Wrong. We arrived in Boston before noon, and the corn was fully six inches high.
Right. We arrived in Boston before noon.
Revise. Hugh Walpole is an Englishman, but Poe wrote The Raven.
376. Discard a redundant that.
Wrong. I really think that upon investigation that we are shown the shallowness of the objections.
Right. I really think that upon investigation we are shown the shallowness of the objections.
Revise. I knew that if I did not read some of my outside readings before Christmas that I probably should not be up with my work in time to pass the course.
377. Change the present participial phrase into a parallel verb or into a parallel clause if the time of action of the participle differs from that of the main verb.
Wrong. Leaving home before breakfast, we arrived at our destination in time for dinner.