Two Thirds Of The Population Can’t Find The Grammar Mistakes In These Sentences — Can You?

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  1. It should say “at” instead of “out to.”

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    It should say “the whole” instead of “all the.”

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    The verb should be “went” instead of “were.”

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    The sentence has no mistakes.

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    The noun (kitchen) is singular, so you should use “the whole” or “the entire” instead of “all.”

  2. This is not a complete sentence.

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    It should say “the” instead of “this”

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    The word “about” shouldn’t be there.

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    The sentence has no mistakes.

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    The sentence should read “Do you have a few minutes to discuss this project?” or “Do you have a few minutes to talk about this project?”

  3. It should say “should” instead of “will.”

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    There should be a comma instead of a semicolon.

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    It should say “fewer than” instead of “less than.”

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    The sentence has no mistakes.

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  4. It should say “emigrated” instead of “immigrated.”

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    There should be a comma after “Europe.”

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    You can’t start a sentence with a pronoun.

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    The sentence has no mistakes.

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    You emigrate from a place, and immigrate to a place.

  5. There should be a comma after “have.”

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    “It’s” should not have an apostrophe.

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    The expression is “make do,” not “make due.”

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    The sentence has no mistakes.

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    “Make do” means to manage with limited resources.

  6. The number should be spelled out.

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    Saying “50-year” and “anniversary” is redundant.

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    It uses the wrong their/ there/they’re.

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    The sentence has no mistakes.

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    The sentence should read, “My grandparents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last month.”

  7. The sentence doesn’t have a subject.

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    There shouldn’t be a comma after “worldwide.”

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    This is a run-on sentence.

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    The sentence has no mistakes.

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    “Lack of education is a pressing concern” is a complete sentence and should have a period at the end.

  8. There shouldn’t be a comma after 30.

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    It should say “will” instead of “would.”

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    The numbers should be written out.

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    The sentence has no mistakes.

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    The sentence is in the future perfect tense, so it should use the future form of “is.”

  9. This is not a complete sentence.

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    You can’t start a sentence with a pronoun.

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    “He” and “is” should be “he’s.’


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    The sentence has no mistakes.

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  10. “Knowing” uses the wrong verb form.

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    There shouldn’t be a comma after “baseball.”

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    It should say “that” instead of “in which.”

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    The sentence has no mistakes.

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    It should say “knows” or “knew” instead of “knowing.”

  11. There should not be a comma after “done.”

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    The world “she” should go after “and.”

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    There should be a comma after “noon.”

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    The sentence has no mistakes.

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  12. It should say “either” instead of “neither.”

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    It should say “nor” instead of “or.”

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    The word “how” should be after “learn.”

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    The sentence has no mistakes.

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    “Neither” goes with “nor” and “either” goes with “or.”

  13. There should be a comma after “said.”

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    The exclamation point should be outside the quotation marks.

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    There should be a period after the quotation marks.

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    The sentence has no mistakes.

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    Use a comma before you open quotations.

  14. “29” should be written out.

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    “29 million” should be “29,000,000.”

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    The word “people” is redundant.

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    The sentence has no mistakes.

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    Since “population” already refers to people, it’s enough to say, “Texas has a population of 29 million.”

  15. This not a complete sentence.

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    There shouldn’t be a comma after “hand.”

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    The clauses should be reversed.

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    The sentence has no mistakes.

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