Grammatical

Sentences
By Tiffani Knox
What is grammatical sentences?
Washington.edu states. “Subject-Verb Agreement. In order for a sentence to be
grammatically correct, the subject and verb must both be singular or plural. In
other words, the subject and verb must agree with one another in their tense. If
the subject is in plural form, the verb should also be in plural form (and vice
versa).”

- A Grammatical sentence is a sentence whose grammar is correct. This

meaning that each subject and verb match with being plural or singular.
What do sentences have to have?
- Each sentence must have a subject and a verb.

Bob went to go get dinner.

Bob is our subject, which means this is who/what we are talking about.

Went to go get dinner is our verb. This is showing what our subject, Bob, is doing.

-Our verbs are not always the same and in many cases always have to be changed.
Past tense, present tense, and future tense.
In our sentences we must change to the verb to be past, present or future tense.

Ex: She the package. ( Past tense: deliver)

We would add an -ed to deliver to become delivered.

Ex: He the picture. (Present tense: color)

Add “is” before the word and -ing to become is coloring.

Ex: He the tree. (Future tense: climb)

Add “will” before the word to turn in to will climb.

Common Errors
Hubspot states these as some of the most common grammatical errors are:

● Their vs they’re vs there.

● Your vs You’re
● Its vs it’s
● Me vs You
● To vs Too These are seven of the
● Then vs Than examples that I see misused in
● Who vs That my daily life. Whether it is
from family or friends or even
And many, many more. I get mixed up sometimes.
How to have a correct sentence.
A Writer's Reference says, “A subject with two or more parts is said to be compound. If
the parts are connected with and, the subject is nearly always plural.” (Hacker, 178)
Ex: Anthony and Tiffani often run together.
“EXCEPTIONS: When the parts of the subject form a single unit or when they refer to
the same person or thing, treat the subject as singular.
When a compound subject is preceded by each or every, treat it as singular.”(Hacker 178)
Make sure to change the tense of your verbs to have a grammatically correct sentence.
Examples of Correct Sentences
Below are a few examples of correct ways to use some words.

- Tiffani left to go to their house.

- You’re very nice.
- It’s about to be summer time!
- I would love to have some ice cream, too.
- I would like to go bowling rather than go to the park.
- I will go to Sarah’s house.
References
Hacker, D., & Sommers, N. I. (2021). A writers reference. Boston: Bedford/St. Martins.

Writing Complete, Grammatically Correct Sentences. (n.d.). Retrieved from

http://faculty.washington.edu/ezent/imsc.htm

Zantal-Wiener, A. (2019, January 30). 30 of the Most Common Grammatical Errors We All Need to Stop

Making. Retrieved from https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/common-grammar-mistakes-list

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