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Lesson 24
A Profitable Platform
Grammar
 The comparative form of adjectives and adverbs is used
when comparing two items, two groups, or one item
with a group.
Example:
Mary is taller than Ellen.
Joe is faster than the rest of the team.
Grammar
 The present participle (verb) is used with a form of the
verb be in the progressive tense. The form of be
determines whether the sentence is present or past
progressive.
Example:
The boy is (present tense) flying a kite.
The boy was (past tense) flying a kite.
Punctuation
 Use a comma to separate an introductory word or
interjection from the rest of the sentence.
Example:
Yes, I have heard of that TV show.
Hey, did you see that comet?
Well, I guess that’s true.
Content
 Study the illustration and caption to locate any
discrepancies with the text.
 Some content errors will be simple differences
between the illustration/caption and text.
 Some errors will require you to analyze information
from the caption/illustration in order to correct the
paragraph.
Usage
 Unnecessary words should be deleted.
 Some words are excessive or repetitive and should be
deleted. (Ex: The thing is is the people are hungry.)
 Use only one negative word to state a negative idea.
(Ex: We don’t have no bananas.)
 The words hardly and scarcely are also considered
negative words and should not be used with other
negatives. (Ex: We have hardly no bananas.)
Grammar
 The past participle is used with a form of be in passive
voice. In passive voice, the subject of the sentence is
being acted upon rather than acting.
Example:
A kite was flown by the boy.
Usage
 A pronoun must agree with its antecedent in number,
gender, and person. The antecedent is the noun or
noun phrase to which the pronoun refers.
 Be especially careful to make a possessive pronoun
agree with its antecedent.
Examples:
The kittens chased the mouse. They chased the mouse.
An artist is admired for her skill with a brush.
Grammar
 A possessive pronoun may be used before a noun ( my
bike), or a possessive pronoun may stand alone (the
bike is mine).
 Unlike most nouns, possessive pronouns do not use an
apostrophe to form the possessive.
Grammar
 Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives or other adverbs.
 Adverbs tell when, where, how often, how much, to
what extent.
 Regular adverbs are formed by adding –ly to an
adjective. Not all adverbs end in –ly. Not all words
ending in –ly are adverbs.
Grammar
 A helping verb (also called auxiliary verb) is part of a
verb phrase. A verb phrase consists of a main verb and
a helping verb.
 Future tense, perfect tense, progressive form, and
passive voice are all created using helping verbs.
 Common helping verbs include: be, can, could, do,
have, may, might, must, shall, should, will, would.
Punctuation
 Use a comma after the closing of a letter .
 This is true for both business and friendly letter
formats.
Example:
Sincerely,
With best wishes,
Love,