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Grammar Lesson: NLA’s. By: Group Arab. NLA. NLA is an acronym for No Longer A llowed . This list of mistakes is composed of words that are often confused or misspelled.
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Grammar Lesson: NLA’s By: Group Arab
NLA • NLA is an acronym for No Longer Allowed. This list of mistakes is composed of words that are often confused or misspelled. • In the following slides, you will have sentences with NLA’s which you have to correct and explain why they are incorrect.
1. Arborealanimals, such as gorillas and monkeys, where the funniest part of our trip to the zoo. • Here the “where” is incorrectly used because where refers to a place, instead it should be were. • 2. The tree finally began to burgeon in the spring after loosing all of it’s leaves in December. • Here the “loosing” and “it’s” are incorrect because there should only be one “o” in loosing because it’s from the verb “to lose”, it should be losing. The “it’s” should not have an apostrophe between the “t” and the “s” because it is possessive and not a contraction, it should merely be its.
3. Its always been my dream to jump into a big pile of leaves shed by a deciduous tree. • Here, there should be an apostrophe between the “t” and the “s” because it is the conjunction of “it” and “is.” (It’s) • 4. Tiffany looked forward to studying Puerto Rican culture and therefauna, especially the colorful birds. • Here the “there” should be replaced by their because it’s referring to the fauna that belongs to Puerto Rico.
5. The flora in that area consists of strange, dry looking plants because it's an area were it rains very little. • In this sentence, the speaker is trying to specify the area in which it rains, and therefore, the word where should be used. Were however, is the past participle of the verb “be”, or “to be” and thus no correct for this sentence. • 6. You're plant, whose seed's shell has already broken, is germinating faster than mine. • “You’re” is a conjunction of “you” and “are” so its use is not correct. To make this sentence correct, your should be used. This is because “your” is a personal pronoun, and thus creates a sense of ownership over something, in this case the seed.
7. Because she'd always loved plants and gardening, Bethany wanted to study horticulture much more then law, which her father wanted her to study. • The word “then” refers to an action or event that will or had taken place after an already specified event. For example, “We ate ice cream, then we went home.”. On the other hand, than is used to compare objects, so it would be the correct answer. • 8. To much lichen had grown on the rock, for I could barely see the blue-gray through the mossy green. • Many times the word “to” is used before the word going, such as in “I am going to bed.”. Too on the other hand can be used to substitute “also”, in some cases, and generally means and emphasizes an excess. So for this reason it would be correct to use “too” in this sentence.
9. When the environmental activists found out the govermentdecided to turn the beautiful, sylvan park into an animal testing lab, they fought to save the trees and the animals. • In this sentence, the word government is spelt incorrectly. It should have a “n” between the “r” and “m”. This is because it is made up of the words “govern” and “ment” (meaning the state of). • 10. As me and Eliza walked through the verdant path, we realized how much we loved the color green. • In this sentence, it is proper to say Elizabeth and I, because “me” is used to replace a pronoun that is an object in the sentence, while “I” is used to replace a pronoun that is a subject.
