UVU Writing
Garrett Winn's Writing Classes for UVU
Grammar
September 9th, 2008 by shelleegarlick in Grammar ||

I think one of the most common grammar mistakes is saying aint instead of are not or aren’t. Another thing is that adverb clauses are not independent clauses, so they cannot stand alone as sentences. Some examples of this are:

After it rains-It rains.

Although she was biking-She was biking.

While the cell’s shape changed-The cell’s shape kept changing

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