FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING PART 1 Editing Advice 1. Use who or that to introduce a person. Use that or which to introduce a thing.
that
The states what are losing the most population are in cold climates.
who
I have many friends which go to Meetups. 2. If the relative pronoun is the subject of the adjective clause, don’t omit it.
that
She started a group now has 100 members. ^ 3. Use whose to substitute for a possessive form.
whose
Gabby, her father was an actor, hopes to find work in movies. 4. If the relative pronoun is used as the object of the adjective clause, don’t put an object after the verb of the adjective clause. There are a lot of interesting Meetups that I found them. 5. Use subject-verb agreement in the adjective clause.
s
I have a friend who live in Madrid. ^ 6. Put a noun before an adjective clause.
A person who
Who has a few good friends is lucky.
7. Use where, not that, to mean “in a place.”
where
She moved to North Dakota, that she found a good job. 8. Use whom and which, not who and that, if the preposition precedes the relative pronoun.
which
He found a group in that he’s interested.
whom
I’ve never met the person about who you are talking. 9. Use the correct word order in an adjective clause (subject before verb).
Gabby acted in
The first play that acted in Gabby was at her high school. 10. Don’t confuse whose (possessive form) and who’s (who is).
who's
A woman whose in my science Meetup teaches biology at a high school.
PART 2 Editing Practice Some of the shaded words and phrases have mistakes. Find the mistakes and correct them. If the shaded words are correct, write C.
C
where
1.
2.
I would like to find one of the friends that I had in college. I found a website that I can look for old friends. My friend, whose name is Linda Gast, got married shortly after we graduated. 3.
The man which she married is Bart Reed. I tried googling the names “Linda Gast” and “Linda 4.
Reed,” but I had no luck. I found a woman with who she shared a room in college, and she gave 5.
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