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Wildflowertheorist wrote: ↑01 Oct 2022, 02:28 Can you please help me check if these errors are correct. I do appreciate constructive criticism.

Wildflowertheorist wrote: ↑02 Oct 2022, 10:02 Thank you MsH2k ! This was super helpful.
I can't believe you went an extra mile to help me make sense of these errors!
Thanks a ton!

MsH2k wrote: ↑01 Oct 2022, 17:52

Wildflowertheorist wrote: ↑01 Oct 2022, 02:28 Can you please help me check if these errors are correct. I do appreciate constructive criticism.

Hi.
I cannot resist a good grammar question (or four ). Here are my thoughts.

1) He puts on magic shows for local kids, sells love potions (which are really just powdered chalk), and tells fortune through the specific act of telling
In this case, “which” is referring to “potions,” so a plural verb is correct. This link explains relative pronoun agreement:
https://getitwriteonline.com/verb-relat ... -agreement

2) He gets falsely accused of being a traitor for predicting an accident that was aimed at the royal family.
The clause following which/that is a defining or essential clause. It is important to know the particular accident that he predicted, so “that” would be more accurate.
Here is a link that explains using which and that: https://www.grammarly.com/blog/which-vs-that/

3) She was often called a vampire in the book because she ()killed like one. (was killed)
This one depends on the intended meaning of the sentence. If she killed other people in a manner typically used by vampires, the sentence is fine as is. If she was murdered by someone in a manner typically used by vampires, including “was” would be correct.

4) After reading the book, the only two characters I fondly remembered were Princess Jarla and Freda, the rabbit.
The subject in this sentence is characters, so a plural verb is required. The phrase “I fondly remembered” describes the characters—it is not the subject. (Interestingly, Grammarly was tripped up on this too. )
Item 5 in this link is a great example (similar to this sentence) of subject/verb agreement:
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writ ... ement.html

Thanks for giving me my puzzle fix for the day. I hope my responses were helpful.