LOGICS FOR SENTENCE CORRECTION

1. ‘Since’ indicates a point of time and ‘for’ indicates a period of time. ‘Since
and for’ are used in perfect and perfect continuous form of tense.
2. Words like : appear, know, hope, think, admire, imagine, seem, do not
usually carry (-ing) form of the verb.
3. Pluralism : Men teachers (X), Men teacher (Right)
4. Use of each other and one another.
Ex : Cat and Mouse love each other deeply.
We all should love one another for harmony.
6.Conditional clause/ ‘If’ clause
Type I – If you call me, I will come to the party.
Type 2 – If you called me, I would come to the party.
Type 3 – If you had called me, I would/could/might have come to the party.

7. “Look forward’ is followed by To + ing form of the main verb

Ex : India is looking forward to taking revenge on England after four
consecutive defeats.
8. Making comparisons
Ex : My house is smaller than my friend.
My house is smaller than my friend’s / than that of my friend.
9. Unless (If Not) – General condition
Ex : Unless you go to Gym, you can not develop biceps.

10.Until (If Not) - Timely condition

Ex: Rajesh will not go for the movie until Suresh comes back from the
college.
11.Had better is always followed by the root form of the verb.
Ex. Products are not selling, you had better advertise for this.
12.Use of “as much as”
Ex : I love my students as much as they love me.
13.Use of Tense depends on the preceding relative pronoun
Ex : Its she who has done it / Its they who have done it.
14.‘Mind ‘ & ‘Stop’ are followed by -ing form of the verb.
Ex : Ganseh stopped dancing after an accident.
Ex: Would you mind going out please?
15.Words like No one, anyone, either or, neither nor, everyone, someone
always take singular form of the verb.
Ex : Everyone in this room is very good, but some one is whispering .
16.Co coordinating Conjunction pairs : Sooner – Than, Both – and, either –or,
neither – nor, Lest – should
17.Words like furniture, information never take plural form.
18.If a sentence begins with a simple past tense form, the rest of the clauses
take past form as well.
Ex : My students promised that they would come every day but…
19.Out of two possessive pronouns the 2nd one takes possessive form.
Ex : Sachin and Sehwag’s
20.Scarcely or hardly is followed by when.
Ex: scarcely had I drunk the tea when I saw a fly in it.
Hardly had I slept when the telephone rang.
21.Two singular subjects joined by ‘Or’ or ‘Nor ‘ will take a singular verb:
Ex: A doctor or a nurse is working in the hospital.
22.Indefinite pronouns which indicate more than one (several, few, both,
many) always take plural verbs:
 Ex: Both of the books require careful reading.
Several of the fielders regularly run four or five kilometers a day

