answers how/when/where;  -ly applies when four of the senses - taste, smell, look, feel

• good vs. well Ex:  I do not feel well. You do not look well today. (health) 

I feel good about my decision to learn Spanish. (goo with feel when not referring to health)

• comparison -er/-est or more/most
• This/that/those/these adjective/pronouns
• than (comparison)/then (answer "when" question)

• an infinitive phase is not the main verb
• subject comes before a phrase with of
• find verb first, then the subject (perform the verb)
• request or command has subject you. "Stop"
• more than one subjects (and )

• two singular subjects connected by or/nor, either/or, neither/nor (singular verb)
• I connected by either...or..., neither...nor... (am)  ex: Neither she nor I am going.
• either...or..., neither...nor...: put the plural subject last and use a plural verb
• two or more subjects connected by and (plural verb)
• subject(s)with words (along with, as well as, besides, or not) - depends on subject(s)
• each,everyone,every on, everybody, anyone, anybody, someone, and somebody (singular verb)
• percent, fraction, part, majority, some, all, none, remainder, etc. - depends on subject(s)  ex: One-third of the city is unemployed. On-third of the people are unemployed.
• Either of/Neither of (singular verb)
• Here/There - the true subject follows the verb.  Ex: Here are four hurdles to jump.  Here is high hurdle to jump.
• sums of money or periods of time  (singular verb)   Ex:  Ten dollars is a high price to pay.  Five years is the maximum sentence for that offense.
• who/that/which clause - according to the noun directly in front of them. Ex: Salma is the scientist who writes the reports.  He is one of the men who do the work.
• Team/staff (collective nouns) if as a unit (singular verb), if as separate individuals (plural verb)  Ex: The staff are in disagreement about the findings.  The staff is in a meeting.

• strong/clause/weak clause
• than/as - complete the sentence  Ex: Tranh is as smart as she (is).  Zoe is taller than I (am). 

Daniel would rather talk to her than I/me. 
Daniel would rather talk to her than to me. 
Daniel would rather talk to her than I would.

•  subject pronouns, object pronouns, possessive pronouns, reflexive pronounds

• who refers to people, that and which refer to groups or things
• That introduces essential clauses. Which introduces nonessential clauses. Essential clauses do not have commas surrounding them while nonessential clauses are surrounded by commas.
• if this/that/these/those have introduced an essential clause, the next clase use which. Ex: That is a decision which you must live with for the rest of your life. Those ideas, which we've discussed thoroughly enough, do not need to be addressed again. 
• streamline sentence by leaving out which  Ex: That is a decision which you must live with for the rest of your life. - That is a decision you must live with for the rest of your life. You must live with that decision for the rest of your life.   Ex: Those ideas, which we have discussed thoroughly, do not need to be addressed again. The ideas we have discussed thoroughly do not need to be addressed again.

no extra prepositions; on (time); of (not used in place of have)/have  Ex: Cut it into small pieces. We will arrive on the fourth. I should have done it.

• between/among
• into implies entrance; in does not. Ex: Sofia walked into the house. Sofia was waiting in the house.
• like (used to show comparison); as/as if (followed by comparison)

• Use concrete rather than vague language
• Use active voice whenever possible. (The subject performs the verb)
• Avoid overusing there is/there are/it is/it was/ ...
• Avoid confuse, don't use two negatives to make a positive.
• use parallel construction when offering several ideas. 
• state an action, place the actor immediately after or create the infamous dangling modifier. Ex> While walking across the street, she was hit by a bus. ~ She was hit by a bus while walking across the street.
• Place modifiers near the words they modify. Ex: In my lunch bag, I have some pound cake that Mollie baked.
• A sentence fragment occurs when only a phrase or weak clause but missing a strong clause.