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20 Important Guidelines in Grammar Correction for the CGL and Other Important Exams


Grammatical sentence corrections is an area that is vital for performing well on the examination processes of SSC CGL, CHSL, IBPS, SBI and Railways. Refamiliarizing yourself with the important aspects of grammar rules will assist you in finding mistakes faster and improving precision in the examination. BST Competitive Classes Emphasizes a practical approach in efforts to assist candidates wishing to excel English grammar.

Here are the 20 unquestionable rules on sentence correction that every competitor should have in mind:

1. Subject and Verb Agreement

Make sure the verb agrees in form with the subject.

- ❌ Wrong: The list of the students are on the table.

- ✅ Right: The list of the students is on the table.

2. Usage of Articles (A, An, The)

- ❌ Wrong: She bought a unique dress.

- ✅ Right: She bought a unique dress.

3. Consistency of Pronoun

- ❌ Wrong: Everyone has to do their assignments.

- ✅ Right: Everyone has to do his or her assignment.

4. Correct Preposition Use

- ❌ Wrong: She is good in mathematics.

- ✅ Right: She is good at mathematics.

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5. Items in the List have Equal Power

- ❌ Wrong: She likes to dance, to sing and to read.

- ✅ Correct: Her hobbies include dancing, singing, and reading.

6. Tense Consistency

- ❌ Incorrect: Following school, he goes to his nature walk and buy’s a book.

- ✅ Correct: Following school, he goes to his nature walk and buy’s a book.

7. Double Negatives

- ❌ Incorrect: I don’t need no assistance.

- ✅ Correct: I don’t need any assistance.

8. Misplaced Modifiers

- ❌ Incorrect: She almost took her kids to school daily.

- ✅ Correct: She drove her kids to school almost daily.

9. Use of 'One of'

Always should have a plural noun after it.

- ❌ Incorrect: One of the student was absent.

- ✅ Correct: One of the students was absent.

10. Comparisons Must Be Logical

- ❌ Incorrect: She is smarter than anyone in the class.

- ✅ Correct: She is smarter than any other student in the class.

11. Avoid Split Infinitives

- ❌ Incorrect: She likes to never try basketball.

- ✅ Correct: She never likes to try basketball.

12. Conditionals Usage

- ❌ Incorrect: Should she come, we are going to meet her.

- ✅ Correct: Should she comes, we will meet her.

13. Employ Question Tags

- ❌ Incorrect: She has come back home, has she?

- ✅ Correct: She has come back home, hasn’t she?

14. Hardly, Barely and Scarcely Are Negative

- ❌ Incorrect: It is barely worth the price, isn’t it?

- ✅ Correct: It is barely worth the price, is it?

15. Between Is Followed By And

- ❌ Incorrect: He is expected to arrive between 7 PM to 8 PM.

- ✅ Correct: He is expected to arrive between 7 and 8 PM.

16. Use 'Fewer' Instead Of 'Less' For Countable Nouns

- ❌ Incorrect: There are less students in class today.

- ✅ Correct: There are fewer students in class today.

17. Lest is Always Followed By Should

- ❌ Incorrect: Study hard lest you fail the exam.

- ✅ Correct: Study hard lest you should fail the exam.

18. No Sooner Is Followed By Than

- ❌ Incorrect: No sooner had she entered when the bell rang.

- ✅ Correct: No sooner had she entered thanthe bell rang.

19. Both (of) Construction Is Always Positive

- ❌ Incorrect: Both of these options are not correct.

- ✅ Correct: Both choices provided here are irrelevant.

20. Use 'Each' and 'Every' with Singular Verbs

- ❌ Incorrect: Each of the boys have a bicycle.

- ✅ Correct: Each of the boys has a bicycle.

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