FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING PART 1 Editing Advice 1. Choose the correct article or Ø for no article.
a
Warren Buffet is famous billionaire. ^ the What is first job you had? ^ You should save a money for college. 2. Use the after a quantity word when the noun is specific.
the
I spent most of money my grandparents gave me. ^ 3. Use a plural count noun after a quantity expression.
s
A few of my friend have a part-time job. ^ 4. Another is always singular.
Other
Some teenagers save their money. Another teenagers spend it without thinking about their future. 5. A and an are always singular. Mark Zuckerberg and Warren Buffet are a billionaires. 6. Use a or an for a definition or a classification of a singular count noun.
a
A millennial is person born between 1981 and 1996. ^ 7. Don’t use the definite article with a possessive form. I use two cards for my purchases. One is my credit card. My the other card is a debit card. 8. Don’t use the to make a general statement about a noun.
M
The money doesn’t buy happiness.
C
The children like toys. 9. Use an indefinite pronoun to substitute for a non-specific noun.
one
I have a checking account. Do you have it?
10. Before a plural noun or pronoun, use other, not others. Some billionaires are from the United States. Others billionaires are from Asia.
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