23.If two subjects are joined together by ‘as well as’ the verb will act according
to the first subject:
e.g. Students as well as the teacher, are playing.
He as well as his brothers, is sitting there.
I as well as he, am going out of station for a week.
24.If the subject is ‘The number of… ‘use
a singular verb, when the subject is ’a number of….’ Plural verb is used :
e.g. The number of books is very less.
A number of people have gathered.
The number of boys in this team is ten.
25.Any tense may be used in the sub-ordinate clause if it gives a comparison by
using the word than:
e.g. He respected you more than he respects his uncle.
The teacher liked Anil better than he liked me.
26.Any tense can be used when the sub-ordinate clause is in quotes.
e.g. She said “He will go to Madras tomorrow”.
I said “I am going to Delhi today.”
27. Words like usually ,generally ,often ,whenever etc , are used in present
Indefinite tense:
I usually go to play cricket.
I often laugh at him.
28.Do not use future or the present tense after such expressions such as ’it is
high time’ , ‘It is time’ ,as if
e.g. It is high time that you went home.
It is time that we played football.
29. The adjectives ending in – ior (prior ,junior, senior ,superior, inferior
,posterior) take ‘to’ and not ‘than’ after them.
e.g. He is senior to me.
This book is superior to that book.
30.Some adjectives like unique , ideal, perfect ,extreme ,complete ,universal
,infinite , perpetual, chief ,entire ,round , impossible are not compared.
e.g. It is the most unique book.
It is a unique book.
31.When two adjective in superlative or comparative degree are used together
,the one formed by adding ’ more’ or ‘most’ must follow the other adjective.
He is more intelligent and wiser than his brother.(wrong)
He is wiser and more intelligent than his brother.(right)
32.Less refers to quantity , fewer denotes number.
e.g. He takes no less than a liter of milk.
They have fewer books than I have.
33.’As’ is used when one compares things or persons of equal or about equal
size or quality, ‘So’ is used when one compares things or persons which are
unequal:
e.g. He weighs as much as his father.
He does not weigh so much as his father.
34.Never say ‘family members ’, say ‘members of the family’:
e.g. His family members have gone to Bombay. WRONG.
The members of his family have gone to Bombay.
35. ’Else’ is always followed by ‘but’ and never by ‘then’:
It is nothing else but your pride which makes you say such a thing.
36. Verbs like resemble ,recommend ,comprise ,order ,accompany ,reach ,join
,shirk, attack, emphasize , discuss, fear, succeed, resist, request, assist, benefit,
afford etc. are not followed by any preposition when used in the active voice.
He emphasized on the need for discipline.
He emphasized the need for discipline.
she will accompany with you to madras.
She will accompany you to madras.
37.The phrase ‘type of’, ‘sort of’ and ‘kind of’ do not follow ‘a’ or ‘an’;:
What kind of a friend are you? WRONG.
What kind of friend are you?
38.’Yet’ means up to the present time something that has not happened ‘still’
represent the continuing time:
His brothers are not married even yet.
……… I am still waiting for her to come.
39.Words such as someone,some body,each,nobody,anyone, Anybody,one,no
one,everyone,everybody,either,neither etc.Always take a singular verb:
E.g. Each of my friends calls me once a month.
40. some words (such as news,measles,mumps etc.)end in-s but represent a
single thing.these words need singular verbs:
e.g. The 7’o clock news is about to begin.
Measles sometimes has rather serious side effects.
41.When words such as much , less, little and more are used to start a sentence
, they must have a singular verb:
e.g. A little of good habits makes our life happy.
Less than a million of rupees is required.
42. With the phrases as if and as though, past tense and plural from of the verb
should be used:
e.g. Rahul shouted as if he was the of the leader.
43. Double comparatives are used when yhe comparison is with the same the
same entity.
You are wiser than old. WRONG
You are more wise than old. RIGHT.
44. Older refers to persons or things.
e.g. This tree is older than that .
Elder refers to persons only.
He is my elder brother.
45. Farther means ‘more distant’. Further means ’additional’.
e.g. Bombay is farther than Delhi.
I shall get further information
46. “beside” means “by the side of” , “besides” means in addition to.
e.g. I sat down beside my friend.
They perform on stage besides training.
47.’according ‘ is followed by ‘to’ and ‘accordance’ is followed by ‘with’.
48. “sympathy‘ is followed by ‘for’ and ‘sympathize’ is followed by ‘with’.
49. ’prefer ‘ is followed by ‘to’ and ‘preference’ is followed by ‘for’.
50. ’alternative ‘ is followed by ‘to’ and ‘alternate’ is followed by ‘with’.
51.Factual statements, habitual actions, assertion and observation are always
represented by present tense.
Sita is going to the market daily. WRONG.
Sita goes to the market daily.
52.Words indicating portion like - ‘percent’, ‘fraction’, ‘part’, ‘majority’ , take
the verb according to the noun in ‘of’ phrase.
 Fifty percent of the pizzas are finished.
Fifty percent of the pizza is finished.
53. When intensifier ‘very’ accompanies the superlative ,, a determiner is also
required.
Rita is wearing her very finest outfit for the interview.
54. Adverbs like ‘always’, ‘often’, ‘also’, ‘usually’, go before ‘have to’ but after
‘am’ ,’ is’, ‘are’, ‘was’, ‘were’.
We always have to wait a long time for bus.
we were feeling very tired and we were also hungry.