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- Repair the verb in: She go to work by bus every day.
- She goes to work by bus every day. A present-simple routine with she takes goes, not go. Read the guide
- Repair the verb after did in: Did you bought the tickets?
- Did you buy the tickets? Did carries the past tense. Use the base form buy after it. Read the guide
- Repair the quantity word in: How many water do we need?
- How much water do we need? Water is uncountable in this question. Use how much. Read the guide
- Repair the adjective in: This bag is more cheaper.
- This bag is cheaper. Cheaper is already comparative. Do not add more to it in this standard form. Read the guide
- Repair the preposition in: We arrived at Monday.
- We arrived on Monday. Use on with a named day when saying when an arrival happened. Read the guide
- Repair the object pronoun in: Please send the file to I.
- Please send the file to me. After the preposition to, use the object form me. Read the guide
- Repair the article in: I waited for a hour.
- I waited for an hour. Hour begins with a vowel sound because h is silent. Use an before that sound. Read the guide
- Repair the verb after can in: He can speaks Spanish.
- He can speak Spanish. A modal such as can is followed by a base verb: speak. Read the guide
- Repair the plural in: I have two childs.
- I have two children. The irregular plural of child is children. It does not take an extra s. Read the guide
- Repair the form after enjoy in: We enjoy to swim.
- We enjoy swimming. Use an -ing form for an activity after enjoy: enjoy swimming. Read the guide
- Repair the word order in this indirect question: Do you know where is the station?
- Do you know where the station is? An indirect question after Do you know uses statement order: where the station is. Read the guide
- Repair the spelling of the possessive in: Its your turn.
- It's your turn. Here the sentence needs it is, contracted to it's. Its without an apostrophe is possessive. Read the guide
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Repair the verb in: She go to work by bus every day.
She goes to work by bus every day.
A present-simple routine with she takes goes, not go.Repair the verb after did in: Did you bought the tickets?
Did you buy the tickets?
Did carries the past tense. Use the base form buy after it.Repair the quantity word in: How many water do we need?
How much water do we need?
Water is uncountable in this question. Use how much.Repair the adjective in: This bag is more cheaper.
This bag is cheaper.
Cheaper is already comparative. Do not add more to it in this standard form.Repair the preposition in: We arrived at Monday.
We arrived on Monday.
Use on with a named day when saying when an arrival happened.Repair the object pronoun in: Please send the file to I.
Please send the file to me.
After the preposition to, use the object form me.Repair the article in: I waited for a hour.
I waited for an hour.
Hour begins with a vowel sound because h is silent. Use an before that sound.Repair the verb after can in: He can speaks Spanish.
He can speak Spanish.
A modal such as can is followed by a base verb: speak.Repair the plural in: I have two childs.
I have two children.
The irregular plural of child is children. It does not take an extra s.Repair the form after enjoy in: We enjoy to swim.
We enjoy swimming.
Use an -ing form for an activity after enjoy: enjoy swimming.Repair the word order in this indirect question: Do you know where is the station?
Do you know where the station is?
An indirect question after Do you know uses statement order: where the station is.Repair the spelling of the possessive in: Its your turn.
It's your turn.
Here the sentence needs it is, contracted to it's. Its without an apostrophe is possessive.
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