FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING PART 1 Editing Advice 1. Don’t use more and -er together. He plays baseball more better than his brother. 2. Use than before the second item of comparison.
than
Soccer is more exciting that baseball. 3. Use the before a superlative form.
the
Mt. Everest is tallest mountain in the world. ^ 4. Use a plural noun in the phrase “one of the [superlative] [plural noun].”
s
Lionel Messi is one of the best soccer player in the world. ^ 5. Use the correct word order.
like sports more
I more like sports than you do.
more interest
I have interest more than you do in sports. 6. Use be like for inward similarity. Use look like for an outward similarity. He is look like his brother. They are both talented athletes.
s
He is look like his brother. They are both tall and muscular. ^ 7. Use the correct negative for be like, look like, sound like, feel like, etc.
doesn’t
He isn’t look like an athlete. He’s not in good shape. 8. Use the same before nouns.
size
A baseball isn’t the same big as a volleyball. 9. Use as before adjectives and adverbs.
as
A baseball isn’t the same big as a volleyball. 10. With equality and inequality, use as with the second item.
as
A football isn’t the same shape than a soccer ball. 11. Don’t confuse more and most.
most
Tierra del Fuego is the more spectacular place he has ever seen.
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