Checklist: Editing the Verbs in Your Writing
CHECKLIST
Editing the Verbs in Your Writing
Check verb endings that cause you trouble. (23a)
Double-check forms of
lie
and
lay
,
sit
and
set
,
rise
and
raise
. (23b)
Refer to action in a literary work in the present tense. (23c)
Check that verb tenses in your writing express meaning accurately. (23c and 23d)
Use passive voice appropriately. (23e)