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2. Therefore, a considerable amount of researches/literatures/scholarships have focused on various commercially
…………………………..
Uncountable Noun + s/es
Error 2: Few + uncountable nouns / Little + countable nouns
There is very few literature/research on non-government public libraries…………..X
There are very little studies/researches on the long term effects of behavior in schools that include emotional abuse. ………
………………………..X
…………………………….there is very little research
on……………………………………………√

3. Much + countable noun / Many + Uncountable nouns
…………….many study/literature/scholarship/research has been published………………..X
Many studies/ Much study have/has been…………………….
Counters Countable Nouns
A number of……….
A ………….. Number of +
Few
Several
Many
Researchers,
studies,
scholars
A lot of + Countable/uncountable Nouns
Uncountable Nouns
(A considerable) amount of ………………
Little ……………………………….
Much……………………..
A great deal of
…………………………………….
A (growing) body of ………………………….
Research
Literature
Scholarship not Scholarships
Study
Attention

4. Therefore, a considerable amount of researches have focused on various commercially available and regenerated adso
rbents…
Zheng, Y., Chen, D., Li, N., Xu, Q., Li, H., He, J., * Lu, J. (2016). Efficient simultaneous adsorption-biodegradation of high-concentrated N,N-
dimethylformamide from water by Paracoccus denitrificans-graphene oxide micro-composites. Scientific Reports, 6(20003). doi: 10.1038/srep20003
Real Examples of Errors/Mistakes
There is very few literature on non-government public libraries in Bangladesh.
Shuva, N., & Akter, R. (2012). Status of non-government public libraries in Bangladesh. Eastern Librarian, 23(1), 91-104.
https://doi.org/10.3329/el.v23i1.12119
Many study has been used the industrial production index as a proxy variable….
Riyadh, H., Sultan, A., Abdurahim, A., & Sofyani, H. (2020). The effect of Iraq’s dinar exchange rate against UK pound on Iraq’s export to UK. Jour
nal of Critical Reviews, 7(2), 51-55.

5. Perfect Tense Errors (Past participle)
Results from this study have show that many studies have claim that………………………
Have = plural Has = singular
Having discuss the implication of ………………, we now
turn to
Having discussed the implication of ………………,we now
turn to
An important part of policy have always been ………………. An important part of policy has always been ………….
According to Leizl and Frank (2020), there have been several According to Leizl and Frank (2020), there has been several
Joseph et al., (2020) argues that there is significant
evidence to reject such claim
Joseph et al., (2020) argue that there are significant
evidence to reject such claim
Which of these is correct?

6. Subject-Verb Agreement
A, B and C (2020) analyzes…………………. A, B and C (2020) analyze……………………..
A, B and C (2020) identifies key issues and trends
A, B and C (2020) identify key issues and trends
According to X + comma
According to Leizl (2020) there is ………………….
According to Leizl (2020), there is …………….
Punctuation:
Name + (Year), + verb
Frank and Clems (2020), state that… Frank and Clems (2020) argue that
In this study, we were unable to include red blood cells. In this study we were unable to include red blood cells.
Missing introductory commas

7. Other Types of Errors
Sentence Fragment
Silas’s Policy failed. Despite monitoring and evaluation efforts.
Despite monitoring and evaluation efforts, Silas’ policy failed.

8. Dangling Modifiers
The hikers could see the eagles swooping and diving with binoculars
With binoculars, the hikers could see the eagles swooping and diving
The difference between 'Affect' and 'Effect’.
'Affect' is a verb. 'Effect' is a noun.
Unclear antecedent
Incorrect: She excepted his offer to drive her home.
Correct: She accepted his offer to drive her home.
It was a breathe of fresh air to meet someone so genuine.
It was a breath of fresh air to meet someone so genuine.

9. Presenter
FAVOUR, AWAH M.
WRITING CENTER
KDI SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
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Group Task
Group 2
Group 1