Identifying Sentence Errors
Read the sentence and select the portion of the sentence that contains an error. If there is no error, select E.
Knowsys Method
Read the sentence carefully, listening for errors. If you do not find the error immediately, then check the underlined portion against the Big 8.
A. "Neither" must always be paired with "nor." This choice is not an error, so eliminate it.
B. Anytime you see a verb underlined, check to make sure that it agrees with its subject. Nouns used with either/or or neither/not are called "compound pairs." In compound pairs, the subject always agrees with the second subject in the pair. The verb "know" agrees with "I," so this is not an error. Eliminate this choice.
C. When you see "which" underlined, you should ask yourself whether it should be "that" instead. The word "which" must always be preceded by a comma, and since the comma in this sentence cannot be eliminated, "which" must be correct. Eliminate this choice.
D. This choice tests parallelism. Both verbs ("making" and "giving") must match with each other. They do match, so this choice is not an error. Eliminate this choice.
E. There is no error in the sentence, so E is correct.
The correct answer is E.
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