are applied in texts we see daily, in particular the meanings and how certain prepositional phrases (part of phrasal verbs) are used

When reading an editing exercise, firstly understand the context of the sentence, then use a preposition that will allow the meaning of the sentence to make sense

Example: Turn down the tap.

The preposition should be “off” instead of “down”. “Turn down” means to reject or refuse something/someone while “turn off” means to stop something from working In this case, turn off would make more sense here in context.

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Check the subject/noun of the sentence, and see what it is. (who? what? where?) e.g. "We must help THEMSELVES or no one will." Identify the pronoun that it matches with.

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- research on the uses of punctuation, and their significance
- differentiate between common error etc ( ; and : ) ( " and ' )
- understand the context of the sentence
- look at the place where you want to put the punctuation at and look at other punctuations in the whole sentence/paragraph as well (example no excessive commas in one sentence)

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One strategy we could use is checking if all aspects of the sentence adhere to the meaning it intends to convey, this can be used to check if the determiner used is correct

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another strategy we could use is checking if all aspects of the sentence adhere to the meaning it intends to convey, this can be used to check if the grammar (phrasal verbs, subject verb agreement etc) is correct